Long-time readers of SFW know that one of the principle concerns of Shariah Finance and of terrorism financing in general is the role of Islamic charities, many of which have been found to fund Jihad. As we’ve covered fairly extensively over the years, Islamic law mandates or permits (depending on which school of Islamic jurisprudence […]
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 […]
The connection between Islamic charities and the funding of Jihadist terrorism has been well-established around the world. From the UAE to Kenya, to Great Britain to Canada, to the USA, numerous Islamic charities have been found to fund Jihad. Here on SFW we have explained the basis in Shariah and the system of zakat for […]
Kenya Shuts Down 15 Islamic Charities and NGOs for Supporting Terrorism
Kenya has shut down 510 non-governmental organizations (NGO), including 15 for alleged fundraising for terrorism, as part of a security crackdown following repeated terrorist attacks in the east African nation. The Kenyan government’s non-governmental organization (NGO) coordination board indicated that it had “de-registered 510 organizations for non-compliance with the law”, with some using their charitable status as a […]
Investigating Islamic Charities
Here is an interesting article that cites SFW’s work on the role of Islamic charities in funding Jihad… http://wdfp.podbean.com/p/investigating-us-based-islamic-charities/
How Jihad is Funded
The BBC has produced a report on the various ways several major Jihadist terror groups–Islamic State, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Al Shabaab and the Taliban–are funded. The report is not in-depth but it does cover most of the wave tops . The problem lies in the complete lack of mention of zakat, which is the […]
Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the Islamic charity wing of the Jihadist terrorist group Lashkar e Taiba, has just held a major conference in Pakistan. The organization called for a Jihad against India, Israel and the United States and tied its charity relief work to converting hundreds of Hindu to Islam. About JuD’s increasing shift to relief efforts, senior […]
Islamic Relief Fails to Refute Terrorism Designation
As the excellent Money Jihad blog points out, Islamic Relief was recently designated a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates. The organization has been suspected of ties to terrorism for years. They of course deny the accusations, but they offer nothing in the way of evidence to back up their denials… http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/islamic-charitys-terrorism-denial-falls-short/
Two charity arms of the jihadist group, blamed for 2008 Mumbai attacks, are active in the Gaza Strip Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), accused of carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, is now reportedly engaged in charity work in Gaza, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)’s Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor found. According to […]
Kyle Shideler of the Center for Security Policy recently authored an excellent article on the Jihadist terrorist group HAMAS and its financial support through Muslim Brotherhood charitable organizations around the world… http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2014/11/12/hamas-second-wealthiest-terror-group-thanks-to-global-muslim-brotherhood/
Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) has been designated as a terrorist group by the United Arab Emirates, the second Middle Eastern country to do so within the past five months. In June, IRW was declared illegal by Israel for being a financial conduit to Hamas, and it was banned from operating in Israel and the West Bank. The […]
We are not in the habit of quoting official Russian news agencies here, but in this case TASS is simply regurgitating what has already been widely reported in independent Western media: The Islamic State (IS), which has declared a caliphate stretching across Syria and Iraq, has been placed on top of the list of the […]
Dr. Abdul Halim Bin Ismail, described as a veteran of the Shariah banking industry, was one of the featured speakers at this weeks World Islamic Economic Forum in Dubai. In his speech he called on the sector to prioritize charity according to Shariah law: Islamic finance sector must address the current lack of focus in […]
A Muslim charity which had allegedly planned conversion events in Sarawak’s remote Belaga district has denied luring locals with money or employing force. http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/muslim-group-denies-bribing-remote-sarawak-villagers-for-conversion
Money Jihad Blog: 10 women who’ve funded jihad
The good folks over on the Money Jihad blog have an interesting write up on equal opportunity material support for Jihadist terrorism… http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/10-women-whove-funded-jihad/
Report: Islamic State “Banker” Was Director of Islamic School in UK
