By Joe Kaufman
Another ICNA sponsored convention has passed, drawing thousands of attendees, each charged a significant amount of money to do so. But where do the funds raised at this and other ICNA functions go? Next month, an unenviable anniversary will take place, memorializing a time when ICNA was involved in the financing of a terrorist group overseas. Given the group’s close ties to those that delivered the blood money, it is no small chance that the funds raised at the convention will wind up in the same hands.
Hamas was placed on the U.S. State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), in January of 1995. According to the United States government, it is illegal to provide financial support to any group found on that list. Yet, information ascertained by this author suggests that one Muslim organization, the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), has done this and has gotten away with it.
ICNA or the Organization of Islamic Workers was established in 1971 as the American arm of the Muslim Brotherhood of Pakistan, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI). As highlighted on the website of ICNA’s publication, The Message International, “Using the organizational development methodology of [JI founder] Maulana Mawdudi and the Jamaat Al-Islami of Pakistan, which lays special emphasis on spiritual development, ICNA has developed a strong foundation.” Read more ...
Another ICNA sponsored convention has passed, drawing thousands of attendees, each charged a significant amount of money to do so. But where do the funds raised at this and other ICNA functions go? Next month, an unenviable anniversary will take place, memorializing a time when ICNA was involved in the financing of a terrorist group overseas. Given the group’s close ties to those that delivered the blood money, it is no small chance that the funds raised at the convention will wind up in the same hands.
Hamas was placed on the U.S. State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), in January of 1995. According to the United States government, it is illegal to provide financial support to any group found on that list. Yet, information ascertained by this author suggests that one Muslim organization, the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), has done this and has gotten away with it.
ICNA or the Organization of Islamic Workers was established in 1971 as the American arm of the Muslim Brotherhood of Pakistan, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI). As highlighted on the website of ICNA’s publication, The Message International, “Using the organizational development methodology of [JI founder] Maulana Mawdudi and the Jamaat Al-Islami of Pakistan, which lays special emphasis on spiritual development, ICNA has developed a strong foundation.” Read more ...
Source: FrontPage Magazine
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