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World’s largest Islamic charity, Islamic Relief, implicated in Tunisian terror probe

Feb 16, 2019 9:00 am By Robert Spencer

In Islam, zakat — the alms required of every Muslim — can and should be given to further the jihad. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that there are so many jihad-linked charities.

The Obama administration dropped a terror funding case against Islamic Relief

“Islamic Relief and Qatar Implicated in Tunisian Terror Finance Investigationm” by Sam Westrop, Rabwah Times, February 9, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

A leaked report allegedly produced by the Tunisian Commission for Financial Analysis (CTAF) reveals an investigation into a prominent leader of Islamic Relief – the international Islamist charitable network founded in the U.K. and named by the United Arab Emirates as a terrorist organization – over concerns that monies given to Islamic Relief’s Tunisian branch by the British parent branch, Islamic Relief Worldwide, were used to fund jihadists at the Tunisian-Libyan border.

According to the report, CTAF (which is tasked with tackling money laundering and terror finance) found that Islamic Relief Tunisia’s chief bank account was found to have received a total of almost $2.5 million from Islamic Relief Worldwide as well as a prominent New York financial services firm, INTL FCStone.

From this income, the report claims that over $50,000 was spent just a few miles from the Libyan border – a jihadist hot-spot – on car rentals and purchases, hotels, fuel, and cell phones. CTAF has reportedly concluded that these expenditures provided “logistical support” for jihadists preparing to enter Libya.

CTAF also reportedly studied the bank accounts of the former Director of Islamic Relief Tunisia, Abdelmonem Daymi, his wife Hager Abdelouahed, and his brother Mounir Daymi. Investigators found that one of Abdelmonem Daymi and his wife’s joint accounts had received repeated large transfers totaling $150,000, in many different currencies, from sources in the U.K, U.S, and Qatar.

Daymi is a long-standing employee of Islamic Relief. At various points, he has held senior positions in Islamic Relief Worldwide (the UK parent branch), Islamic Relief Canada and Islamic Relief Tunisia. Today, Daymi directs Islamic Relief’s operations in Lebanon. Despite having left Islamic Relief Tunisia in 2015, CTAF investigators reportedly concluded that Daymi retained control over Islamic Relief Tunisia’s bank accounts.

Daymi is also the founder and former director of the Tunisia Charity, which serves as an arm of the Qatar Charity, which itself is funded and controlled by the Qatari regime. According to Tunisian media, Tunisia Charity was one of three organizations in Tunisia given access to $7.5 million of funding by the Qatari regime. In 2017, Tunisian lawmakers accused the Tunisia Charity of funding terrorism and called for an investigation.

Although Daymi resigned as director of Tunisia Charity in 2014, his wife, Hager Abdelouahed, remains an employee of the Qatari-controlled charity. Abdelmonem’s brother Mounir Daymi, meanwhile, is a director of Al Jazeera, Qatar’s enormous regime-controlled international media network.
Abdelmonem Daymi’s other brother, meanwhile, is Imed Daymi, one of the country’s most prominent politicians. He recently served in a coalition government with the Islamist Ennahda Party – a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Although he leads a separate political party (Congress for the Republic), Daymi is described in Arabic media as an “ally of Ennahda.” In 2013, Daymi flew to Qatar with Rachid Ghannouchi, co-founder of Ennahda and one of the world’s leading Islamist thinkers, to meet with the Qatari Emir.

Following media furor over the allegations against Islamic Relief and the Daymi family, Imed Daymi and other Islamist politicians condemned the allegations as conspiracy theories. CTAF has since denied publishing or leaking any information about the investigation, but it has pointedly refused to deny that the report exists, only stating that it hands its findings “exclusively to the Public Prosecutor’s office.”

Despite receiving over $80 million from Western taxpayers over the past decade, a growing number of governments and financial institutions have accused the Islamic Relief franchise of involvement with Islamist extremism and terror. In 2014, the United Arab Emirates designated Islamic Relief Worldwide as a terrorist organization; in 2016, the banking giant HSBC shut down Islamic Relief’s accounts, following a similar decision made by UBS four years earlier; that same year, German and Swedish governments named Islamic Relief as a proxy for the Muslim Brotherhood; and in 2017, the Bangladeshi government banned Islamic Relief from working with Rohingya refugees over reported radicalization fears….