One of the Islamic State terror group’s key financiers was director of an Islamic madrassa in Birmingham, England. Prominent Islamic cleric Dr Nabil al-Awadi, a naturalized Kuwaiti, was a part-time resident in the UK until last year, living in Brixton, south London. Now he is president of the Kuwait Scholars’ Union, which has reportedly channelled tens of millions […]
Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA), the U.S. branch of the charity group Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), is linked to a Hamas affiliate in Turkey named the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH). The Money Jihad blog discovered that three IRW offices have a working relationship with IHH. The U.S. branch based in Virginia is also likely directly linked to IHH. The blog points out […]
The Islamic State That Kuwait and Qatar Built
The Gulf states of Kuwait and Qatar have actively – and openly – helped terrorist money-raising efforts for the Islamic State. …the West has belatedly realised that some of its supposed friends in the Gulf have been playing the disloyalty card. Had Kuwait not been freed by American, British and allied troops in 1991, it […]
Money Jihad blog has just published an exclusive article uncovering a relationship between Islamic Relief Deutschland and a charity in Syria that has funded the Jihadist terror group HAMAS… http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/exclusive-islamic-relief-deutschland-partners-with-hamas-funding-charity-in-syria/
The intrepid Sharyl Attkisson has just published an excellent account of the role of Islamic charities in funding Jihadist terrorism, a subject obviously of vital importance to us here at SFW. Attkisson, you may recall, was a 21-year veteran of CBS News who left the network after her investigative reporting into the 2012 Benghazi terrorist […]
We’re not pleased with the decision to drop criminal charges against the former head of this terrorist entity…this guy is free to walk the streets of America…but when you’re dealing with the 9th Circuit in San Francisco, you take anything you can get… An Oregon-based Islamic charity has pleaded guilty to tax fraud in a […]
Shahid Sardar, a trustee of the Islamic Network an Islamic charity in the UK, posted on the charity’s web site that homosexuals should be “destroyed by fire”, “executed by being thrown from a great height” and “stoned to death”. http://www.nationalheadlines.co.uk/nhs-boss-suspended-over-anti-gay-posts-on-islamic-charity-website/451270/
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 […]
Lawyers for Americans killed and injured in terrorist attacks are seeking millions of dollars from Jordan-based Arab Bank. The plaintiffs claim the bank knowingly served as a conduit for millions of dollars that a Saudi charity and others paid to Hamas operatives and the families of “martyrs” who were killed in suicidal attacks in Israel and […]
Given the fact that HAMAS directed aid, funds and materials to rockets and tunnels in the past, this type of activity needs to be closely scrutinized to say the least… http://www.fmo.org.uk/events/2014/8/13/islamic-reliefs-charity-gaza-gala-dinner-live-update-from-the-ground-in-gaza
The underlying basis for Jihadist terrorism lies in Islamic doctrine, based upon the Quran, the Hadith and the Sirah. Perhaps the strictest adherents to Islamic doctrine are the Salafists, such as the Wahhabis who run Saudi Arabia. This sect of Sunni Islam spawned Al Qaeda, the Taliban and ISIS, among others. It also is responsible […]
Are Politics Stalling the War on Terrorism Financing?
We would maintain that the active denial of the true nature of Shariah and Shariah-compliant finance has meant that the war on terrorism financing has never been properly waged to begin with, but nevertheless, the article below from the Journal of International Security Affairs is well worth a look. … it is obvious that the war […]
As we reported last month, Muslim charities in the UK are claiming discrimination after major UK banks began closing their accounts. The charities are considered outside the banks’ “risk appetite.” Maybe that’s because scores of Islamic charities have been implicated in funding jihad and shut down by US, UK and even UN authorities over the past decade […]
Oh The Irony! Kuwait steps up controls on Islamic charities
Kuwait is suddenly worried about Islamic charities funding Jihadist organizations, such as ISIS, who have threatened monarchies around the Middle East… …Where has this concern been the past decade? Kuwait has stepped up controls on Islamic charities, including donations for war-ravaged Syria, as part of measures to curb funding for “extremists.” http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=67445
Recently, Lancet published a correspondence, “An Open Letter for the People of Gaza,” a highly partisan, demonstrably inaccurate and defamatory representation of the violence now taking place between the Israel Defense Forces and the terrorist group Hamas (1). The authors declared they had no competing interests but Stall et al, (2) have pointed out that […]
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