http://msnbc.com/news/819305.asp
Yet another Islamic group raising money under the pretense of charity only to be found to be supporting terrorism.
“The indictment describes a multinational criminal enterprise that for at least a decade used charitable contributions of innocent Americans – Muslim, non-Muslim and corporations alike – to support al Qaeda, the Chechen mujahideen and armed violence in Bosnia”
Its sad how people use religion to gather support & money for their political appeasement. While talking to one of my co-workers about the same issue, he told me that his church (Methodist) were sending his "charity" money to some war lord in Africa because he happened to be Christian among the others war lords. According to him the majority of membership staged a great deal of protest against that & the leadership of the church abandoned that support.
Maybe public audits of all religious charities is the answer?! How about no cash offering without a written receipt?
From the above article:
- U.S. District Judge Joan Gottschall recently dismissed those charges, saying Arnaout had committed no crime. But federal prosecutors immediately filed new perjury charges against Arnaout and they are still pending.*
So it's not been established yet that the man in question is in fact a terrorist so the title of this thread could be construed as misleading. Maybe it should have read "Another Islamic charity ALLEGEDLY supporting terrorism?
Isn't the same true for "World Hindu Council"?