Danish Muslim group charged with funding terrorism

More evidence that it is well-nigh impossible to tell whether a Muslim organization in the West is a friend or foe of the global jihad. From Reuters, :

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark charged a Muslim organization, the Danish Al-Aqsa Association, on Wednesday with funding terrorism by channelling funds to Palestinian militant group Hamas, the prosecutor said.

"We have today charged the organization and two of its members, and seized some of its funds," Henning Thiesen, special prosecutor for serious economic crime, told Reuters.

The Justice Ministry said an investigation launched in 2002 showed the two Al-Aqsa members had collected money in Denmark and transferred it to "Middle Eastern organizations which are part of or have connections to the terror organization Hamas".

The Islamist group Hamas is sworn to Israel's destruction and has claimed responsibility for many suicide bombings of Israelis.

The charges were brought under an anti-terrorism law enacted in 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Denmark has detained six Muslims on terrorism charges in two other cases.

The Danish Al-Aqsa Association was founded in 1999, taking its name from Jerusalem's most important mosque. It has in the past denied it has links to militant organizations in the Middle East, saying it supports orphans in Palestine.

And makes orphans in Israel.

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Yes, it is sickly ironic that funds raised in the name of "helping orphans" are actually applied to the direct purpose of creating new orphans on both sides of the Palestinian jihad.

Who says Islamists don't have a [perverted] sense of humour?

"...it is well-nigh impossible to tell whether a Muslim organization in the West is a friend or foe of the global jihad."

Never was a truer statement made!

Indeed! Indeed! Indeed!

Study of the theology and history of Islam demonstrates that this thinking is not a pervision as it is the duty of Muslims to sacrifice their blood and lives, if necessary, is the service of Allah. The lives of non-Muslims must be made to see the light. Their slaughter, as if they were animals, is a strategy to that end. Thus, the death of Muslims is a sacrfice and the death of infidels is a strategy.

so if the Danes prosecute those supporters of terrorism, what are they going to do with them, wack them over the head with a danish? l think tougher laws, and expelling would be a good start!

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