In Islam, zakat — the alms required of every Muslim — can and should be given to further the jihad. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that there are so many jihad-linked charities.
“Gaza Imam indicted for smuggling funds from Malaysia charities to Hamas,” by Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, February 6, 2020:
The Southern District Attorney’s Office on Thursday filed an indictment with the Beersheba District Court against a Gaza imam for smuggling funds from Malaysian charities to Hamas.
According to the indictment, the Imam, Walid Div, 43, traveled from Gaza to Egypt and then on to Malaysia on numerous occasions since 2013 to fly to deliver religious sermons.
While in Malaysia, Div was asked by Malaysian charities Aman Palestine and Mapim to smuggle funds back into Gaza for Hamas.
In 2013, he smuggled $3,000 on behalf of the Malaysian chapter of Aman Palestine to Hamas.
Div also worked with many of the same charities to smuggle funds to Hamas from Malaysia on other occasions, including contact with the Aman Palestine chapter in Gaza itself….