posted by Christopher W. Holton The National out of the UAE has published an important article. In the article linked below there are some revelations that should be noted by everyone concerned about the financing of Jihadist terrorism and associated money laundering. First of all, the Islamic State (ISIS) evidently made extensive use of cryptocurrencies […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Back in 2016 SFW covered a couple of stories of World Vision, a Christian charity that became involved in raising money that went to Jihadist organizations: https://shariahfinancewatch.org/category/world-vision/ Middle East Forum has done a terrific job of keeping up to date on that topic and they held a webinar recently that […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Excellent column from Arab News…Excerpts and LINK below… With Iraq’s foremost cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, increasingly elderly and frail, Tehran has invested millions in the cause of theocratic domination of the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, seeking to dictate the Shiite leadership succession. This includes winning the allegiance […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission has 19 active investigations under way into terrorism financing according to the Australian Associated Press. The Commission has previously conducted and completed 34 such investigations. Seven charities have been “deregistered” as a result of those investigations. Long-time readers of SFW will recall that terrorism […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The U.S. Military Academy at West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center has just published an analysis of the nature and characteristics of financial support within the U.S. for the Islamic State jihadist terrorist organization. It basically reveals that most Islamic State activities in the U.S. are self-funded and/or involve relatively small […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Two Sydney, Australia men have been jailed in a $17 million money laundering scheme that, at the very least, operated “alongside” a terrorist sympathizer. Ahmad Ali and Fouad Moussa were sentenced in the New South Wales District Court after pleading guilty to the scheme. “In each case, the deposit was […]
Jihadi Charities Expand in Indonesia
On March 17, 2020 · In Indonesia, ISIS, Islamic charities, Islamic State (IS), Terror Funding, Uncategorized
posted by Christopher W. Holton East Asia Forum has an important article posted on the proliferation of charities supporting Jihadist groups in Indonesia. This has been a problem for well over a decade now as Indonesian security and intelligence services battle terrorists both kinetically and in the financial realm. Here are the highlights of the […]
Posted by Christopher W. Holton This is a story that should be getting much more attention, but for the Wuhan virus dominating the news. This guy lived for 13 years in Austria and sent money back to Lebanon to fund the Jihadist terrorist organization Hezbollah. This shows the degree to which Hezbollah has embedded itself […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is poised to seize about 14 properties in Jammu and Kashmir belonging to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist outfit chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed in an attempt to clamp down on terror funding, the Economic Times reported… The ED has identified 13 properties belonging to other militant organisations. .. https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/economy/article/ed-cracks-down-on-terror-funding-to-seize-properties-of-hafiz-saeed-zakir-naik/373999
posted by Christopher W. Holton Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), the jihadist terrorist group that launched an attack on an Indian army outpost in Kashmir that has put India and Pakistan on the brink of full-scale war, has a long history of waging violent jihad. It turns out it also has a history of acquiring and running seemingly […]
A leaked report allegedly produced by the Tunisian Commission for Financial Analysis (CTAF) reveals an investigation into a prominent leader of Islamic Relief – the international Islamist charitable network founded in the U.K. and named by the United Arab Emirates as a terrorist organization – over concerns that monies given to Islamic Relief’s Tunisian branch […]
Six go on trial in Sweden for financing the Islamic State
On January 8, 2019 · In ISIS, Islamic State (IS), Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Sweden, Terror Funding
posted by Christopher W Holton Six Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals living in Sweden went on trial in Stockholm on Monday accused of funding terrorism, three of them also charged with plotting a terrorist attack. The first day of the trial focused on the prosecution’s claim that the six men sent funds to the Islamic State to […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Reports say Taliban’s incomes have increased this year against the previous years. A report by the BBC shows that Taliban annually earns more than $1.5 billion from drug dealing, illegal mining, collecting electricity bills and financial support from a number of countries. The report said that this year Taliban’s financial […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton In a rare case of true candor, the Canadian intelligence community has named several countries that it is “concerned” about with regard to terror finance. The 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada. Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Qatar, United Arab Emirates as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan were all named in the report. Conspicuous […]
Man arrested in Al Anbar province in Iraq for funding the Islamic State
On December 11, 2018 · In Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State (IS), Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Terror Funding, terrorism
posted by Christopher W. Holton Al Anbar province in Iraq was the worst hotbed for jihadist activity during the insurgency in the wake of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. It still presents a challenge for Iraqi authorities today… “ Iraqi authorities announced on Monday the capture of a man for providing funding for the terrorist […]
The Times: Controversial Muslim charity sets up branch in Ireland
