US blacklists charity as front for Islamic Jihad

Another jihad charity. From Reuters:

WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday froze the assets of a charity it called a front for the militant Palestinian Islamic Jihad group and said it was seeking safe channels for donations to Palestinians in need.

This afternoon we designated the Elehssan Society, including all of its branches, as a charitable front for the brutal terrorist group the Palestinian Islamic Jihad," U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Enforcement Stuart Levey said.

"Elehssan masquerades as a charity while actually helping to finance PIJ's acts of terror against the Israeli people and other innocents," he told a congressional hearing. Elehssan operates in the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon.

Posted by Robert on May 5, 2005 7:48 AM | 5 Comments
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Geoff | May 5, 2005 1:05 PM

Ding ding - you lose.

Sheik Geoff

Hulegu Khan | May 5, 2005 3:31 PM
Elehssan masquerades as a charity ...
Just as Islam masquerades as a religion of peace. How long before the man in the street in the West recognizes that Islam is a package deal? It is a complete social, political, economic, and psychological ideology that is fundamentally incompatible with non-Muslim values, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Don't take my word on it. Look it up for yourself. It's all enshrined in the Islamic canon (Koran, Hadiths and Sira) for all to see for themselves.

vishal | May 5, 2005 3:59 PM

Muslim Group in France Is Fertile Soil for Militancy

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/international/europe/28tablighi.html?pagewanted=print&position=

ST.-DENIS, France - Raouf Ben Halima, 39, sleeps on his side, never on his stomach. He enters the bathroom leading with his left foot but puts his pants on leading with his right. Instead of using a fork when he eats, he uses his index finger, middle finger and thumb.

Mr. Halima is a member of the Tablighi Jamaat, or Preaching Party, a global army of Muslim missionaries helping to expand their religion and reinforce their faith. They believe that emulating the habits of the Prophet Muhammad is the surest way to restore Islam to its intended path.
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Geoff | May 6, 2005 12:44 PM

"ST.-DENIS, France - Raouf Ben Halima, 39, sleeps on his side, never on his stomach. He enters the bathroom leading with his left foot but puts his pants on leading with his right. Instead of using a fork when he eats, he uses his index finger, middle finger and thumb.

Mr. Halima is a member of the Tablighi Jamaat, or Preaching Party, a global army of Muslim missionaries helping to expand their religion and reinforce their faith. They believe that emulating the habits of the Prophet Muhammad is the surest way to restore Islam to its intended path."

Does it strike anyone that this is enabling of obsessive-compulsive behaviour?

Geoff

Beth | May 6, 2005 1:04 PM

Ya know Geoff - I find total irony that so many are able to accept beliefs of such tedious procedures - all the while - not considering the very same ones teaching those sensless traditions believe that soap and water washes the blood off their hands before they do.

And no Shiva - this is not a game with me!