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Hamas-Linked Camp in NSW Sharon Lapkin The Isl=
amic
charity, Human Appeal International (HAI), recently sponsored an Australi=
an camp
on “Muslim Youth Identity” run by the Federation of Australian
Students and Youth (FAMSY – see our report on FAMSY in our April 20=
06
edition). Ironically, the Berry Sport & Recreation Centre - which hos=
ted
the FAMSY camp - is operated by the NSW State Government. HAI is a UK-based charity =
that
has been described as one of several organisations
that “allegedly pose as charities in order to bankroll terrorist
activities” by the Israeli organisation=
NGO
Monitor. Israeli prosecutors reportedly named HAI as a source of funding =
to Hamas in an indictment last year against alleged The ch=
arity
lists its Australian office as 119 Haldon Str=
eet, Lakemba – the same address as the Lakemba Musullah (Praye=
r Hall).
HAI is no stranger to FAMSY. The Australian Islamic Mission (AIM) and HAI
have co-sponsored previous FAMSY events and AIM lists HAI on its website =
as
“a charitable organisation.” In tes=
timony
before a United States House Committee on “Fund-Raising Methods and
Procedure for International Terrorist Organisations<=
/span>”
in 2002, world expert on terrorism and national security, Steve Emerson
stated: “In a report submitted by the FBI on November 5, 2001, Human
Appeal International was described as being closely connected to Hamas.” And he further added, “Human Ap=
peal
International receive large amounts of funding=
from
HLFRD [Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development].” Within=
the
same US House Committee testimony, Emerson stated that, “On Decembe=
r 4,
2001, the Holy Land Foundation’s assets were ordered frozen, and it=
was
branded a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) Entity for funding=
the
Hamas terrorist organisa=
tion.”
Earlie=
r in
the year, FAMSY enjoyed the sponsorship of another Islamic charity which,=
it
has been claimed, funds terror groups. Its “Bright Start” Cam=
p in
January was sponsored by the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY). Reed
Rubinstein, a Washington DC attorney who successfully defended Andrew
Whitehead in a libel suit issued against him by the Council of
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently stated: “At that time, and t= o this day, WAMY, and its leader Sheikh Saleh al-She= ikh, the Saudi Minister of Islamic affairs, have been linked to terror. Both Indian officials and the Philippine military have cited WAMY for funding terrorist groups and militant Islamists. Osama bin Laden’s brother = was WAMY’s treasurer.” FAMSY = also lists CAIR on its website as a “Useful Resource”. In April 20= 04, Islamism expert Daniel Pipes reported on how a total of five “CAIR associate[s]” had been arrested “for terrorism-related activities.”
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