Pakistan's #1 export takes root in Italy. "Mumbai attack suspects arrested by Italian police," from BBC News, November 21:
Italian police have arrested two Pakistanis suspected of providing logistical support for last year's attacks in Mumbai.
The father and son were detained in an early morning raid in the northern city of Brescia, police said.
They are accused of supplying cash from their money transfer agency to pay for an internet phone account used by people in contact with the attackers.
More than 170 people, nine of them gunmen, died in the November attacks.
Mohammad Yaqub Janjua, 60, and Aamer Yaqub Janjua, 31, are accused of aiding and abetting international terrorism as well as illegal financial activity.
They were identified after leads from India and the FBI, police said....
"They are accused of supplying cash from their money transfer agency..."
"Money transfer agency"? That sounds like hawala to me. Under Islam, when a debt is owed that cannot be paid without delay, the Hadith encourage hawala: the payment of debt by transferring the debt. See Sahih Muslim, Book 10.
The Mumbai attacks weren't just Islamic in motivation--they were funded through Islamic mechanisms.
"They are accused of supplying cash from their money transfer agency..."
"Money transfer agency"? That sounds like hawala to me. Under Islam, when a debt is owed that cannot be paid without delay, the Hadith encourage hawala: the payment of debt by transferring the debt. See Sahih Muslim, Book 10.
The Mumbai attacks weren't just Islamic in motivation--they were funded through Islamic mechanisms.
So? It doesn't mean anything. They'll be released soon enough.
Oh--and Sahih Bukhari, Book 37...