He was too fat to work, but not too fat to support the jihad.
Non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims is a Qur’anic dictate:
“Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued” (Qur’an 9:29).
The caliph Umar said the jizya payments from the dhimmis were the source of the Muslims’ livelihood:
“Narrated Juwairiya bin Qudama at-Tamimi: We said to `Umar bin Al-Khattab, ‘O Chief of the believers! Advise us.’ He said, ‘I advise you to fulfill Allah’s Convention (made with the Dhimmis) as it is the convention of your Prophet and the source of the livelihood of your dependents (i.e. the taxes from the Dhimmis.)’” (Bukhari 4.53.388)
Anjem Choudary said in February 2013:
“We are on Jihad Seekers Allowance, We take the Jizya (protection money paid to Muslims by non-Muslims) which is ours anyway. The normal situation is to take money from the Kafir (non-Muslim), isn’t it? So this is normal situation. They give us the money. You work, give us the money. Allah Akbar, we take the money. Hopefully there is no one from the DSS (Department of Social Security) listening. Ah, but you see people will say you are not working. But the normal situation is for you to take money from the Kuffar (non-Muslim) So we take Jihad Seeker’s Allowance.”
“Pensioner, 44, on Centrelink benefits because he’s overweight ‘sent $4,000 to an American ISIS fighter on PayPal,’” by Joy Joshi, Daily Mail Australia, July 13, 2018:
A disability pensioner who was accused of funding an American Islamic State fighter has been ordered by court to stand trial.
Mr Isa Kocoglu, who is on a pension because of his obesity and mental health issues, has been committed to trial on seven charges by Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday.
The 44-year-old allegedly sent almost $4000 using PayPal to a known ISIS fighter born in Texas, United States of America.
The man allegedly deposited cash for known jihadist, Yahya al-Bahrumi, at a Commonwealth Bank branch in Sydney’s south eastern suburbs between November 2013 and August 2014.
Mr Bahrumi, born in Texas as John Georgelas, is reportedly considered to be one of Islamic State’s top producers of English language propaganda.
The bushy-bearded man, accused of financially supporting a foreign fighter in Syria, remains on bail.
He has pleaded not guilty and was ordered to stand trial in the Supreme Court.
The Australian Federal Police allege Mr Kocoglu sent the money after multiple cash deposits were made at a Commonwealth Bank branch at Kogarah, in Sydney’s south.
His Hampton Park home was searched in June 2016 and counter-terror officers seized several devices, the court was told.
But he was not charged until 16 months later after officers had pored over the data, including his Facebook history.
‘It was about four terabytes worth of data seized,’ Australian Federal Police officer Astrid Dahmen said.
‘So that took some time to go through and analyse.’
A police translator was called on to interpret some data, including an analysis of the Arabic word ‘hijra’.
‘In an Islamic sense it means ”migration in the cause of Allah”,’ translator Vera Oujami said.
‘If there is the context of a caliphate or jihad.’…