posted by Christopher W. Holton Former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and his aides were featured on a list of over a hundred Muslim Brotherhood figures whose assets were frozen on Monday by a committee affiliated with the Egyptian Ministry of Justice, state-owned media Al-Ahram reported. Al-Ahram published the list of nearly 139 names on Sunday, […]
The recently released report by the British government on the Muslim Brotherhood indicates that, not only is the Muslim Brotherhood tied to terrorism, but so are Islamic charities in the UK. This makes it all the more confounding that policymakers in the UK have decided not to shut down the Muslim Brotherhood’s operations there… Muslim […]
Ryan Mauro of the Clarion Project has a report out regarding former New York governor and Republican presidential candidate George Pataki calling for CAIR’s tax exempt status to be revoked. CAIR was identified in the Holy Land Foundation trial, the largest terrorism financing prosecution in US history as a Muslim Brotherhood front and was named […]
Back when the Muslim Brotherhood had taken control of Egypt, things looked bright for Shariah finance and Shariah banking in the country. But when the Ikhwan was overthrown in a massive popular uprising, the outlook turned south as the new government seems dedicated to maintaining some secular values. Despite this reality, there are still propaganda pieces […]
Report: Qatar, Turkey Fund Muslim Brotherhood in Libya, Sudan
Oilprice.com has an interesting report that indicates that, despite a public relations campaign meant to convince the world that they have ended their support for Jihad, Qatar continues to fund the Muslim Brotherhood–and does so in cooperation with NATO member Turkey… Qatar, in fact, has reinforced its strategic position of support for the Muslim Brotherhood […]
A leading UK Muslim charity that was given a £250,000 taxpayer-funded contract to run a major faith project has been stripped of state funding. Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary, decided to take action against the Muslim Charities Forum after the newspaper The Telegraph uncovered links to a group alleged to fund Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood […]
In February 2014, the Kuwaiti KUNA press agency announced that a Montreal high school administered by Samer Al-Majthoub (aka Samer Majzoub) received an amount equivalent to $US 70,671 from the embassy of Kuwait in Canada. The embassy was acting on behalf of Kuwait’s Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. Recent GMBDW articles have highlighted other recent contributions […]
Union of Good Web Site Goes Dark…For a While Anyway
Twice in the past 10 days or so, the excellent Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Watch reported on the Union of Good’s web site. The first time, they reported that it had gone dark: http://www.globalmbwatch.com/2014/08/05/analysis-union-good-websites-dark-era/ The second time, unfortunately, they had to report that it came back up: http://www.globalmbwatch.com/2014/08/12/correction-union-of-good-website-back-online/ For readers who are not aware, the […]
Britain’s charity watchdog has been asked by David Cameron’s government for detailed information on any charitable work involving the Muslim Brotherhood amid Egyptian claims that this is used as a cover to support extremism. The UK prime minister’s office says that a report on the Brotherhood’s “philosophy and values and alleged connections with extremism and violence” […]
The British government has officially asked the UK Charity Commission for a detailed report on the Muslim Brotherhood’s possible charitable work in the United Kingdom as well as overseas. Back on April 1st, British Prime Minister David Cameron commissioned an investigation of the Brotherhood’s philosophy, activities and impact on British interests at home and abroad. The investigation, which will also review […]
Tony Blair Faith Foundation Tied to Muslim Brotherhood
Tony Blair’s religious charity has links to the Muslim Brotherhood, which is under investigation by by MI5 and MI6, Great Britain’s domestic and foreign intelligence agencies. The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Watch revealed that Dr Ismail Khudr Al-Shatti, an adviser to the Kuwaiti government and a member of Mr Blair’s advisory council, is a leading member […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sentenced thee individuals to prison terms of up to seven years on various charges relating to aiding and abetting the Muslim Brotherhood in the UAE. They were convicted of aiding and abetting of Al Islah Organisation, a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in the UAE, along with collecting funds to […]
One of the most misunderstood aspects of terrorism financing is Shia Iran’s support for Sunni Jihadist organizations. Some naive observers still insist that Iran would never support Sunni organizations and that Sunni organizations would never ally with Iran. The reality is quite to the contrary. Iran has longstanding ties to numerous Sunni Jihadist organizations, the […]
Foreign Donors Funneling Money to CAIR Through Non-Profit Shell Game
Everyone needs to check out the blockbuster report on The Daily Caller which pulls back the veil on CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations. The report demonstrates that CAIR is essentially running a foreign influence operation. Unable to support their activities from domestic sources, CAIR has turned to overseas oil-rich Islamists. International donors, like […]
IPT Report: Kuwait Financing Muslim Brotherhood Infiltration of West Through Mosques
The indispensable experts over at Steve Emerson’s Investigative Project on Terrorism have uncovered a Kuwaiti scheme to fund terrorism and radical Islam in the West via mosques. It seems the Kuwaitis are funding mosques in Europe and paying the salaries of radical Imams who are pushing Wahhabism and promoting the now-discredited Muslim Brotherhood in the […]