On December 10, 2018 · In Hamas, IRELAND, Islamic charities, Islamic Relief, Israel, Muslim Brotherhood, Terror Funding, UAE
Posted by Christopher W. Holton lslamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), a Muslim charity that has been branded a terrorist organisation by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has established a registered branch in Ireland. The international charity, founded in 1984 in the United Kingdom, insists it has no links to terrorism, but it was banned in 2014 […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The Times of London has broken the story that the Amazon Smiles charitable giving program funneled donations to an Islamic charity with ties to Jihad. Under the Amazon Smiles program, Amazon donates 0.5% of transactions to designated charities. Two of the charities listed in the Amazon Smiles program were Muslim […]
U.S. quietly rolling up Hezbollah financing in Latin America
On October 10, 2018 · In Hezbollah, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, LATIN AMERICA, Terror Funding
posted by Christopher Holton Hezbollah has for decades been building up infrastructure and support in Latin America. This process has gone largely unchecked until recently. As Joseph Humire reports in The Hill, that appears to be changing now… On July 11, 2018, the government of Argentina took its first action against Hezbollah by freezing the […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The Jerusalem Post published a report yesterday detailing how Jihadist organizations finance their operations through a variety of smuggling and criminal enterprises. Jihadist groups are said to be able to raise $300 million from such activities in Pakistan and Afghanistan in particular. Worse yet, the US consumer is indirectly funding […]
Disinformation from the Voice of America About Zakat
On June 14, 2018 · In ICNA, Islamic charities, Islamic Relief, Terror Funding, Voice of America, Zakat
by Christopher W. Holton I was very sad to have to write this article. During much of the 1980s, the Voice of America, via its shortwave radio broadcasts, provided a valuable service to America by beaming powerful messaging behind the Iron Curtain, giving hope to millions of people enslaved by communism. Today the VOA is […]
posted by Christopher Holton Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain accuse Qatar of financing “extremist” groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood. The four nations sent Qatar a list of 59 individuals and 12 institutions that allegedly finance terrorism and receive support from Qatar. Among the most prominent names on the list is Abdul […]
posted by Christopher Holton Bloomberg News has an article posted about the situation in Pakistan that has mostly escaped the attention of the West in general and Americans in particular. Under pressure from the Trump administration, Pakistan has made a great show of cracking down on “extremism.” But the persistent presence of jihadis in Pakistani […]
VIDEO: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah reveals his monthly salary from #Iran pic.twitter.com/5Sfj06x4Jr — Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) January 4, 2018 Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah reveals his monthly salary from Iran
posted by Christopher W Holton Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence and security agency, has uncovered new evidence of Iranian support for Jihadist terrorism in Israel. According to the agency, Iranian intelligence recruited 29-year-old Muhammad Maharma, a computer engineering student from Hebron, to carry out terrorist attacks and conduct espionage missions in the West Bank on […]
Bandow: Saudi Arabia funding creates breeding ground for Jihad
On December 26, 2017 · In ISIS, Islam, Islamic State (IS), Jihad, Salafism, Saudi Arabia, Terror Funding, terrorism, Wahhabism
posted by Christopher W Holton Doug Bandow, writing in the Orange County Register, reminds us that Saudi Arabia has created breeding grounds for Jihadists around the world. Excerpts and link below… Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have attacked their neighbor, Qatar, for supposedly supporting terrorism. They pretend to be firefighters, but spent years […]
Here we have, unfortunately, yet another example of an enemy within. These stories of homegrown Jihadis here in the U.S. are becoming more and more frequent. This particular case shows why we need a terrorist registry in every state in the United States similar to the sex offender registry that currently operates from coast to […]
Why It’s a Bad Idea for Western Financial Firms to Get Involved in Zakat
On December 18, 2017 · In IIIT, Islamic charities, Islamic Law, ISNA, Jihad, Shariah Finance, Shariah Law, Terror Funding, Uncategorized, Zakat
by Christopher W Holton The issue of zakat is one that is central to the concerns about Shariah-compliant finance, but concerns about zakat should extend far beyond Shariah finance alone. Zakat is a real threat because it is doctrinal in Islam and no figure, organization or body in Islam has the authority to change it. […]
posted by Christopher W Holton Politico has a blockbuster and exhaustive report posted that details Hezbollah’s criminal enterprises that finance its Jihad…and how Barack Obama’s desperation to reach a nuclear deal with Iran ended up blocking the task force that was going after them… https://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/obama-hezbollah-drug-trafficking-investigation/
posted by Christopher W Holton Though he continued to use contrived, tortured language in his description of the threat, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster finally woke up this week and realized that the threat from Jihad (a word he did NOT use) extends way beyond–geographically and literally–ISIS and Al Qaeda. Speaking at a conference in […]
Long Island Woman Accused of Funding Islamic State
On December 15, 2017 · In Bitcoin, ISIS, Islamic State (IS), Money Laundering, Pakistan, Terror Funding
posted by Christopher W. Holton A Long Island, New York woman named Zoobia Shahnaz has been charged with bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and money laundering and is being held without bail after evidence indicated that she was sending money to the Islamic State jihadist organization. Shahnaz was born in Pakistan and worked […]
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