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During the "war on terror" the names of charities accused of ties to terrorism have been published. Some detainees have been captured largely because they volunteered or worked for these charities.

Charities accused of ties to terrorism

Name Headquarters Accusers Ties
Afghan Support Committee Pakistan U.S. State Department
  • Alleged to have funneled support to fighters in Afghanistan.
Al-Haramain Foundation Saudi Arabia U.S. State Department
Al Kifah Refugee Center USA Spanish police
Al Wafa Afghanistan U.S. State Department
Benevolence International Foundation United States Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bosanska Idealna Futura Bosnia Federal Bureau of Investigation
Capital Athletic Foundation United States Juan Cole
Global Relief Foundation Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Bosnian offices shut down on US request in 2002
Health and Education Project International Canada Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Help the Needy United States Attorney General John Ashcroft
  • Sent unauthorized funds to Saddam's Iraq.
Human Appeal International United Kingdom U.S. State Department
Human Concern International Canada U.S. military
International Islamic Relief Organization Saudi U.S. State Department
  • being sued by families of the victims of the September 11 attacks
Interpal United Kingdom
  • 1997 retraction from Sunday Telegraph of 1996 accusations of Interpal being run by Hamas activists, and funding bombers.
  • Accusation repeated by US Treasury and Board of Deputies of British Jews on web sites in 2003.
  • 2005 apology and out-of-court settlement for libel by BDBJ.
  • Cleared by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
Jamat al Tabligh Pakistan U.S. State Department
  • "The Jamat al Tabligh, a Pakistani-based Islamic Missionary organization, is being used as a cover to mask travel and activities of terrorists including members of al-Qaeda"
Maktab-ul-Khedamat - U.S. 9-11 commission
Muslim Aid UK U.S. State Department
Revival of Islamic Heritage Society Kuwait U.S. State Department
Sanabal Charitable Committee UK U.S. State Department

References

  1. ^ Terrorist Exclusion List, US State Department, November 15, 2002 Cite error: The named reference "Exclude" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ Spain charity terror link alleged, CNN, December 8 2002
  3. ^ Dossier of Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mar'i, Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  4. ^ Complete 911 Timeline, Cooperative Research
  5. ^ Bosnia, 1 degree of separation from Al-Qaeda, The Centre for Peace in the Balkans, July 2003
  6. Lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s “Charity” a Front for Terrorism, Juan Cole, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, March 2006
  7. Fund-Raising: Take It to the (West) Bank, MSNBC/Newsweek, May 2, 2006
  8. National Post Apologizes to Human Concern International, South Asia Partnership Canada
  9. Muslim doctor gets 22 years for filtering donations to Iraq, Auburn Citizen, November 2 2005
  10. http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/165 The Terrorism Case that Wasn't: One Year On, 'Help the Needy' Case Still Shrouded in Mystery, Innuendo]
  11. Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards?, Inter Press Service News Agency, February 23 2003
  12. Dossier of Boudella el Hajj, Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  13. Canadian teen to be released from Gitmo: Accused of killing U.S. special ops soldier, alleged al-Qaida ties, World Net Daily, December 1 2003
  14. Interpal Wins Libel Case Against Board of Deputies of British Jews, Interpal, December 22 2005
  15. Combatant Status Review Board Letters, final release (.pdf), Department of Defense Freedom of Information Office -- see page 4 of the .pdf
  16. National Commission on Terrorist Attack Upon the United States: appendix a common abbreviations, 911 Commission
  17. ^ Summary of Evidence (.pdf) from pages 25-26 of Mohammed Fenaitel Mohamed Al Daihani's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
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