By ANABELLE GARAY / Associated Press
06/16/2009
Federal laws targeting terrorism financing give the government unchecked power over American Muslim charities and have made Muslims fearful about complying with their faith's requirement of giving to charity, an advocacy group contends in a report released Tuesday.
As a result, some people have stopped donating or limited how much they give out of worry they could be swept up in a terrorism financing investigation, a report released by the American Civil Liberties Union said.
Texas Lawyer
May 28, 2009
After their sentencing on May 27, it took less than 24 hours for three of the five defendants in United States v. Holy Land Foundation, et al. to file notices of appeal with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Nancy Hollander, who represents defendant Shukri Abu Baker, the former HLF executive chairman, says all the defendants will file appeals.
By Jason Trahan – May 27, 2009
DALLAS, Texas (AFP) — Two leaders of what was once the largest Muslim charity in the United States were sentenced to 65 years in jail Wednesday for supporting Palestinian militants.
The Texas-based Holy Land Foundation and five of its leaders were convicted late last year of funneling more than 12 million dollars to Hamas in the largest terror financing case in US history.
Jurors returned guilty verdicts on 108 charges of providing material support to terrorists, money laundering and tax fraud.
http://www.neighborsgo.com/stories/32806
By Mark Macesich, Neighbor's Go, Dallas Morning News
The story of Holy Land Foundation, which started in Richardson, is returning to the city this weekend with an event at the Richardson CivicCenter.
This just four months after the Palestinian charity that operated out of Richardson headquarters and five of its organizers were found guilty of illegally funneling more than $12 million to Hamas, the reputed terrorist group, in the Middle East.
November 25, 2008
(CNN) A jury's conviction Monday of former leaders of an Islamic charity for helping finance Hamas was cheered as a success for the Bush administration. But it was assailed by First Amendment attorneys and international law experts who said the case was weak and overzealously prosecuted.
Five men -- once leaders of the now-defunct Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development -- were found guilty in a federal court in Texas on charges of conspiring to support terrorism and launder money for Hamas.
By PAUL J. WEBER
Nov. 24, 2008
DALLAS (AP) — After 15 years and two trials, the government has finally brought down the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, once the largest Muslim charity in the U.S.
The charity and five of its former leaders were convicted Monday on some 108 charges of funneling millions of dollars to the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
"United States citizens have spoken in this case, and said with a resounding verdict of guilty that we will not tolerate those who choose to finance terrorism," U.S. Attorney Richard Roper said.
By JASON TRAHAN and TANYA EISERER / The Dallas Morning News
Monday, November 24, 2008
A jury on Monday determined that the Holy Land Foundation and five men who worked with the Muslim charity were guilty of three dozen counts related to the illegal funneling of at least $12 million to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
