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 […]
Jihadi Charities Expand in Indonesia
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 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 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 […]
Long Island Woman Accused of Funding Islamic State
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 […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The Palestinian Authority’s 2017 budget shows a “huge increase” in the funding of salaries for imprisoned terrorists and the families of “martyrs,” an Israeli research institute revealed on Wednesday. According to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), the amount of money allocated by the PA for payments to terrorists jailed in Israel […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Nearly four years after the Islamic Society of North America’s Canadian wing lost its charity status for funding Jihadist terrorism, two more affiliates have been similarly sanctioned. https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2013/09/25/islamic-society-of-north-americas-canadian-wing-loses-charity-status-for-funding-terrorism/ Canadian authorities have stripped two former affiliates of the Islamic Society of North America’s Canada chapter (ISNA-Canada) of their charitable status after […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton A New York jury has ruled that the U.S. government can seize a Manhattan skyscraper worth as much as $1 billion from an Iranian-American charitable foundation accused of violating sanctions against Iran. The U.S. federal court on June 29 ruled that Alavi Foundation, the majority owner of the 36-story office […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Senior official denies claim by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that PA has ‘changed its policy’ regarding funding of jailed terrorists. The Palestinian Authority is still providing stipends to terrorists sitting in Israeli jails, despite claims by US officials that the PA was reversing its policy, a senior Israeli official […]
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 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 […]
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