Al Kifah Refugee Center
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The Al Kifah Refugee Center is a charity that was active in the United States.[1] The charity was based in Brooklyn.[2]
According to Cooperative Research the center had clandestine links to forces fighting in Afghanistan dating to the late 1980s, when the fighters enjoyed American support in their struggle against the Soviet occupiers.[2] They assert that funds raised in the USA were covertly sent to Maktab al-Khidamat, an organization they say Osama bin Laden was later to transform into al Qaeda.
Cooperative Research asserts that Ali Mohamed, an instructor at Fort Bragg offered military and demolition training through the center.[2] They assert El-Sayyid Nosair recruited students for this military training conducted through the center. They assert that some of those involved in bombing of the World Trade Center received training tfrom Ali Mohamed through the center.
Among the causes the center raised funds for was Bosnian orphans.[3] Newsweek reported that Aafia Siddiqui, fled the USA when she fell under suspicion of ties to terrorism, and that following her departure an audit of her finances were large donations to the Al Kifah Refugee Center, and Benevolence International -- both charities that were suspected of ties to terrorism.
A muslim cleric, named Fawaz Mohammed Damrah was accused to have ties to charities with links to terrorism, including the Al Kifah Refugee Center.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Al Kifah Refugee Center, Tracking the threat
- ^ a b c Complete 911 Timeline, Cooperative Research
- ^ Tangled Ties: Law-enforcement officials follow the money trail among suspected terrorists straight to the doors of the Saudi Embassy, Newsweek, April 7, 2003
- ^ Islamic leader indicted in Cleveland: Cleric accused of concealing ties to anti-Jewish terrorist groups, MSNBC, January 13, 2004
