FUNDRAISING: A TERRORIST SECRET WEAPON BY: ED ZIEGLER
Fundraising sounds harmless and caring. The vast majority of fundraising is just that. Many years ago I attended a fundraiser for Afghanistan against Russia held at Faneuil Hall, birth place of the Boston Tea party of December 16, 1773. Feeling moved I donated money not knowing the true nature of Islamic terrorists. Main stream media rarely reports on radical Islamists who are attacking us, frequently, violently and subtly. Here I present an important tool they use, fundraising. Money is of major importance in any war. Radical Islam is well aware of its value. Covertly they are taking our money and sending it to terrorists who, in turn, are using it for weapons that are killing our soldiers. The Holy Land Foundation (HLF) was the largest Islamic fundraiser in the United States. They were found guilty of funneling $12 Million to Hamas. The U.S. government designated HLF a terrorist organization, seized its assets, and closed the charity. HLF and five of its organizers were convicted of supporting Hamas. One of the defendants, Mohammad El-Mezain, ran Holy Land’s California office, also raised money for KindHearts. KindHearts, an Ohio charity, allegedly supported the terrorist organization Hamas, as well. It had it’s assets frozen in 2006. KindHearts made a deal with the U.S. Treasury Dept in November, 2011. It was disbanded after agreeing to distribute its funds to various humanitarian causes. It has been well established that The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has ties with terrorist organizations such as the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas. CAIR was classified as an unindicted co-conspirator in the HLF trial. A federal jury in Boston found Libyan-born Emadeddin Muntasser, Muhamed Mubayyid, a Lebanon native and Samir Al-Monla, an immigrant from Kuwait, guilty of conspiring to defraud the government by using tax-free donations to support holy war and holy warriors. They raised nearly $ 2,000,000. Muntasser, was turned down for U.S. citizenship. Sam Al-Arian a Florida professor was one of the founding fathers of the Muslim Brotherhood movement in the United States. He’s also a founder of the Islamic Society of North America. Sami was convicted of fundraising for Palestinian terrorist organizations. Sabirhan Hasanoff was sentenced to 18 years for funneling around $67,000 to Al Qaeda affiliates. He and another man, Wisam El-Hanafi, also sent bomb-making equipment to terrorist operatives overseas. He also carried out surveillance of the New York Stock Exchange presumably for a potential attack. Both men were believed to be influenced by another American Islamist, Anwar al-Awlaki, a former AQAP leader who regularly called on Muslims in the west to carry out “lone-wolf” style terrorist attacks, independent of any formal Al Qaeda network. The fundraising effort is not reserved for Islamic men only. There were two Islamic Rochester, Minnesota women that were convicted of raising money and recruiting fighters for a terrorist organization (al-Shabab). In 2012, the Supreme Court declined hearing an appeal from Kifah Jayyousi, a Muslim, who helped fund dirty bomber Jose Padilla. Kifah claimed he raised money for charity as mandated by the Quran. The Massachusetts-based charity, CARE International, did not pay taxes on roughly $1.7 million it collected in donations between 1993 and 2003. While Care performed some real charitable work, it also used the money to finance the publication and distribution of what prosecutors call a “pro-jihad book” called “Join the Caravan.” I do not know how we can completely stop them from fundraising. Be astute. Do not donate without proof of charitable works. If you learn who is speaking at such an event notify them of your displeasure.Comments are closed.
