Alms for Jihad : Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World

by J. Millard Burr, Robert O. Collins

• ISBN13: 9780521673952
• ISBN10: 052167395X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

There has been a dramatic proliferation of Islamic charities recently. While most are legitimate, considerable evidence reveals that others have more questionable intentions, and that funds have been diverted to support terrorist groups, such as al-Qaeda. The authors examine the contention through a detailed investigation of the charities involved, their financial intermediaries, and the terrorist organizations themselves. What they discover is that money from these charities has funded conflicts across the world, from the early days in Afghanistan, to subsequent terrorist activities in Asia, Africa, Palestine and, most recently, Europe and the United States.

Table of Contents

The third pillar of Islam: zakat

Saudi Arabia and its Islamic charities

The banks

Afghanistan beginnings

Islamic charities and the revolutionary Sudan

Islam at war in the Balkans

The Central Asian crescent and Russia

From Afghanistan to Southeast Asia

The Holy Land

The Muslim invasion of Europe

Islamic charities in North America

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