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Bangladesh
Huji managed even a charity licence
2009-07-19
[Bangla Daily Star] Banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami set up a charity called Faruqi Welfare Foundation last year to use it as a cover for receiving funds from abroad. The foundation however could not be in operation as it came under intelligence watch a few days after obtaining the certificate from the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) on June 29 that year.

Intelligence officials say the militants founded the charity to secure funds through a way around tight measures against terror financing in the post-9/11 years. They observe the Huji leaders are desperate for funds as they need the money to have a vast network of qawmi madrasas and fresh recruits for "jihad".

But the jihadis are the brave and noble Lions of Islam; they need nothing but a handful of dates and a cup of water to live on, a gun and some bullets with which to kill the kaffir, and a top of the line digital video/still camera and Apple laptop with satellite uplink to record and transmit videos to YouTube. Oh, and Mahmud Mahmudullah is blogging the entire experience for the lads back at the madrassah. When he dies while killing the infidels the headmaster will record him as 'graduated with honours'. (If he comes back he'll have to retake Basic Sharia... he kind of failed it the first time. Headmaster said no one has ever done so badly in the history of the school!) How can it be that much money is needed?

The widows need more ammo ...
On paper, Faruqi Welfare Foundation's objectives however are building mosques, madrasas, orphanages and Islamic research centres and facilitating religious education. Already struggling to start functioning, the foundation suffered another blow after its Chairman Sheikh Abdus Salam was arrested on March 23 for suspected links to the CPB rally blast that killed five people at Paltan Maidan on January 20, 2001.
Posted by:Fred

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