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Zakat funded Russian bombings
In a good, tough opinion piece in the Christian Science Monitor, Dr. Ariel Cohen of the Heritage Foundation explains how Russian policy toward Islamic terror needs to change. He also states that...
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Funding armed struggle: suggested news reading
Twenty Chechen blackshirts show up to join the fight in Syria. “Jihad needs very many things. Firstly it needs money. Much is dependent on money today for jihad,” says the rebel leader… more>>...
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North Caucasus jihadists’ money traces back to Saudi Arabia and Osama bin Laden
The seed money of major North Caucasus or Chechen terrorist groups such as the Caucasus Emirate, the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade (IIPB), the Special Purpose Islamic Regiment (SPIR) and...
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Ibn al-Khattab: the bin Laden of Chechnya
Well-to-do Saudi served as Chechen commander and jihadist financier Deceased Chechen commander Ibn al-Khattab In Money Jihad’s earlier post on the history of terror finance in Chechnya, one name came...
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Websites crucial to funding Caucasus jihad
Webpages operated by the Caucasus Emirate terrorist organization have played a key and growing role in financing their operations, according to a late-2011 report from the Center for Strategic &...
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Front group finance: recommended reading
Are tea party groups subjected to greater scrutiny than Islamic charities? A nonprofit consultant says yes (h/t creeping)… more>> How Saudi charitable fronts pump millions of dollars via hawala...
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Qatar: State Sponsor of Terrorism
We’ve known about Qatar’s funding of Al Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels from the outset of the uprising against Bashar al-Assad. The piece below from the Oriental Review puts Qatar’s role in even starker...
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Liberal judges toss Chechen financier’s conviction
Just four months after the Boston marathon bombing, two federal judges on a three-judge panel have overturned the conviction of the Oregon-based Islamic “charity leader” and terrorist fundraiser Pete...
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The indirect expenses of jihad
Ernst & Young and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) have issued a report on emerging trends in the financing of terrorism. The central argument of the study is...
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Islamic charity pleads guilty to tax fraud
Al Haramain, a Saudi-based international charity which once maintained its U.S. branch in Oregon, has pleaded guilty to tax fraud 14 years after filing a false return designed to conceal a $150,000...
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Terror money news: suggested reading
France arrests 6 Chechens for raising funds and recruiting jihadists… more>> Only military force, not conventional counter-terror finance techniques, can bankrupt ISIS… more>> Saudi Arabia...
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