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The Charitable Society for Social Welfare (CSSW) was founded by Abdul Majeed al-Zindani, whom the US Treasury Department identified as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist", citing his "long history of working with bin Laden" (and whose name also appears on the UN 1267 Committee's list of individuals belonging to or associated with Al-Qaida).

During a terrorism trial, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Brian Murphy testified that CSSW was a “front organization to funnel money to terrorists,” and US federal prosecutors have described it as being used to support Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda.

In 1998 and 1999 in San Diego, Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki served as Vice President for CSSW. Al-Awlaki would later be suspected of radicalizing Major Nidal Hasan before his 2009 attack on Fort Hood, and reportedly blessed and participated in the Al Qeda sponsored attempt to blow up an airliner Christmas Day 2009 in Detroit. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). “The proof here is overwhelming that the defendant was lying about facts relevant to the investigation of a federal crime of terrorism,” U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon said.

References

1. ^ Schmidt, Susan; Imam From Va. Mosque Now Thought to Have Aided Al-Qaeda; the Washington Post, February 27, 2008, last accessed November 20, 2009.
2. Hays, Tom, "FBI Eyes NYC ‘Charity’ in Terror Probe," Associated Press, February 26, 2004, accessed November 11, 2009
3. Man who lied to FBI in terror probe gets jail", Associated Press, July 9, 2004, accessed December 9, 2009

External links

• Terrorism and Money Laundering: Illegal Purposes and Activities, Bjorklund, Victoria B.; Reynoso, Jenni I.; Hazlett, Abbey, 25 Pace L. Rev. 233 (2004-05)
• Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad, Matthew Levitt, Dennis Ross, Yale University Press, 2007, ISBN 0300122586, 9780300122589

• Front organizations
• Covert organizations
• Charities
• Charities accused of ties to terrorism
• Funding of terrorism
• Islamist groups
• Al-Qaeda