Why Do Islamic Charities Send Zakat to Terrorists? Because Shariah Says They Must
One of the most popular and most important subjects on SFW is the issue of Zakat. Zakat is a form of tithing in Islam and is considered one of the Five Pillars of the faith. Essentially, every Muslim who is able to do so is required to give 1/40 of his wealth each year to […]
GIVING THE ZAKAT TO THE MUJAHIDEEN
Some still deny that zakat, a form of tithing to charity in Islam, funds Jihad. Today we find the latest evidence of this purpose for zakat. It comes to us from the Islamist web site, Islamicemirate.com. This popular Muslim web site has a fiqh section dedicated to answering questions about Shariah. Here is a question […]
QInvest and Fortis Bank Nederland to create first Shariah Compliant “Mezzanine” Shipping Fund.
The Netherlands has now joined the Shariah nightmare as one of that country’s biggest banks, Fortis, is teaming up with QInvest of Qatar to launch a fund to target financing opportunities in the marine transportation industry. This actually gives SFW the opportunity to comment on the wider implications of Shariah Compliant Finance and some of […]
All too frequently, an article will appear in the news media extolling the virtues of “Islamic” finance as a way to protect wealth from the ravages of the current financial crisis. When we first came across a recent article in the Sacramento Bee, we figured that we had another case of this and were prepared […]
Ohio Islamic cleric Salah Sultan threatens US on Egyptian TV
Patrick Poole has posted an excellent, but disturbing, piece over on Pajamas Media about Muslim cleric Salah Sultan’s recent appearance on Egyptian television warning America that, in addition to the wrath of allah, one of these days we’re going to “suffer” more deaths than HAMAS is enduring in Gaza right now. http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/top-american-islamic-cleric-threatens-us-on-egyptian-tv/ There IS a Shariah-Compliant […]
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