UPDATE: Jihad Watch reader Christopher has just informed me that Arcapita no longer owns either Church’s Chicken or Caribou Coffee. Arcapita sold off Church’s back in 2009. They held an IPO for Caribou Coffee in 2011 and subsequently divested all of their shares.
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One that used to boast the genocidal Jew-hating Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi among its advisers. Here is the extraordinary expose: “Jihad-Free Holiday Gifts: Check That List Twice!,” by David Yeagley, December 28:
What do Caribou Coffee, Church’s Chicken, J. Jill, and PODS Moving and Storage have in common?
They are all owned by Muslim Brotherhood-linked Arcapita Bank (formerly known as First Islamic Investment Bank).
Unlike most banks, Arcapita boasts a “spiritual advisor–“none other than Hamas-linked terrorist Youssef al-Qaradawi.
Qaradawi, you”ll remember, is the current spiritual leader of the
Muslim Brotherhood. He was exiled from Egypt under Mubarak, but now he’s b-a-a-ack, thanks to U.S. support of the “Arab Spring”.This is the same Qaradawi who has defended Hitler,
pushed for Islamic countries to acquire nuclear weapons for use in
jihad, and confirmed that chopping off hands for stealing–as taught by
Muhammad (Qur’an 5.38)–can be re-introduced into the “new” Egypt at a
later date, as Egyptians learn to submit to orthodox shari”a.Arcapita, presumably short for “Arab Capital”, buys and sells
businesses at a profit. The current list of their holdings is available
in their 2011 annual statement (pages 12-13). (If there’s no “exit date” listed, they still own that company.)Arcapita is based in Bahrain, but it’s U.S. HQ is in Atlanta. First
Islamic Investment Bank changed its name to Arcapita in 2005, after the
Qaradawi connection went public. They had tried “Crescent Capital” for
their American branch, but apparently decided the Islamic link was still too obvious with that moniker.
Muslims know that Islam is not selling well in the West; they are
careful to conceal Islamic ties with name-changes so consumers cannot
connect the dots to brand names or distinguish between products that
fund terrorism and those that do not.Arcapita’s spiritual advisor serves on the bank’s “Shari”ah Supervisory Board”
(see p. 113) to ensure that all financial transactions are
shari”a-compliant, or SCF. What does SCF include? That varies somewhat
depending on which Islamic legal school one is consulting, but always
bans anything involving “gambling, alcohol, pornography, dealing in pork products, or interest payments.”Although Qaradawi no longer serves on that board–he
resigned shortly after his involvement with Arcapita went public–it is
clear that the firm’s allegiance to Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood
remains the same. One of the board’s four members, Muhammad Usmani, is
involved with both the Islamic Society of North America see p.62)
and the Islamic Circle of North America (see p. 40), both MB front groups. In 2010, Dow Jones dropped Usmani as an Islamic Index advisor when it discovered his terrorist connections.Three of the four members belong to the Islamic Fiqh Academy, also
MB….
There is much, much more. Read it all.