The crime of being a Muslim charity
By Laila al-Marayati and Basil Abdelkarim, both are board members of KinderUSA, a Muslim American nonprofit humanitarian organization (THE WASHINGTON POST, 12/03/06):
The Treasury Department is playing target practice with American Muslim charities. On Feb. 19 Treasury seized the assets and froze the operations of KindHearts, a Toledo-based humanitarian organization, acting on the dubious allegation that it is financing terrorism. Someone from Treasury once told us, "There are folks here who look at you guys like notches on their belts . . . just waiting to take the next one out."
Unfortunately, those of us in the American Muslim community who want to give to legitimate causes in a lawful manner are getting mixed messages from the U.S.… Seguir leyendo »