Australia and Germany Cease Funding for World Vision
posted by Christopher W. Holton As we reported here a few days ago, World Vision, a Christian charity with a clear anti-Israel bias, was charged in Israel with funding HAMAS, a Jihadist terrorist organization, thanks to the actions of one of the charity’s leading Muslim employees. Now, Australia and Germany have decided that funding World […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton There are growing concerns in Australia that the country’s Muslim population has become a surreptitious source of funding for Jihad across Asia… http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-10/australia-monitoring-terrorist-groups-in-asia-for-funding-links/7711802 Meanwhile, Australia has set up a special unit to track such payments over the Internet… Australia has set up a cyber-intelligence unit to identify terrorism financing, money […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton We’re used to posting articles about Islamic charities funding Jihadist terrorist organizations, but now we are presented with something completely unexpected: one of the world’s largest Christian charities funding a Jihadist terrorist organization, namely HAMAS. Mohammed El Halabi, an employee of World Vision, the world’s largest evangelical Christian charity, has […]
by Christopher W. Holton Long-time readers of SFW know that the subject of Islamic charities funding Jihadist terrorism is one of the topics we have covered most closely and frequently over the years. Scores of Islamic charities worldwide, including right here in the USA, have been implicated in funding jihad. You can read all about […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Mohammed Iqbal Golamaully, 47, and his wife Nazimabee Golamaully, 45, from south London. They were charged earlier this week with raising funds for terrorism. The allegations relate to Islamic State. http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/couple-charged-with-fundraising-for-terrorism-11364055678624
posted by Christopher W. Holton An official investigation of British prisons has revealed that the senior level of the British prison service approved having Muslim prisoners fundraise for an organization which is funding the jihadist terrorist organization HAMAS. Muslims jailed in at least four prisons were encouraged by Muslim chaplains to take part in sponsored fundraising activities for the […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton There could scarcely ever be a more glaring example of treacherous U.S. policy than what we see here. Earlier this week, the Jihadist terrorist group HAMAS, which dominates the Palestinian movement, attacked an Israeli transit bus in an Islamikaze attack eerily reminiscent of such attacks in the 1990s when HAMAS […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The Islamic State derives at least a significant portion of its income from oil revenue. U.S. air strikes have reduced that revenue stream. Also, because the number of people living under the direct control of the Islamic State has declined, tax revenues have declined. All of this data comes from […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Saudi Arabia has long been a major incubator for global jihad, both violent and civilizational. It isn’t the only country that has promoted Islamic supremicism, but it is certainly the wealthiest. The Saudis’ enormous wealth has enabled them to greatly influence the political process here in America and even enlist […]
Boko Haram resorts to cattle poaching to raise funds
posted by Christopher W. Holton The savage jihadist group Boko Haram has added another method of funding jihad: cattle rustling… http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/boko-haram-now-sells-stolen-cattle-to-fund-terror/
Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged to CNBC Thursday that some of the money Iran received in sanctions relief would go to groups considered terrorists. When asked about whether some the $150 billion in sanctions relief to Iran would go to terrorist groups, Kerry reiterated that, after settling debts, Iran would receive closer to $55 […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Mohammed Iqbal Hussain, aged 25, and Mohamed Suyaubur Rohaman, 32, who live in Castle Road, Walsall Wood are accused of sending £10,000 to their suspected terrorist brother and his wife fighting in Syria. The brothers, who worked in the family laundrette business in Walsall, are accused of transferring the money to […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton It’s not often that the so-called “mainstream media” gets it right, but Newsweek has with the publishing of this story from Reuters detailing how the IRGC will benefit from the lifting of sanctions against Iran. The IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) is the notorious military branch of the Iranian armed forces that […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Well worth checking out, particularly details about the funding of the Jihadis who carried out attacks in France… 10 biggest terror finance news stories of 2015
posted by Christopher W. Holton In a significant and stunning development, banking and financial services giant HSBC, which in the past has been cited for violating sanctions against Iran, has taken the bold, admirable move of cutting ties to one of the world’s largest Islamic charities, Islamic Relief, due to fears that funds controlled by […]
