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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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
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
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 intrepid Patrick Poole as a major story breaking over on PJ Media indicating a great deal of direct Turkish regime involvement in funding “criminal gangs” in Germany to attack dictator Erdogan’s opponents there… German intelligence wiretaps revealed AKP Party officials transferring money to leaders of the “Osmanen Germania” (Ottoman […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Up until the September 11, 2001, attacks against the United States, Hezbollah, Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Shiite Party of God, was responsible for the deaths of more Americans than any other terrorist group in the world. Hezbollah introduced suicide bombings into the regional vernacular. The group, supported and fueled by the Iranian […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Another article pointing out that both Qatar and Saudi Arabia are funders of Jihadist terrorism and that Saudi Wahhabism is one of the fountainheads for Jihadist terrorist organizations… http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/serendipity/qatar-crisis-pot-calling-kettle-black/
by Christopher W. Holton We had to think long and hard about linking to this article. The author maintains that the Muslim Brotherhood should not be designated a terrorist organization, which is totally wrong in our view, especially given the fact that HAMAS is in fact the Muslim Brotherhood in Israel and Palestinian areas. That […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton There are rumblings that Washington is preparing more wide-ranging sanctions aimed at the Jihadist terrorist organization Hezbollah. These sanctions are well-deserved and overdue. Not only did Hezbollah kill 241 US Marines, sailors and soldiers in Beirut on 23 October 1983, they also participated heavily in the insurgency in Iraq, trained […]
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 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 […]
The British government has officially asked the UK Charity Commission for a detailed report on the Muslim Brotherhood’s possible charitable work in the United Kingdom as well as overseas. Back on April 1st, British Prime Minister David Cameron commissioned an investigation of the Brotherhood’s philosophy, activities and impact on British interests at home and abroad. The investigation, which will also review […]
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki made it abundantly clear that Saudi Arabia is sponsoring terrorism and likewise he highlighted the role of Qatar in supporting terror as well. Indeed, Gulf petrodollars are sponsoring terrorism in several nations, spreading sectarianism throughout the Middle East and parts of Southeast Asia – and funding radicalism throughout Western Europe and […]
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 […]
Michael Curtis, author of Jews, Anti-Semitism and the Middle East, recently posted an important article on American Thinker about a subject which we have covered extensively on SFW for years…the role of Islamic charities in terrorism financing… http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/04/telling_the_truth_about_terrorism_and_islamic_charities.html
Germany Outlaws Islamic Charity for Funding Hezbollah
An Islamic charity known as the “Orphan Children Project Lebanon” (Waisenkinderprojekt Libanon) was recently shut down by German authorities in police raids for raising millions of euros for Hezbollah and the families of suicide bombers. The organization, based in the western city of Essen, had raised €3.3 million in donations between 2007 and 2013 for the Lebanese […]
Money Jihad blog uncovered an important report from Thomson Reuters which details financing for the Islamic terrorist organization Abu Sayyaf, which operates in the Philippines. In the report, an entire section is devoted to zakat funding for Abu Sayyaf, particularly from Saudi Arabia. Thomson Reuters maintains that the zakat money is only coming from Filipino expatriates […]
The US Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen has unofficially accused the Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Dr Nayef Al-Ajmi of longstanding support and funding of terrorism. http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/204846/t/US-official-‘accuses’-Kuwait’s-Awqaf-minister-of-funding-terror/Default.aspx
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