U.S. rejects pleas for Muslim charity list

[Jackson]

i think this is just dumb. they should just come out and say which charities are okay to donate too. Cuz otherwise they wire-tap all of us and call us terrorists when we donate to the "wrong" charity organization. I mean, cmon.. all of these charities that Muslims donate to give to humanitarian causes strictly... this is why I think Bush sucks.

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U.S. rejects pleas for Muslim charity list

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. government rejected a request Monday from Muslim groups to draw up a list of Islamic charities to which they could donate without being suspected of terrorist ties.

Muslim groups said they fear giving to a charity that might make them look suspicious to the FBI. The holy month of Ramadan begins this week, and Muslims are required to give to the poor during that period.

"If the government knows there are charities that are misleading the American Muslim community, it's their obligation to help protect these innocent Americans," said Sohail Mohammed, a lawyer for the New Jersey-based American Muslim Union.

The request was rejected by the Justice Department, which called it impossible to fulfill.

"Our role is to prosecute violations of criminal law," said spokesman Bryan Sierra. "We're not in a position to put out lists of any kind, particularly of any organizations that are good or bad."

Since December 2001, numerous Islamic charities in the U.S. have been raided or shut down by federal investigators, including the Dallas-based Holy Land Foundation; two suburban Chicago-area charities, Global Relief Foundation and Benevolence International; and the Sudan-based Islamic American Relief Agency, which has a chapter in Missouri.

None of the raids has led to terrorism-related criminal convictions.

Mohamed Younes, president of the American Muslim Union, was disappointed by the Justice Department's response.

"We are trying to do the right thing and we asked for a little help," he said. "At least we tried."


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[GBR]

They do need this list because I'm from Dallas and I always believed the Holy Land Foundation was a good charity I have might doubts they would support terrosim I have never met a arabs as moderate as the ones in Dallas alot of them don't even talk about Israel

[Shining Eye]

Just have the Muslims give the money to Christian charities. This way, you know it won't be going towards financing terrorism.