Posted by Christopher W. Holton Palestinian Islamic Jihad has reportedly suspended payments to its terrorists for three months. The suspension has occurred despite Iran’s recent pledge to continue to fund Islamic Jihad. No Iranian money has been transferred and the reason for the delay is reportedly unknown. For decades, Iran sent hundreds of millions of dollars to Islamic Jihad, but, because of disputes over […]
Captured Documents Detail Islamic State’s Revenue Streams
Documents captured by U.S. Special Operations Forces in a May raid in Syria reveal how the Islamic State has established departments to handle “war spoils,” including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources, especially oil. The documents detail how a formerly small Jihadist insurgent organization has set up a sophisticated bureaucracy to handle revenue streams – from stolen oil to looted antiquities. http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-seized-documents-reveal-islamic-states-department-war-061002683.html
The Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act, which was adopted unanimously by the Senate and House of Representatives, has been signed into law. Hezbollah’s drug business, money laundering, and other criminal activities are critical for funding its Jihad. The new law seeks to “prevent Hezbollah’s global logistics and financial network from operating in order to curtail […]
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 […]
Financial Trail Indicates Islamic State Presence Spreading to Indonesia
Some of the Indonesian men arrested at the weekend after tip-offs that they were planning a string of militant attacks had received funding from Syria, hardening evidence of their links to Islamic State, police said on Monday. “They received transfers of funds … they have a connection with Syria,” national police spokesman Anton Charliyan told […]
by Christopher W. Holton In 2006 an important book was published by Cambridge University Press: “Alms for Jihad,” written by J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins. Alms for Jihad contains the most detailed, exhaustive investigation into the role that Islamic charities and NGOs have played in financing and supporting violent Jihad and terrorist organizations, […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton India has frozen the assets of 37 entities on charges of terrorist financing and money laundering of illicit funds, according to the latest report by global anti-financial terror body FATF (Financial Action Task Force). The FATF is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 and it is mandated to set global protocols […]
Airstrikes conducted by the US-led coalition destroyed 116 ISIS-operated fuel trucks in eastern Syria in one day, US defense officials said. A Pentagon spokesperson told the AFP news agency that the trucks were struck on Sunday in a single air strike near the ISIS-controlled town of Albu Kamal. The coalition has previously targeted oil trucks, but a […]
The Islamic State has garnered as much as $1.5 billion in revenue by looting banks and illicit oil proceeds, according to a Treasury Department spokesperson. “Our most recent estimates that we can provide publicly are between $500 million and $1 billion in seized bank assets, based on 2014 data,” the official said. “Earlier this year, (the Islamic State) made […]
A New Jersey man pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State by financing his brother’s air fare to the Middle East to join the Jihad. Alaa Saadeh’s attorney told the judge that his client won’t cooperate with the federal government or testify against anyone else under investigation for terrorist activity. Saadeh, 24, of […]
Jihadi Gangs in Germany Robbing Churches to Fund the Islamic State
Jihadists have been looting churches in the Middle East and southwest Asia for many years to collect stolen artifacts to fund Jihad. But now–perhaps due to the refugee influx from Syria–Jihadists are bringing this tactic to the West, specifically Germany… Eight young men appeared in court in Cologne on Tuesday charged with robbing churches and […]
Two Beirut residents have been arrested on U.S. charges that they took part in an alleged scheme to help Hezbollah launder drug money, and to funnel thousands of weapons and military parts to criminal groups in Lebanon and Iran. Iman Kobeissi, 50, was arraigned in Brooklyn on Friday and held without bail, following her arrest […]
Italy’s intelligence service helped concoct a false story about a rescue of hostages by security forces to hide a ransom payment, according to a leaked spy agency document. Al Qaeda got $525,000 in this scam…Note also that this article ties Somali piracy to Jihad, something we and others have maintained for some time, but which […]
The Money Jihad blog has a useful post, complete with video, on the Islamic State’s use of stolen antiquities to fund its operations… https://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2015/10/15/raid-lifted-veil-on-isiss-smuggling-records/
Readers can view the report in its entirety here. We will post a review with highlights soon… https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/468210/UK_NRA_October_2015_final_web.pdf
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