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Turkish al-Qaeda group operating out of Azerbaijan led by founder of an Islamic charity

Nov 14, 2020 4:00 pm By Robert Spencer 10 Comments

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.

“Turkish al-Qaeda group operating out of Azerbaijan led by IHH charity founder,” by Abdullah Bozkurt, Nordic Monitor, November 9, 2020:

A Turkish al-Qaeda cell operating in Azerbaijan was led by the head of a Turkish-Azeri business association and founder of controversial charity group the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH), which has links to Turkish intelligence agency MIT, a Nordic Monitor investigation has found.

According to a review of court documents, Hüseyin Büyükfırat, former IHH representative for the Caucasus, had run the operations of the IHH under the pretense of charitable work while keeping in contact with a Turkish al-Qaeda group called Tahşiyeciler. Turkish law enforcement kept tabs on Büyükfırat and was wiretapping his phone when he spoke to indicted al-Qaeda group leader Mullah Muhammed (real name: Mehmet Doğan) about plans and funds transfers.

Büyükfırat, 48, is one of the founders of the IHH and had represented the charity group in the Caucasus between 1994 and 2000. Although he later left the official position with the IHH and set up a chain of local stores in Azerbaijan, Büyükfırat kept working for the IHH in an unofficial capacity. He often used the code names Abdurrahman and Abu Abrar. He was deported from Azerbaijan for radical activities in 2003 but managed to return few years later.

A Turkish prosecutor who had investigated Mullah Muhammed, a radical preacher who openly called for armed jihad, declared his support for Osama bin Laden and urged the beheading of Americans, listed the Baku-based Büyükfırat as a suspect in his investigation. Authorities who monitored Mullah Muhammed’s phone contacts identified Büyükfırat when the two had phone conversations between May 15, 2009 and June 3, 2009 and talked about transferring funds….

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Filed Under: Al-Qaeda, Azerbaijan, Islamic charities, Turkey Tagged With: Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH), Hüseyin Büyükfırat


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  1. Boycott Turkey says

    Nov 14, 2020 at 6:07 pm

    Turkey is the biggest terrorist supporter and NAZIbaijan is just as bad but the world doesn’t care what Turkey does. SHAME on the world for turning its back on the Armenians and allowing ethnical cleansing of Armenians from Artaksh but who cares because NAZIbaijan has oil I have lost my hope in humanity yes islam is evil but for nations who allowed this and supported Turkey and Azerbaijan are just as evil.

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    • john smith says

      Nov 15, 2020 at 8:01 am

      Boycott Turkey, there is a lot of truth in what you are saying.

      Reply
      • ELI says

        Nov 15, 2020 at 8:22 am

        Let’s boycott Turkey and Israel since they are both supporting Azerbaijan with weapons.

        Oh wait, it’s only bad when Muslims do it so let’s just say nothing about Israel because we’re a bunch of bootlicking hypocrites.

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        • Boycott Turkey says

          Nov 15, 2020 at 9:05 am

          I agree Eli Israel Russia the West i am truly disgusted they all responsible for what happened to Armenians even the countries saying they are fighting terror But give drones to terrorist to genocide and ethnic cleanse Armenians are truly evil I feel bad as a Cypriot I see Armenians as my brothers and sisters I wish we could have done something I feel so powerless everyone is against us Greeks Cypriots Armenians there silence is evil s Turkey

        • gravenimage says

          Nov 15, 2020 at 11:30 pm

          I agree that Israel should not be selling arms to Azerbaijan, but ELI’s only purpose here is to try to divide the victims of Islam.

    • Ariste Arvanitides says

      Nov 15, 2020 at 12:54 pm

      The west is killing itself with blinders on, full speed ahead — Turkey has already declared that they are intent on taking the world by high birth rates, migration invasion, and bullying.

      Reply
  2. gravenimage says

    Nov 14, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    Turkish al-Qaeda group operating out of Azerbaijan led by founder of an Islamic charity
    ……………….

    No surprise here, not in Turkish involvement, not in Jihad terror groups operating in Aerbaijan, and not in Jihad terror involement in Islamic “charities”.

    “Zakat” is often translated as “charity” in the West, but can actually be used to fund Jihad terror.

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  3. mortimer says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 10:32 am

    I’m shocked …

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  4. Infidel says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 12:04 pm

    So much for the idea that Azerbaijan, as an ex-Soviet republic, is a ‘secular’ country. Once they accepted Turkish support in trying to devour Nagorno Karabakh, they started seeing sunni jihadists in their country, even though they themselves are shi’a. And they have a territorial dispute w/ Iran, claiming Iran’s Azerbaijan province as their own. Incidentally, Iran itself has been flip-flopping on whether to support Azerbaijan or oppose them

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    • gravenimage says

      Nov 15, 2020 at 11:31 pm

      Yes–they have made it clear that this is a Jihad against the Armenians.

      Reply

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