CAIR Caught Accepting Donations From Terrorist Org's; HLF
Out of all the accusations that CAIR has ties to terrorism, here is proof. The Holy Land Foundation (HLF) is currently on trial for a variety of crimes involving ties to terrorism.
- Conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization
- Conspiracy to deal in the property of a specially designated terrorist
- Conspiracy to commit money laundering
- Money laundering
- Conspiracy to impede and impair the Internal Revenue Service and to file false return of organization exempt from income tax
- Filing false returns of organization exempt from income tax.
The grand total is 42 counts against HLF.
Now, back to those unindicted co-conspirator's, CAIR. In a written testimony to Congress, CAIR defended themselves against accusations of terrorist ties. Here is a quote from the Executive Director of CAIR, Nihad Awad.
MYTH: In a recent congressional hearing, Mr. Emerson proclaimed that, “…[CAIR] received some of its initial seed money from the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLFRD)…”
FACT: This is an outright lie. Our organization did not receive any seed money from HLFRD. CAIR raises its own funds and we challenge Mr. Emerson to provide even a shred of evidence to support his ridiculous claim. In fact, it is known that our DC headquarters was funded largely by a loaned grant mortgage from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), a multinational financial institution similar in nature to the World Bank.
The date on the check above is 1994, which also happens to be the same year CAIR was incorporated.
Most people shouldn't find this too shocking, but the real question is; What does the "CBS" mean in the memo part of the check?
There's much more to this at Anti-CAIR.
h/t: Jihad Watch
***UPDATE 10/13/07 1:38PM***
The Investigative Project On Terrorism has more.
