Bandow: Saudi Arabia funding creates breeding ground for Jihad
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 […]
Saudi Arabia Criticized for Funding Salafist Islam in Southeast Asia
posted by Christopher W Holton It has been a well-established fact that Saudi Arabia has spent tens of billions of dollars over the past 30-40 years or so proselytizing its brand of Sunni Islam, known as Wahhabism, but properly categorized as Salafism. It is also a well-established fact that Salafi Islam has given rise to […]
by Christopher Holton First it was the suppression of the 28 pages of the 9/11 report. Now, 16 years after 9/11, the West still has not learned its lesson. The British government reportedly is suppressing a report which shows that Jihad in the U.K. is largely funded by Saudi Arabia. Once again, the treacherous Saudis […]
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 […]
IPT Report: Kuwait Financing Muslim Brotherhood Infiltration of West Through Mosques
The indispensable experts over at Steve Emerson’s Investigative Project on Terrorism have uncovered a Kuwaiti scheme to fund terrorism and radical Islam in the West via mosques. It seems the Kuwaitis are funding mosques in Europe and paying the salaries of radical Imams who are pushing Wahhabism and promoting the now-discredited Muslim Brotherhood in the […]
The Wall Street Journal Weighs In On Al Goreeza: Inconvenient Truths About Al Jazeera…and about Dow Jones too
We’re glad to see that the Wall Street Journal has weighed in on the nefarious aspects of Al Jazeera, echoing what we reported here on SFW last week: https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2013/01/03/al-gore-sells-out-to-qatar-state-owned-al-jazeera-buys-current-tv/ It’s worth pointing out some of the highlights in the Journal’s article: …the network reflects the interests of the government that runs it—making it akin to […]
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: […]
“Extremism” on the Rise in Zanzibar–Thanks to Saudi Money and Islamic Charities
The Financial Times has an important article about the influx of Salafi Islam in the island region of Tanzania known as Zanzibar. The article doesn’t draw any of the correct conclusions about what is happening there, but it contains enough clues to build a picture. For folks who don’t remember, Tanzania is one of the […]
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
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 […]
Jonathan Schanzer: Saudi Arabia’s Terror Finance Problem
An excellent article from noted expert Jonathan Schanzer on Saudi Arabia’s citizens’ support for Jihad…Keep in mind that this is the same Saudi citizenry heavily involved in Shariah Finance, yet we are expected to believe that there is no threat of Jihadist terrorism benefiting from Shariah Finance… The Saudis produce, thanks to proceeds from the […]
Wikileaks: Private Saudi Donations Fund Jihad in Philippines
US diplomats openly acknowledged in the secret cables leaked by Wikileaks the role Saudi Arabia was playing in funding the Islamic groups in the Philippines and declared that it must be stopped. This is a common theme around the world. Saudis fund Jihad with “private” donations (often from members of the royal family) while the […]
Given the rash of sukuk (Islamic bond) defaults which occurred in 2009, it is no surprise that an insurance entity backing sukuk would crop up and one has: The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), a division of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), will soon be tasked with providing insurance on […]
Al Qaeda called a ‘money making machine’ by British official–that’s not even HALF the story
The article below from The Telegraph in Great Britain quotes a British Foreign Office director as describing Al Qaeda as a “money making machine,” due to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s practice of ransoming hostages for money. Evidently, Italy, Spain, Austria and Switzerland have all paid such ransoms to the Jihadist terrorist organization. This […]
Saudi Zakat for Jihadist Terrorists
Regular readers of SFW know that one of the chief concerns that never seems to get addressed by the financial media or Western promoters of Shariah-Compliant Finance is the issue of money finding its way into the hands of Jihadist terrorist organizations, such as Al Qaeda, HAMAS, Lashkar-e-Taiba and others. Shariah-Compliant financial institutions must donate […]
Saudi financial jihadist prince eyes new links with News Corp.
The Saudi billionaire whose investment firm is one of the biggest stakeholders in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. said he is looking to expand his alliances with the media giant. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a nephew of the Saudi king and who was listed last year by Forbes as the world’s 22nd richest person, met withNews Corp.’s chief […]
The Islamic Development Bank has essentially been a financing arm of the Saudi Salafi imperialist movement for years now. The bank comes into an area with lots of money and the next thing you know, Wahhabi mosques start to appear in areas where there are no Salafi Muslims, if any Muslims at all. Lately, with […]
Sebastian Gorka: Sahriah finance is a zero-sum game
Dr. Sebastian Gorka is military affairs fellow with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, D. C., and associate fellow with the Joint Special Operations University. He has written an excellent article on Shariah-Compliant Finance which we think everyone should read… Dr. Gorka correctly identifies Shariah-Compliant Finance as a form of economic warfare being […]
Dow Jones Indexes is set to launch four new indexes for the Middle East and North Africa region, giving investors access to both conventional and Shariah compliant indexes. Note that this index will focus on Saudi Arabia and the standards will be aligned with Wahhabism, the official state religion of Saudi Arabia–and Al Qaeda… http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=26203
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