Intelligence officials are comparing a newly discovered secret Islamic State document to Hitler’s “Mein Kampf.” Found in Pakistan’s remote tribal region by American Media Institute (AMI), the 32-page Urdu language document promotes an “end of the world” battle as a final solution. The undated document, “A Brief History of the Islamic State Caliphate (ISC), The […]
By Kyle Shideler Yesterday, April 13, The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), an umbrella organization made up of multiple Muslim Brotherhood front organizations, were on Capitol Hill meeting with lawmakers, and their staff. Among the leadership of the USCMO is Mazen Moktar, a man identified in federal court as having established a website for the purpose […]
Congressman Andre Carson was recently slated to speak on a panel at a Muslim Brotherhood event in Chicago (WHERE ELSE???) that included a fundraiser for the Taliban. The event was the Muslim American Society/Islamic Circle of North America (MAS/ICNA) convention. Both MAS and ICNA were identified as Muslim Brotherhood organizations in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism […]
A report released this week demonstrates how Qatar plays a double game with the West – funding terrorist groups throughout the region while acting like an ally and responsible player on the world stage.The report, “Qatar and Terror Finance: Negligence,” is the first in a three-part series by The Foundation for Defense of Democracies and […]
The Pentagon is under fire for making a ransom payment to an Afghan earlier this year as part of a failed bid to win the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/19/inside-the-ring-ransom-paid-for-bergdahl/
Opium Trade Flourishes in Afghanistan; Taliban Benefit
Despite previous efforts by the US to reduce Afghan dependence on the opium trade, opium production and exports are soaring once again in Afghanistan. This is bad news in and of itself, but the worst aspect is that it enriches Taliban Jihadis… “The Taliban’s involvement with the narcotics trade has increased steadily over time,” Colin […]
Opium Continues to Fund Taliban Jihad
Despite a US-led multi-billion dollar, multi-year counter-opium campaign in Afghanistan, the opium trade made a dramatic comeback in 2013 and is once again funding Taliban jihadi operations, setting the stage for a Taliban comeback as the US reduces its military presence. “…several areas once declared poppy-free by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime […]
Taliban Heroin Seized in Georgia
Georgian Interior Minister Alexander Chikaidze said a record amount of drugs, 2.7 tonnes of liquid heroin, was seized by law enforcement officials two weeks ago en route to Europe. The heroin belonged to the Taliban. “The market value of the cargo is some $400 million” the minister said. This is one indicator of drugs being sold […]
Report: Taliban continued to be funded from Karachi
Taliban operative reveals the militant organization continues to use Karachi as a base for financing its reign of terror. During interrogation Ehsanullah Burki revealed he was tasked with sending Rs. 10 million to Waziristan for operation expenses. http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-154767-Detained-operative-reveals,-Karachi-funding-base-for-Waziristan
Examining Taliban Funding Sources
To survive and sustain and meet its financial requirements, Taliban smuggles drugs, extorts money from construction companies and holds government officials on ransom. Local media of Afghanistan, however, points the finger at Arab Sheikhs, accusing them of funding the Taliban forces in Afghanistan. According to a report in daily Mehvar, the money is collected from Shiekhs […]
If true, this indicates that the Bergdahl deal didn’t just replenish Taliban leadership, it also replenished their coffers. North said he knew there was at least a $1 million dollar ransom being demanded for Bergdahl some time ago so he estimated the price paid to release the hostage must be close to $5-6 million now. “Someone […]
Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Afghanistan in India, Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Haidari said, “The Taliban’s terror campaign against the people of Afghanistan and our achievements of the past 12 years, in partnership with the international community, is financed, equipped, and ideologically motivated outside Afghanistan.” http://www.khaama.com/taliban-financed-and-equipped-outside-afghanistan-haidari-2836
Federal prosecutors want a man convicted in a failed 2001 shoe bomb plot to bring down an airliner to testify at the sentencing of two British citizens who pleaded guilty in Connecticut to supporting terrorists through websites. Babar Ahmad and Syed Talha Ahsan pleaded guilty in December to terrorism charges. Ahmad admitted he sought recruits, cash […]
OpEdNews Column: The Dark Side of Saudi Petrodollars
There is a nice column over on OpEdNews by a man named Brian Lynch touching on Saudi Arabia’s funding of Jihadist terrorism. The column doesn’t break any new ground, but it does provide links to other recent columns by other authors dealing with the same subject matter. It is also interesting in that the column […]
The US Treasury has sanctioned a top Al Qaeda official and a madrassa in Peshawar, Pakistan for serving as a terrorist training center supporting Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistan based terrorist group behind the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack. Targeting Jamia Taleem-Ul-Quran-Wal-Hadith Madrassa, also known as the Ganj madrassa, the Treasury department said the Peshawar based religious school […]
