UK Islamist Organization Sues Charity Commission
On October 28, 2015 · In Britain, ISIS, Islamic charities, Islamic State (IS), Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals
The United Kingdom’s Charity Commission has rightly sought to cut off funding through Islamic charities for the Islamist group CAGE. CAGE has been vocal in support for British Jihadis and has provided legal services for Jihadis. CAGE is largely funded by Islamic charities… CAGE, a UK advocacy group best known for defending Islamic State executioner […]
SFW has long focused on the role of Islamic charities in funding Jihad. This is a chief concern surrounding Shariah-compliant finance because of the byproduct of Shariah finance in which funds are funneled to Islamic charities as zakat or to “purify” impurities in portfolios. As we have detailed scores of times over the years, here […]
Last year, the Charity Commission opened cases and inquiries into 379 religious charities, of which 153 were Christian and 85 were Muslim. So far, we know of no cases in which non-Muslim charities have been implicated in terrorism financing. http://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/08/19/more-christian-than-muslim-charities-investigated-by-charity-commission/
A leading Muslim charity in the UK is under investigation due to allegations of anti-semitism and calls for adulterers and gay people to be stoned to death. The Islamic Education and Research Academy (iERA), which claims it works with two major British charities, lists among its advisers two preachers banned from the UK for extremist views. IERA […]
For years, here on SFW, we’ve pointed out ties between Islamic charities and Jihadist organizations. No where has this appeared more than in the United Kingdom. Now the organization that regulates charities in the UK, the Charity Commission, has been more closely scrutinizing such ties and has recently been asked to assist in an investigation […]
Chairman of Charity Commission says it will come down hard on charities found funnelling cash to extremist groups. William Shawcross, who took on the role at the Charity Commission in October 2012, said it was “ludicrous” that people with convictions for terrorism or money laundering were not automatically disqualified from setting up charities or becoming […]
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