Joe Kaufman
A little over three years ago, a report appeared in the Associated Press (AP) linking the mosque founded by former NBA star and recent inductee into the basketball Hall of Fame, Hakeem Olajuwon, with the financing of Islamic terrorist charities. At the time, Olajuwon said he didn’t know. Now, he will need to find a new excuse, as he continues to associate himself with terror-related entities and individuals.
On April 7, 2008, Hakeem Olajuwon was one of seven people to be newly inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. It's an honor that attests to his greatness as a world-class athlete. However, the stardom and fanfare that he acquired over his 18-year NBA career became tarnished, when a report was released by the AP discussing his ties to the funding of terrorist organizations.
The story, which came out in February of 2005, stated that Olajuwon's mosque, the Islamic Da'wah Center (IDC), in 2000 and 2002, gave over $80,000 to two charities connected to Al-Qaeda and Hamas, respectively the Islamic African Relief Agency ($81,250) and the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development ($2430).
The Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA) had been shut down by the U.S. government in October of 2004 for having supplied money to Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda. As well, several IARA officials have been linked to Al-Qaeda, including a former fundraiser for the group, Ziyad Khaleel, who purchased a satellite telephone that bin Laden used to plan the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Read more ...
A little over three years ago, a report appeared in the Associated Press (AP) linking the mosque founded by former NBA star and recent inductee into the basketball Hall of Fame, Hakeem Olajuwon, with the financing of Islamic terrorist charities. At the time, Olajuwon said he didn’t know. Now, he will need to find a new excuse, as he continues to associate himself with terror-related entities and individuals.
On April 7, 2008, Hakeem Olajuwon was one of seven people to be newly inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. It's an honor that attests to his greatness as a world-class athlete. However, the stardom and fanfare that he acquired over his 18-year NBA career became tarnished, when a report was released by the AP discussing his ties to the funding of terrorist organizations.
The story, which came out in February of 2005, stated that Olajuwon's mosque, the Islamic Da'wah Center (IDC), in 2000 and 2002, gave over $80,000 to two charities connected to Al-Qaeda and Hamas, respectively the Islamic African Relief Agency ($81,250) and the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development ($2430).
The Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA) had been shut down by the U.S. government in October of 2004 for having supplied money to Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda. As well, several IARA officials have been linked to Al-Qaeda, including a former fundraiser for the group, Ziyad Khaleel, who purchased a satellite telephone that bin Laden used to plan the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Read more ...
Source: FrontPage Magazine
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