Muslim Organization ICNA Linked to Anti-American Terror Movement
According to Justice Department U.S. Code Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 113B, Section 2339B:
Whoever knowingly provides material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both, and, if the death of any person results, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.
And according to the Justice Department, the term “material support” includes currency.
Question: Are ICNA, ICNA Relief, and Helping Hand guilty of material support to Hamas, a group which is named on the U.S. State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs)? In contemplating the answer to this question, one must consider the following facts:
1. As stated previously, both ICNA and AKF are part of Jamaat-e-Islami. Apart from the geographical distance between the two, one could easily say that the groups are sister organizations.
2. ICNA’s charities were listed as donors to AKF on AKF’s website for nearly an entire year following the money transaction to the head of Hamas.
3. Even after this author has, on many occasions (starting in May 2007), publicized the above information, both ICNA Relief and HH are still involved with AKF, as both groups are listed as “partner” organizations on the official website of AKF’s Al-Khidmat Welfare Society (AKWS). Of the three partner groups listed, the only two logos which are shown are that of ICNA Relief and HH.
4. ICNA has been involved in material support to terrorist-related groups previously, as its Southeast division, shortly before and shortly after the September 11th attacks, asked its website viewers to provide “material support” to organizations connected to al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
If the answer to the question concerning material support to Hamas is “yes,” one must then determine whether or not the money being handled was used towards the furtherance of bloodshed. When discussing the subject of Hamas, how can anyone believe otherwise?
ICNA, ICNA Relief, and Helping Hand all reap the benefits that go along with having non-profit 501(c)3 organizations. The thing that may threaten these groups’ existence, though, is their relationship with the financing of terror.
Did the groups know? Did they know where their money was headed prior to or during the money transfer to Hamas? Given all of the facts stated above and more, how did they not know?
It is time the government acted on this information and opened an investigation into ICNA and its connection to terrorist financing. If ICNA or its two “charities” are involved in material support for terrorist groups, they need to be shut down immediately.
Joe Kaufman is the Chairman of Americans Against Hate and the founder of CAIR Watch. He has been responsible for the closure of at least one terror-related charity and has convinced a number of government officials to shun the Hamas front group, CAIR. In June 2009, he won a lawsuit brought against him by seven Dallas-area radical Muslim organizations.
Beila Rabinowitz, the Director of Militant Islam Monitor, contributed to this report.
Which “Muslim Organization” is NOT tied to “terror” in some form, whether anti-American specfic, or the ‘general’ type, anti-civilization?
Excellent. Keep up the good work, Joe, but don’t expect any Federal support until 2013.
Murfreesboro TN…ARE YOU LISTENING?
Actually, even if the money isn’t linked to blood, it has been recently ruled that it is still illegal. The money that that was raised and could go to other causes frees up other monies that can be used for destructive purposes.
Do you think this will get the same coverage at the NYT as their big scoop of Christian charities contributing to Israel? Fat chance!
You forgot one. Are these groups worshiping Allah in the name of Mohammad? If the answer is yes, then they knew.
End of story.
President Obama is paying YOUR MONEY TO LIBYA- to fund the next flotilla!!!
yes he rewards the country that honors KILLERS!!
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/kirk.gadhafi.charities.2.1205623.html
His duty as MUSLIM- to pay ZAKAT-
he said he would find acceptable channels for MUSLIMS to pay! Is this the CHANGE? yes he is changing USA to dhimmified under ISLAM
“The Obama Administration plans to give $400,000 in funding to a Libyan charity run by the Gadhafi family, and U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) wants the grant withdrawn. ”
this is the same “charity” sponsoring the next “human rights” flotilla – b/c we all know LIBYA is such a bastion of human rights
I could not help but notice the moon god worshiping symbol. Once again, the horns of the bull, and in the middle where the star would be are the letters.
Classic Lucifer worship, and I suspect, the reason why the New Agers love Allah.