Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens has donated to this group. "US accuses British charity of 'financing terrorism,'" from The Telegraph, with thanks to Jeff Lastname:
A British charity has been accused by the American government of financing Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. The Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA), which is based in Birmingham and provides aid for orphanages and water wells in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been designated by the United States treasury as being part of a network of "terrorist" charities that have allegedly "provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to Osama bin Laden".The Telegraph has also discovered that Yusuf Islam, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens who was refused entry to America last September because his name was on a security watch list, has previously donated thousands of pounds to the Birmingham charity.
The reason for his exclusion has never been publicly revealed, but last night American officials indicated that the entertainer's funding of the ISRA was one of the reasons for him being banned. Mr Islam has always denied financing terrorism.
Muslim charities -- to which Muslims give Zakat not in order to give succour to the poor, as do non-Muslim charities, irrespective of their faith, but only for "furthering the cause of Allah" -- will almost inevitably end up supporting Jihad, or one of the instruments of Jihad, because the duty of Jihad is not tangential, not an afterthought, not something on the margins, but central to Islam.
A while ago Muslim groups attempted to put the Justice Department on the spot by disengenuously asking "but which groups can we give money to"? The Justice Department did not answer for it did not want to fall into a trap.
But the answer should be: not to any group or cause, that would lead to further anti-Infidel activity. All mosques, and all madrasas, inevitably fall into that category, given the canonical texts. Perhaps food aid to poor Muslims would be the only conceivable use of zakat that would not be immediately damaging to Infidels. But of course Muslims can always rely on the Infidels to supply such aid -- look at Aceh, look at the Western aid that keeps the otherwise unviable "Palestinian" Authority and the "Palestinians" on life-support, keeping them alive so that, like Frankenstein, they can jump off the table and go after the Infidel state of Israel.
No, there is virtually no "Muslim charity" -- propaganda machine, Da'wa, whatever -- that will not, inevitably, increase the Muslim threat to Infidels.
The Jihadist killers have no compunctions about using Taqiyya against their Islamic brethren who are moderate, to gain their donations by fraudulent means. Who honestly want their charity to go the deserving poor and for projects to uplift their living standards
Paul Wolfowitz recently lambasted the sham charitable instincts of moslem nations judging by hard facts on the ground - tsunami releif to mainly moslem victims in Indonesia and malaysia from muzzie countries was abysmal.... go figure!
Last year I found this Islamic charity and it reminded of the Orphanage scam run by the Khadr family that are Canada's "Al-Qaeda" family that
loves Jihad and rejoiced on 9/11 as a near 3000
humans from about 60 different Nationalities and
many faiths were slaughtered for Allah by Osama
and his thugs.
The charity run by Daddy Khadr was in Afghanistan
and was a front used to hide the end user of Western donations that Muslims new about and unsuspecting non-Muslims didn't know about.
KinderUSA.org had a odd "Mission Statement"
and later on the FBI alerted them of a investigation for donors and recepients,now I see that the notice on their website about unfair attacks based on post 9/11 Islamophobia has been updated with a disclaimer by the Board of directors.
KinderUSA doesn't deny that some funds might be used against there faith in good-intentions
by the frontline administrators in the middle east,but they do try to play "The Victim" and warn Muslims that a climate of fear shouldn't
deter people from donating just because the
charities account may be "Frozen" by the Athorities.
When many Muslims made a free-will choice to
praise and condone the 9/11 attack on all of humanity,that's when they lost the assumption
of innocence by many non-Muslims.
The method of Taqiyya is to be defensive and shift the blame and guilt to the victims by
argueing they are unfairly judged as guilty
and that's against the American Comstitution.
Bullsh*t,the assumption of innocent is while you're before a Judge in a trial Court and not at the point of arrest which is made by appointed Officers of the Law and approved by past standards
set by a democratic process designed by Civilian
and monitored by the Constitution.
If you are caught speeding the Cop is not expected to hold a trail on the spot to show guilt just so there can be a Court trial to Prove Guilt,Muslims need to look-up the word "Judge"
and term "Court room" to see that Islamic law that asume guilt by sharia do not apply in America and posses meteing out justice like in the Coptic family Murders are deemed criminal
action and not the application of Sharia that Islamists like to think it was.
http://www.kinderusa.org/
Note from the UK.this charity has been going in the uk for many years,it is international,i have been wondering about its activities for a long while,it advertises in hate filed magazines that are in every mosque. We have very rich people,and even poloticians donate to it.
I feel depressed because this country country seems to have lost its bearings on what is right and wrong ,it lets hatered grow with little understanding of it.
There is so much pressure from the muslims that it would not suprise me that our countries secutriy forces are spending as much money on monitering people like me ,than watching hate filled imans and evil groups that spread lies and hatered
It may seem strange,that when you guys say "GOD BLESS AMERICA" that he actually does bless you ,but for a reason,we are a lost cause in respect of resisting evil and hatered in this form,but you are not,
your country will stand as a light to truth in these years to come . May god almighty ruler of heaven and earth through his son our lord continue to give you the wealth of the nations so "freedom may riegn" and his mercy abound.
pray for us here in the uk. And above all keep your eye on what is happening here
I asked the charities commission here in the uk what they plan to do about this charity ,not to suprisingly they said "we cannot do anything"
stand firm in the usa the world is being protected by you
god bless the U S A