Report: Egypt Orders Arrest of Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi
Egypt has reportedly ordered the arrest of Muslim Brotherhood Shariah scholar, Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi. SFW readers may recall that Qaradawi has been one of the pioneers of Shariah Finance for a few decades now, serving on the Shariah advisory board of some of the biggest banks and financial institutions in the Islamic world, including Bank […]
For the first time in a generation or more, the Muslim Brotherhood has been banned in Egypt by order of an Egyptian court and its assets have been ordered seized. The court order also covers any organization or association receiving financial support from the Muslim Brotherhood, which would certainly include HAMAS. Among the assets of […]
The Muslim Brotherhood was hell-bent-for-leather on issuing Shariah-compliant bonds (sukuk) and nurturing a Shariah-compliant financial market in Egypt. That has been disrupted by the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood regime, but foreign interests, as well as Islamists inside Egypt are still pushing for this backdoor method of creeping Shariah… http://thinkafricapress.com/egypt/can-islamic-bonds-save-economy-sukuk-sharia
Under Shariah, non-Muslims are required to submit to a “protection” tax called the “jizya.” This practice has origins that go back several centuries. According to The Summary of Islamic Jurisprudence, Vol.1, published in 2005 by a prominent Saudi shariah scholar, the jizya is “a tribute or a tax required from non-Muslims living in an Islamic state…entitling them […]
The internet is rampant with reports of involvement by President Obama’s brother in the Muslim Brotherhood. Creeping Shariah blog has lots of details and further links on the topic. But of particular interest to SFW readers is the report from an Egyptian official that Barack Obama’s half brother is tied to investments of the Muslim […]
Fox News has a breaking story from an Israeli journalist detailing a new revelation that Qatar was making massive payments to Muslim Brotherhood officials in Egypt during the Morsi regime. It remains to be seen what Qatar’s policy will be under the new regime there, much less toward the new, forming regime in Egypt. Qatar […]
Shariah banking experts have called on the Central Bank of Egypt to tailor its policies regarding Shariah banking services to be more in line with those of Shariah banks themselves. The call came during the fourth annual conference of the Egyptian Islamic Finance Association, during which the association launched its index of shares compatible with […]
Throughout the world, the terms “sukuk,” “Islamic bond,” and “Shariah-Compliant Bond” are used interchangeably to describe a derivative security created by the Shariah Finance industry to expand Islamic participation in the credit markets. But in Egypt, which is now ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood, the parliament is playing word games in its quest for a […]
The UAE has detained 6 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, who it says have links to entities identified by the UN as terrorism financing operations… The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday detained six Islamists whose citizenship had been revoked for alleged links to groups that fund terrorists, their lawyer said. The six men “were summoned […]
A delegation of the Muslim Brotherhood recently went on a whirlwind tour of US governmental and private institutions and individuals. One of the organizations that the Ikhwan met with was the US Chamber of Commerce. If you are surprised, you shouldn’t be. The US Chamber of Commerce has a history of appeasement and outreach to […]
Western Financial Organizations Now Reaching Out to Muslim Brotherhood
The Wall Street Journal now has an article published entitled: “Muslim Brotherhood Looks West in Bid to Revive Egyptian Economy.” The article requires a subscription to the Journal, so not everyone who clicks on the link below will be able to read it. But suffice it to say that the West is engaging the Muslim […]
According to an article on the Muslim Brotherhood’s own web site, the use of zakat as a means to redistribute wealth will be a prominent feature of the new government’s taxation and welfare policies. What the article is careful to avoid, however, is the fact that zakat is also used to fund Jihad, referred to […]
The folks at Money Jihad blog have uncovered another disturbing “gem.” The BBC broadcast a radio documentary on Aug. 16 on the role of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. For those who may not know, the Muslim Brotherhood is essentially the political wing of the global jihadist insurgency. Like Hezbollah and their affiliate, HAMAS, as […]
Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood leader Hamam Said stood trial Tuesday in Jordan together with another six members of the Islamic organization on corruption charges in their management of Islamic charitable organizations. If they are convicted, they are expected to receive prison sentences of up to three years. It is not known if the corruption involved diversion […]
This gives a whole new meaning to the term “Islamic finance…” Islamic nonprofit paid for Rep. Ellison’s pilgrimage to Mecca Tax records show the group that paid Ellison’s expenses, the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, received nearly $900,000 in taxpayer money in 2006 and 2007… http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/house/51361722.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUqCP:iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs
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