Hizb ut-Tahrir: Jihadists target “capitalism”
Hizb ut-Tahrir is a global Jihadist political organization which has been especially active in Great Britain in recent years. The organization is banned in Germany and has been declared a terrorist...
View ArticleShariah Compliant or Complaint?
The Middle East North Africa Financial Network has just published a report on Shariah-Compliant Finance. The report (linked below) starts out with a promising title–”Shariah Compliant or Complaint”–but...
View ArticleSupport Your Local Shariah
David R. Stokes has written an excellent column on the Islamic Saudi Academy controversy in northern Virginia, as well as the insinuation of shariah into Western civilization, particularly Western...
View ArticleWhy Muslim Charities Fund the Jihad–MUST READ article from Raymond Ibrahim
Raymond Ibrahim is absolutely one of America’s foremost experts on Jihad. His book, “The Al Qaeda Reader,” is especially a real eye-opener in terms of the critical role that Shariah plays in Jihad....
View ArticleDiploma in Islamic finance for muftis in India
A madrassa in Hyderabad will offer a diploma course in Islamic finance to muftis, for the first time in India. The diploma in Islamic finance would focus on imparting knowledge to students in...
View ArticleBritish Government grant to Islamist-associated charity criticised
Regular readers of SFW will recall that we closely monitor the activities of Islamic charities due to the history of many such charities providing funds to Jihadist terrorist organizations:...
View ArticleShariah Governor Accused of Embezzlement in Nigeria
Nigeria has been periodically racked with Jihadist violence and the stated goal of Jihadist terrorists there is the imposition of Shariah law. Now, it appears that one of the chief proponents of...
View ArticleShariah Scholar Tied to Terrorism Donates to Endowment in Malaysia
Long time readers of SFW are likely familiar with Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Qaradawi chairs the Shariah advisory boards of some major international financial firms and is also chairman of the Union of...
View ArticleAre We Financing Our Own Demise?
Gadi Adelman and the intrepid Joy Brighton have just published an outstanding analysis of Shariah-Compliant Finance over on the Financial Security Matters site. Please take the time to read it and pass...
View ArticleMufti Taqi Usmani no longer chief of HSBC’s Shariah Advisory Board
Reader Tim alerted us over the weekend to the fact that Muft Taqi Usmani is no longer listed as chief of HSBC’s Shariah Advisory Board....
View ArticleIndia’s Darul-Uloom Deoband Islamic seminary bans Indian Muslims from working...
A powerful Islamic seminary in northern India, with ties to Jihadist groups, has issued a fatwa, or decree, against Muslims working in banks. According to a spokesman for the seminary, tenets of...
View ArticleAl Qaeda called a ‘money making machine’ by British official–that’s not even...
The article below from The Telegraph in Great Britain quotes a British Foreign Office director as describing Al Qaeda as a “money making machine,” due to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s practice of...
View ArticleCanadian Mosque Defaults on Debt to Architecture Firm
Hat tip to Creeping Sharia: http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/canadian-mosque-gets-sharia-compliant-loan-fails-to-pay-it-back/ A Halifax, Nova Scotia mosque and community center run by the...
View ArticleZakat Support for Madrassas
Madrassas have been in the news quite a lot lately, mostly associated with a ludicrous speech given by Congressman Andre Carson praising these Islamic schools as a model for education in the US. The...
View Article“Extremism” on the Rise in Zanzibar–Thanks to Saudi Money and Islamic Charities
The Financial Times has an important article about the influx of Salafi Islam in the island region of Tanzania known as Zanzibar. The article doesn’t draw any of the correct conclusions about what is...
View ArticleUS Sanctions Islamic School in Pakistan for Supporting Lashkar e Taiba
The US Treasury has sanctioned a top Al Qaeda official and a madrassa in Peshawar, Pakistan for serving as a terrorist training center supporting Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistan based terrorist group...
View ArticleKuwaiti Embassy Finances Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic School in Canada
In February 2014, the Kuwaiti KUNA press agency announced that a Montreal high school administered by Samer Al-Majthoub (aka Samer Majzoub) received an amount equivalent to $US 70,671 from the embassy...
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