Open source reporting dated November 2014 indicated the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ordered the minting of its own gold, silver, and copper “Islamic dinar” coins. On June 30, 2015, A Syrian activist claimed that the Islamic State began the minting, posting photos of a gold Islamic State dinar to his Twitter […]
Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi recently appeared on a popular television program in the Islamic world and endorsed suicide bombings “as long as they are ordered by a group,” even if they are sure to cause civilian casualties. Qaradawi is recognized as a pioneer Shariah scholar in promoting Shariah-compliant finance, serving on the Shariah advisory boards of […]
CAIR’s Latest Fundraising Letter
We thought SFW readers would like to see the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) latest fundraising efforts, since CAIR was identified as an affiliate of HAMAS and the Muslim Brotherhood in terrorism investigations and prosecutions. CAIR was named an un-indicted co-conspirator in the US v the Holy Land Foundation, the largest successful […]
Our friends at the outstanding Money Jihad blog are back from their annual summer vacation with two extremely interesting posts this week. Check them out: The first is a post about Judge Andrew Napolitano’s column implicating then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the apparent scheme to funnel Libyan arms to “rebels” (i.e. Jihadis) in Syria… […]
The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs permanently closed down the Fahd al-Ahmed charity on Sunday due to “repeated violations despite the warnings”. Quoting a source at the ministry, al-Rai said that the ministry had repeatedly asked the charity to comply with regulations stipulating that funds for Syrians be collected through official channels. Officials from the charity […]
Zakat Financing Jihad
Long time readers of SFW know that we have explained repeatedly that zakat has been used to fund Jihadists because Shariah mandates it. Here we have an article on the subject from a Muslim writer in the Pakistani media acknowledging the fact that zakat funds Jihadists and pointing out that the Pakistani government has done […]
Islamic cleric Afief Abdul Madjid has been sentenced to four years’ jail for funding a terrorist paramilitary training camp in Aceh, Indonesia. The jail sentence was half the eight-year sentence that the state prosecution had sought. The court found 63-year-old Afief guilty of giving 25 million rupiah ($2,500) to a man named Ubaid that went […]
Ramadan Reminders of Zakat
Ramadan starts on 17 June and, as usual, with the onset of Ramadan, the Islamic media is littered with reminders for Muslims of the importance of Zakat, the obligatory charity tax that is one of the 5 pillars of Islam. Zakat is also one of the most troubling aspects of Islam for non-Muslims and one […]
The Islamic State have been quietly selling off smaller antiquities from Iraq and Syria, earning millions of dollars in an increasingly organized pillaging of national treasures, according to officials and experts. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/islamic-state-isnt-just-destroying-ancient-artifacts–its-selling-them/2015/06/08/ca5ea964-08a2-11e5-951e-8e15090d64ae_story.html
In the last year, a once-obscure extremist group has overrun some of Iraq’s major cities, seized control of oil wells, industries and banks and emerged as the world’s richest and most feared terrorist force. Despite nine months and $2.44 billion in U.S. airstrikes against the fighters and their oil facilities and smuggling networks, the self-proclaimed […]
The Islamic State is apparently using online bookseller Amazon in the UK to sell propaganda magazines aimed at recruiting Western jihadists. Issues of Dabiq, an English-language e-zine, have been available to purchase on the website since May 24. The seller is listed as the Al Hayat Media Centre, the same name as the extremist group’s most […]
The Argentine news agency Infobae has issued a report that details Hezbollah’s extensive operations in Latin America. The report indicates that not only is Hezbollah active throughout the region, it also generates up to $100 million annually from criminal activity in Latin America–particularly drug trafficking and human trafficking. This is yet another indication of the […]
The British parliament has enacted a new law that penalizes insurance companies that make ransom payments to terrorists. Ransom payments are just one way that Jihadists have raised money in recent years. No country is immune as there are reports that such payments have been made from the U.S. as well… More details from Money […]
At least 32 Danish citizens have received about 378,000 kroner (US$57,000) in unemployment benefits …while they were ‘employed’ engaging in jihad, fighting alongside other Jihadists in Syria, government data shows. “STAR [Danish Labour Agency] has thus far received information pertaining to 32 people who, according to PET’s [Security and Intelligence Service] information, have gone abroad in […]
Meet Abu Hajjar, the most senior leader of the so-called Islamic State to talk on https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=12&v=_FpK-cOKP2k Meet Abu Hajjar, the most senior leader of the so-called Islamic State to talk on camera. According to Iraqi police, he was their head of finance in Iraq until his capture last year. He tells Peter Taylor they raise money […]