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Filed Under: Islamic charities, Qatar, Tunisia Tagged With: Islamic Relief Tunisia, Islamic Relief Worldwide


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  1. somehistory says

    Feb 16, 2019 at 9:33 am

    “On February 23, she will speak at a fundraiser for Islamic Relief USA, the American branch of the terror-tied group Islamic Relief Worldwide. ”
    **************************************************
    No photo needed with this from a recent article about thee rep of the mb that has a seat in the HoR in D.C. and has been seen wearing her ugly scarves….every where. She should be investigated immediately, and put on non paid admin l leave until she is arrested. Then another ugly photo can be taken.

  2. Jayell says

    Feb 16, 2019 at 9:40 am

    Islamic fraud again. They ape the civilised behaviour and institutions of the Western world then corrupt a everything in accordance with their ‘religious’ agenda. Just don’t trust anything with the ‘islam’ brand name.

    • mortimer says

      Feb 16, 2019 at 10:12 am

      It’s in the Sharia law manuals that zakat (charity) goes for fighting jihad.

      Reliance of the Traveller: “THE EIGHT CATEGORIES OF RECIPIENTS.”

      On page 272, section h8.17, one category is labeled:

      “THOSE FIGHTING FOR ALLAH”

      “The seventh category is those fighting for Allah, meaning people engaged in Islamic military operations for whom no salary has been allotted in the army roster (O: but who are volunteers for jihad without remuneration). They are given enough to suffice them for the operation, even
      if affluent; of weapons, mounts, clothing, and expenses (O: for the duration of the journey, round trip, and the time they spend there, even if prolonged. Though nothing has been mentioned here of the expense involved in supporting such people’s families during this period, it seems clear that they should also be given it).”

  3. ninetyninepct says

    Feb 18, 2019 at 11:13 am

    Justin Trudeau gives millions to Islamic Relief to support terrorism and attacks against Israel and Jews. He also personally volunteers in their locations in Canada. Trudeau clearly supports Muslim terrorists and Islamic terrorism. Trudeau hates Canada and Canadians. He must be removed in this election if not before.

  4. Rick Spencer says

    Feb 19, 2019 at 9:00 am

    Contents of email received today (Feb 19th) from ISLAMIC RELIEF SOUTH AFRICA:

    Good day Richard,

    I trust you are well. With regard to your email sent on 17th February, please see response below.

    “Recent allegations based on a supposed “leaked report” on Islamic Relief’s office in Tunisia, are deeply misleading and have completely distorted the truth about Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) and our operations inside Tunisia.

    We are a well trusted aid delivery partner in the country and work alongside various government ministries, as well as several UN bodies and other well-respected international organisations, to deliver assistance and vital services to tens of thousands of children and families in need.

    The Tunisian Commission for Financial Analysis (CTAF), a government body cited as the source of the leaks, has publicly denied issuing the alleged report and has issued a public statement distancing itself from the allegations.

    Since starting operations in Tunisia in 2011, we have been working to support refugees and migrants fleeing Libya, as well as offering education and health services for some of the most vulnerable people in the country. The financial transactions that have been questioned are perfectly normal transfers of funds to support this critical work.

    IRW is a purely humanitarian organisation and wherever we work in the world, we remain dedicated to ensuring funds only reach the people who need them most. We take matters like these extremely seriously and have stringent checks in place to ensure that aid is never diverted and that no assistance or support is given to terrorist groups of any kind.

    As a respected international registered aid organisation, IRW’s finances and operations are independently audited by various donor governments, including several Western governments, that have trusted us to deliver aid on their behalf for decades, and UN institutions which fund our lifesaving work across the world.

    Islamic Relief subscribes to and abides by the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles of neutrality, independence, objectivity and accountability; and we reject any links or association to political, terror or extremist groups, wherever they maybe.

    On the contrary, many of our staff have been victims of acts of terrorism while working to deliver aid in countries such Syria, Pakistan, Kenya, Somalia and Afghanistan; paying the ultimate price – with their lives –purely for helping people in some of the world’s most dangerous places. We cannot say more clearly than this – we abhor and reject terrorism in all of its forms and remain solely committed to eradicating poverty and helping people in need in more than 40 countries where we work.”

  5. Rick Spencer says

    Feb 19, 2019 at 9:19 am

    https://www.meforum.org/7291/islamic-relief-fails-to-disprove-terror-links

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