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Omar Shahin says about being led off his airplane in Minneapolis: "I never felt bad in my life like that. I never. Six imams. Six leaders in this country. Six scholars in handcuffs. It's terrible."
After all, he's a humanitarian. From Muslim Voice, with thanks to LGF:
When the Tsunami disaster struck Muslim families in south East Asia, the students of Arizona Culture Academy answered the call and rushed to help. They emptied their piggy banks, brought their allowances, and lobbied their families to participate. In five days, $8,014.00 was collected and given to the Representative Imam Omar Shahin of the Kind Hearts Organization.
About the Kind Hearts Organization: Treasury Freezes Assets of Organization Tied to Hamas (again thanks to LGF):
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today blocked pending investigation accounts of KindHearts, an NGO operating out of Toledo, Ohio, to ensure the preservation of its assets pending further investigation."KindHearts is the progeny of Holy Land Foundation and Global Relief Foundation, which attempted to mask their support for terrorism behind the façade of charitable giving," said Stuart Levey, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. "By utilizing this specialized designation tool, we're able to prevent asset flight in support of terrorist activities while we further investigate the activities of KindHearts."
This action was taken pursuant to E.O. 13224, which is aimed at denying financial and material support to terrorists and their facilitators.
Following the December 2001 asset freeze and law enforcement actions against the Hamas-affiliated Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) and the al Qaida-affiliated Global Relief Foundation (GRF), former GRF official Khaled Smaili established KindHearts from his residence in January 2002. Smaili founded KindHearts with the intent to succeed fundraising efforts of both HLF and GRF, aiming for the new NGO to fill a void caused by the closures. KindHearts leaders and fundraisers once held leadership or other positions with HLF and GRF.
Support to Hamas in Lebanon
KindHearts officials and fundraisers have coordinated with Hamas leaders and made contributions to Hamas-affiliated organizations. Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) Usama Hamdan, a leader of Hamas in Lebanon, reportedly phoned a top fundraiser for KindHearts during a September 2003 KindHearts fundraiser. During the call, Hamas leader Hamdan reportedly communicated to the fundraiser his gratitude for KindHearts' support. The KindHearts fundraiser reportedly also provided advice to Hamdan, telling him not to trust the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
Read it all.
Posted by Robert at November 21, 2006 1:34 PM
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And for more names, organizations & activities in the
Testimony of Steven Emerson
Before the
United States Senate Committee of Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
"Money Laundering and Terror Financing Issues in the Middle East":
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at November 21, 2006 1:57 PM
Kind Hearts (and severed heads?)is a branch of Bank of Jihad? Who would have guessed that?
I'm speechless that a "charity" could be into jihad.
Not.
Posted by: ISLAMSFORLOSERS at November 21, 2006 1:57 PM
Hamas?
I take back my comments in the previous thread, CAIR is either incompetent and put a Hamas supporter in the hand picked plantiffs, or else they have no shame. "Muslim Scholars" in deed!
at November 21, 2006 2:03 PM
I think it's fairly obvious that these people can not be trusted in any way shape or form....Whomever the passenger(s) was/were who raised a stink about these jokers, he/she needs to be commended!....Great work by US Airways for being vigilant, too.....Let the "scholars" sue...They don't have a case with this kind of evidence....
Oiz
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at November 21, 2006 8:29 PM
Im starting to think the Imams were testing security otherwise why draw attention to yourself by praying like that? Also one was hamas linked hmmmm testing security?....
Posted by: THE ALLIES SHALL WIN at November 21, 2006 8:31 PM
The coverage by national media on tonight's broadcast news [ABC & NBC] that I watched did not mention the connection of the Imam Shahin to a Hamas "charity."
What a surprise!?!
Also, their refusal to accept the seats they were assigned makes it appear that they were acting as agents provacateurs, attempting to create a "cause celebre" to arouse radicalism in quiescent Muslims in the USA.
That wouldn't surprise me at all.
Posted by: daveinboca at November 21, 2006 10:13 PM
-Protocol Practice-
Happy Thanksgiving all; Allow me to add some things I feel thankful for.
1. The strength of my family and community.
2. Stumbling across this web-site earlier this summer. The leadership is intelligent and focused, and has helped me explore the core texts of an ideology that would like to threaten my family’s way of life.
3. That this topic draws the interest of the level of people that it does. The discussions here make me think that Islam is on the radar screens of some pretty sharp minds.
4. The men and women who volunteer for and fight in the military.
5. The small arsenal in my basement.
6. The Founding Fathers, the provisions for Free Speech, and the Amendment process of the United States Constitution.
at November 23, 2006 10:20 AM
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