A
north Texas mosque was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the
largest terrorism financing trial in United States history.
The judge found
there was ample evidence that the mosque, the Islamic Association of North
Texas, assisted the Holy Land Foundation in funding millions of dollars to a
Palestinian military terrorist organization that has killed Israeli children.
The Richardson, Texas, mosque, also
known as the Dallas Central Mosque, was set up largely for the purpose of
funding Hamas and terrorist activities by funding the Holy Land Foundation for
Relief and Development (HLF). The foundation was based in the same city as the
Islamic Association of North America – Richardson, Texas.
The HLF
was designated as a terrorist organization by the federal government in 2001.
The organization was shut down and its assets were seized because the charity’s
primary purpose was found to fund Hamas. Hamas has been designated as a
terrorist organization by the U.S. and
other governments.
In May 2009, five of
the key leaders of the HLF were sentenced after having been convicted in
November, 2008, of providing material support to the terrorist organization.
Two of the leaders lived in Richardson where the Islamic Association of North
Texas is located. Another leader was from nearby Garland, Texas. The two other
defendants were from San Diego, California, and Patterson, New Jersey. Three of
these individuals incorporated the HLF, and two of them worked as fundraisers.
According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice
(DOJ) in 2009, the now-defunct HLF was the largest U.S. Muslim charity before
it was shut down in 2001. The foundation existed to support Hamas “from its
inception,” states the DOJ.
The DOJ charged that “the HLF
intentionally hid its financial support for Hamas behind the guise of
charitable donations.” It added, “HLF and these five defendants provided
approximately $12.4 million in support to Hamas and its goal of creating an
Islamic Palestinian state by elimination the State of Israel through violent
jihad.”
Armed protestors and members of the
Bureau of American-Islamic Relations (BAIR) are planning an armed protest at
the Richardson mosque on December 12. More protesters and supporters are
planned for the same day at the Irving Islamic Center, as reported by Breitbart Texas. Nearly 100 demonstrators FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE CLICK LINK
