Beware of Financial Jihadist Claims in Post-Pandemic Market
posted by Christopher W. Holton The world economy and financial markets have been beset by an unprecedented collapse brought about by the Wuhan virus pandemic. In such environments charlatans and swindlers often move in to take advantage. One particularly risk for investors will be promoters of shariah-compliant finance. Shariah complaint finance is a form of […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Back in 2016 SFW covered a couple of stories of World Vision, a Christian charity that became involved in raising money that went to Jihadist organizations: https://shariahfinancewatch.org/category/world-vision/ Middle East Forum has done a terrific job of keeping up to date on that topic and they held a webinar recently that […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Excellent column from Arab News…Excerpts and LINK below… With Iraq’s foremost cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, increasingly elderly and frail, Tehran has invested millions in the cause of theocratic domination of the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, seeking to dictate the Shiite leadership succession. This includes winning the allegiance […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Hezbollah is stepping up a campaign to place its allies at the heart of Lebanon’s banking system as the US seeks to disrupt the armed group’s financial networks… https://www.thenational.ae/world/hezbollah-steps-up-campaign-for-control-of-lebanon-s-financial-system-1.1006054
posted by Christopher W. Holton Zakat Foundation of America has been conducting a PR campaign promoting its work associated with the Wuhan virus pandemic. What they don’t want the world to know as much about is the organization’s disturbing ties to terror…as a terrific investigation by the Investigative Project on Terrorism and the Middle East […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The National in the United Arab Emirates has published a story with details about Mohammad Abd Al Hadi Farhat’s ties to Iran’s illicit business operations in support of jihad in Iraq. A shadowy Hezbollah intelligence operative in Iraq has close ties to what the US refers to as a key […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton We’re starting to see a number of left-wing pundits in the U.S. calling for lifting of sanctions on Iran (the world’s most active state sponsor of terrorism) due to the Wuhan virus. Cliff May correctly points out in an op ed in the Washington Times, that lifting sanctions on Iran […]
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