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C/P/378. Role of charities in funding Islamic terrorism

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2011
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The paper examines whether Islamic charities are used to fund extremism and terrorist actions looking at the evidence of the links between Islamic charitable organizations and terrorist funding presented by US Federal District Courts, National Commission and United Nations Security Council. The principle of Zakat is explained discussing its economic significance as a religious duty imposed on all Muslims to annually contribute 2.5 percent of their income for charitable purposes.

 

KEYWORDS: Islamic terrorism, terrorist funding, Islamic charities, Zakat,

 
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