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Pope Meets Head Of Muslim Council of Britain

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The Muslim Council of Britain is reporting that is Secretary-General has met the Pope during his visit to the UK. According to the MCB Twitter feed:

MCB Secretary General Farooq Murad met the Pope earlier today at the Religious Leaders gathering in Twickenham.

The MCB is a UK umbrella group dominated by the UK Muslim Brotherhood and recently elected Farooq Murad as the new Secretary-General of the organization. In addition to his role at the MCB, Mr. Murad is a current trustee and former chairman of Muslim Aid, a UK charity originally founded by Yusuf Islam (fka Cat Stevens) and identified in a NEFA Foundation report as a member of the Union of Good, described in the NEFA report as follows:

The Union of Good is a coalition of Islamic charities that provides financial support to both the Hamas “social” infrastructure, as well as its terrorist activities. It is headed by global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi, and most of the trustees and member organizations are associated with the global Muslim Brotherhood. The Union of Good was banned by Israel in 2002 and was recently designated a terrorist entity by the United States, although neither Youssef Qaradawi nor any of the Trustees were similarly designated. Despite the fact that action has been taken against some of its member organizations in Europe, many of its other European member organizations continue to operate. Further, the Union of Good itself does not appear to be under investigation in Europe.

According to another NEFA report on the UK Union of Good members, a number of the organizations to which Muslim Aid made allocations have been identified by Israel and/or the U.S. as Hamas institutions:

The NEFA report also cites an Israeli government document that identifies Muslim Aid as an institution that funds Hamas. In September 2008, Muslim Aid was one of the five UK UG charities banned by Israel in connection with their ties to Hamas.

Discussion

  1. al Kidya

    The Union of Good supports charity to Hamas does it not?

    Therfore it is a charitable, ZAKAT, organizaion.

    The Pope must have praised them for their generous contributions, and encouraged them to continue.

    Note: To register as a charity, an organisation must have purposes that are defined under law as charitable. These include the relief of financial hardship, the advancement of education, the advancement of religion and other purposes that benefit the community.

    There is nothing in that statment that says advancement of terrorist activities.