Al-Ansar Charity Association, a financial intermediary between Iran and the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has announced through social media that it will distribute $2 million to the families of shahids (martyrs for Islam) who died while fighting Israel from 2000 to 2014. This money is over and above the $900,000 Al-Ansar promised in January to the […]
Money is coming into Canada to promote Jihad and much of it is going to religious institutions, the prime minister’s national security adviser testified at a hearing recently on a government counterterrorism bill. Asked by Senate national security committee chairman Daniel Lang about millions of dollars allegedly coming from Gulf states “in respect to the extreme Islamic jihadist […]
Ancient Treasures Help Islamic State Finance Terrorism
from Voice of America: Heather Murdock April 21, 2015 4:43 AM CAIRO—Islamic State militants released two videos this past month, boasting about the bombing of priceless ancient artifacts in Iraq. The destruction of “cultural heritage” in the Middle East is an element of the war, funding extremism and fueling sectarian violence. Before modern day maps […]
For decades the US State Department and many foreign countries have labeled the Islamic Republic of Iran as the world’s most active state sponsor of terrorism. That’s because Iran has bankrolled Hezbollah, HAMAS, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Al Qaeda over the years. Despite this track record of savagery, the Obama administration seems hell-bent for leather […]
In what can only be described as a stunning development, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has joined the US Treasury Department in placing sanctions on an Islamic charity that has provided material support to the Jihadist terrorist organization, Lashkar e Taiba. Readers may recall that Lashkar e Taiba was responsible for the 2008 Mumbai terrorist […]
By Kyle Shideler Yesterday, April 13, The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), an umbrella organization made up of multiple Muslim Brotherhood front organizations, were on Capitol Hill meeting with lawmakers, and their staff. Among the leadership of the USCMO is Mazen Moktar, a man identified in federal court as having established a website for the purpose […]
A museum can be worth as much as an oil field, provided there is someone willing to buy looted and smuggled art. The world of antiquities looting has crossed into the realm of terrorism—the ancient pot you buy on eBay, or at a prestigious auction house, might be funding jihadists. The union of art and […]
New Indictments in St. Louis on Terrorism Financing Charges
Ramo Pazara, a Muslim living in St. Louis, Missouri, traveled to Syria in 2013 to fight for the Islamic State jihadist organization. He was killed somewhere in the Middle East while waging Jihad. According to a recent indictment, Pazara received material support–including funding–from a half dozen other Muslims. The indictments allege that they knowingly provided funds […]
Last week, two women, including Noelle Velentzas, were indicted in a Jihad plot in New York City. What is particularly interesting to us is Velentzas’s apparent affiliation with ICNA Relief, an Islamic charity affiliated with the Islamic Circle of North America. Note in the video associated with this news article are her arrest: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/04/03/2-women-accused-of-plotting-isis-inspired-terror-attack-held-without-bail/ […]
When Washington imposed sanctions in June 2012 on Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, he dismissed it as an empty gesture. Two years later, Shekau’s skepticism appears well founded: his Islamic militant group is now the biggest security threat to Africa’s top oil producer, is richer than ever, more violent and its abductions of women and […]
Every once in a while, the UN gets something right. It’s usually very late, but sometimes they actually do something right. Last September the US sanctioned the Hilal Ahmar Society Indonesia as a wing of Al Qaeda. Now, seven months later, the UN has followed suit. It’s standard practice for Jihadist organizations to have “humanitarian,” public […]
Only six out of more than 600 British jihadists have had their bank accounts frozen under special terror laws, according to an official report. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11472133/Jihadi-John-keeps-his-bank-account-after-Treasury-freezes-assets-of-only-a-handful-of-Islamic-terrorists.html
Money Jihad blog has an excellent summation with embedded links about a man named Abror Habibov, an Uzbek with an expired visa, who operates mall kiosks in Georgia, Virginia, Florida, and Pennsylvania…and pays for air travel for those wishing to join the Islamic State… https://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/brooklyn-man-funds-travel-for-isis/
First made infamous by Hezbollah’s fundraising activities in North Carolina and Michigan here in the US, bootleg cigarettes are now being used around the world to fund Jihad… The United Nations Security Council’s investigative body has found that millions of pounds in illicit tobacco revenues are reaching al-Qaeda, the Taliban and other terrorist organisations. http://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-news/2015/03/13/express-star-investigates-how-bootleg-cigarettes-help-fund-terrorism/ […]
Police raided two addresses as part of an investigation into elderly victims being conned into funding Jihadists’ trips to war-torn Syria. The arrests – made under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) – form part of an investigation into a “large-scale” fraud, in which unsuspecting vulnerable and elderly victims are cold-called at home by […]
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