U.N.: Eritrea reduces financial support for al Shabaab
Eritrea has reduced its support for the al Qaeda-allied al Shabaab militant group in Somalia under international pressure, but still violates U.N. Security Council resolutions and remains a destabilizing influence, a U.N. report says. The U.N. Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea, which investigates violations of an arms embargo on both nations, said in a […]
A terror plot targeting Kenyan tourist hotels with chemical explosives was financed by Samantha Lewthwaite, the British widow of 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/9258011/77-bomber-widow-Samantha-Lewthwaite-financed-Kenya-tourist-terror-plot.html
Terrorist funder gets incredibly light sentence from federal judge
Here is an example of an irresponsible federal judge if there ever was one. Abdi Mahdi Hussein attempted to help Mohamud Abdi Yusuf send $21,000 to the Jihadist terrorist group Al Shabaab. Now he says (of course) that he had no idea where the money was supposed to go, and besides it didn’t get there. U.S. […]
CRY US A RIVER!!! A Rochester woman convicted of raising money for the terrorist group al-Shabaab is asking a federal judge to let her out of jail while she awaits sentencing. An attorney for Amina Farah Ali said in a motion that it has been six months since the conviction and because of various delays, […]
Two Somali twin brothers have been arrested in Great Britain and charged with trying to raise money for their third brother to commit acts of terrorism in their homeland of Somalia. Note that one of the twins works for a “security” firm. The other is unemployed, no doubt living off the public dole, as so […]
In Somalia, Fears Over U.S. Wire Transfer Block
Over the past 18 months or so, SFW has covered the raising of funds by Al Shabaab terrorists in Somalia. These Al Qaeda-affiliated Jihadists have used several methods to raise money and they have been quite successful at it. They have used everything from extortion and intimidation to charity fronts collecting zakat. Some of this […]
UN Monitoring Group to Call for Sanctions Against Al Shabaab
The United Nations special envoy for Somalia says a Security Council-appointed monitoring group will recommend sanctions against the al-Qaida linked militant group al-Shabaab. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/UN-Monitoring-Group-to-Recommend-al-Shabab-Sanctions-133846953.html
Missouri man pleads guilty to attempting to finance Al Shabaab
On Friday, in St. Louis, Missouri, Mohamud Abdi Yusuf pled guilty to providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization based in Somalia. According to court documents, from February 2008 through at least July 2009, the 31-year old Yusuf, conspired with others to provide money to al Shabaab, which was designated by the U.S. State […]
Correcting The New Misinformation on Islamic Charities Funding Jihadist Terrorism
The Guardian in the UK has come out with an article (“Counterterrorism laws taking their toll on humanitarian action”) critical of US counterterrorism efforts that are designed to prevent the funneling of money to Jihadist terrorist groups, especially in Gaza and Somalia, two hotbeds of Jihadist terrorist activity. When ever we see misguided and ignorant […]
Two Minnesota women, Amina Farah Ali and Hawo Mohamed Hassan, accused of funneling money to a terror group in Somalia, talked about collecting money for al-Shabab, supporting fighters instead of other charities and the possibility that FBI was listening in on their conversations, according to hours of recorded phone calls played for jurors. The calls include recordings […]
Amina Farah Ali and Hawo Mohamed Hassan (pictured) were not even subtle about raising money for Jihad in Somalia. Evidently, they went door to door asking for donations for the Al Qaeda-affiliated Jihadist terror group Al Shabaab. Al Shabaab is the group that recently set off a car bomb in Somalia that killed 100 or more […]
Al-Shabaab has become a top-tier terrorist organization from its extensive revenues. Their wealth is largely based on Islamic taxes that al-Shabaab imposes in accordance with the Koran. It is following the same broad-based sharia revenue model that launched the Taliban from being an obscure students’ movement into an multinational financial hegemon. http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/al-shabaab-economic-powerhouse/
Kenyan Tourism Minister Accused of Funding Jihad
Najib Balala is the Minister of Tourism in Kenya and, by all accounts, a gregarious, ambitious public official. He was educated in a US university in Africa and he professes to be a devout Muslim. Recently, he has come under fire for possible financial arrangements in which donations to a controversial mosque may be finding […]
British Muslim Charged With Raising Funds for Jihadist Terrorism
A British Muslim has been charged with three counts of raising funds for terrorism. Shabaaz Hussain, 27, from east London, is accused of providing money or property for terrorism purposes on 12 April, 6 July and 3 September 2010. He is also accused of playing a part in preparing for acts of terrorism in Somalia […]
Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab Jihadists in Somalia have ordered school teachers in the Middle Shabelle region to register their students within 10 days in a bid that militants want to push their fund raising program forward. Sheik Mohamed Abu Yahya, an Al-Shabaab commander in charge of finance, told school teachers in the region’s provincial capital Jowhar […]
14 Indicted by Justice Department for Supporting Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Shabaab
“The two Jihadists arrested this week—females who were naturalized U.S. citizens and residents of Minnesota—have been charged with raising money to support al Shabaab through door-to-door solicitations and teleconferences in Somali Muslim communities in Minnesota and other locations in the U.S. and Canada. The Justice Department claims that in some cases, funds were raised under […]
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