Regular readers of SFW may recall this case of the Imam of a mosque in Florida, who was accused of sending $50,000 to the Taliban. We have posted on the case a couple of times since it opened almost 2 years ago: https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2011/05/16/two-florida-imams-four-other-american-muslims-arrested-for-financing-the-taliban/ https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2013/01/12/florida-prosecutors-submit-wiretaps-bank-records-in-terrorism-trial-of-imams/ We finally are approaching closure in this case, with the conviction […]
Matthew Aaron Llaneza, 28, who was arrested this week by the FBI for trying to detonate what he believed to be a car bomb at an Oakland, California Bank of America, is reportedly a Taliban sympathizer who chose Oakland as the site of his planned terrorist attack because he believed Oakland to be a “center of protest.” Llaneza, […]
Prosecutors are laying out their case in court against two South Florida imams accused of funneling more than $50,000 to support the Pakistani Taliban, playing wiretapped phone calls and showing bank records to bolster their accusations against the Pakistan-born men. Hafiz Khan, the head of one of Miami’s oldest mosques, and his son, Izhar Khan, were […]
Al Gore Sells Out to Qatar: State-Owned Al Jazeera Buys Current TV
Al Gore has sold his failing Current TV television network. The buyer is none other than Al Jazeera, the infamous Islamist television network based out of Doha, Qatar (more on Qatar very shortly). Gore released an interesting statement along with the announcement of the sale: “Current Media was built based on a few key goals: […]
A New York federal judge who found Iran, the Taliban and Al Qaeda culpable in the 2001 terrorist attacks has approved a $6 billion default judgment against them. The order signed Wednesday by Judge George Daniels is largely symbolic, but it provides some hope the relatives of Sept. 11 victims can someday recover damages. A […]
Pakistani Railways Minister Offers Al Qaeda $100,000 to Kill Mohammed Filmmaker
A Pakistani cabinet minister on Saturday offered a $100,000 reward for the death of the person behind the anti-Islam video made in the United States that has roiled Muslims around the world, even suggesting that Taliban and Al Qaeda militants could carry out the killing. Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, the federal railways minister, said at a […]
More evidence of zakat funding for the Taliban
Here we have more evidence of zakat funding for Taliban jihadis. Note that this article refers to “forced zakat,” but Shariah law texts, such as Reliance of the Traveller, list such funding as a proper destination for zakat funds… Taliban collect funds through extortion, forced zakat, officials say …The militants have also threatened tribe members […]
Shariah Finance Watch editor briefs Congressional staffers on Shariah-Compliant Finance
Recently we had the opportunity to brief staff members from 10 Congressional offices on the threat of Shariah Finance. The briefing was recorded and we have posted the full 1-hour briefing here for SFW viewers… Shariah Compliant Finance and Financial Jihad
US Treasury Sanctions Two for Ties to Al Qaeda
These kinds of sanctions are largely symbolic since it is unlikely that these two men have any assets in the USA. The Treasury Department put two people that it alleged have ties to militant Islamist groups on a blacklist on Thursday and banned American citizens from any dealings with them. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets […]
More Details on Funding for the Taliban
Not long ago we mentioned that the Taliban had gone online to raise money for their violent Jihadi activities. In that same post we mentioned that US intelligence sources had indicated that most of the Taliban’s financing sources remained intact since US forces engineered their overthrow way back in 2001. This continued financing provides one […]
The Taliban have appealed for donations on one of their websites, to finance the Jihad against non-Muslims. Complete with telephone hotlines and email addresses, the appeal was posted on a Taliban website asking Muslims worldwide to help the rebels in what they say is a “Jihad”, or a holy war, against non-Muslim “invaders”. … “In […]
The Taliban and Al Qaeda are said to have turned to smuggling cigarettes and cigars to raise money according to a recent report the the International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC). The report blamed higher taxes for making a market in bootleg tobacco products. This activity should certainly come as no surprise. Hezbollah has been involved […]
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 […]
Last week Siavosh Henareh, Bachar Wehbe, Cetin Aksu, and Taza Gul Alizai were indicted by the US Justice Department for seeking to use the sale of drugs to fund the Salafist Sunni Jihadist organization the Taliban and the Shiite Jihadist organization Hezbollah. The suspects were all arrested overseas and brought back to the USA for arraignment in […]
NOTE: It is unclear how the Imams of these two mosques could be financing America’s Jihadist enemies, yet the mosques themselves not involved… The U.S. Attorney’s office in South Florida charged six people, including the imam of the oldest mosque in Miami, with supporting and financing the Pakistani Taliban. The men are suspected of giving $50,000 to the […]
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