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Jury Convicts Holy Land Foundation in Muslim Charity Case

HeadlineNov 25, 2008

A federal jury in Dallas, Texas has convicted the leaders of a Muslim charity on 108 criminal counts, including support of terrorism, money laundering and tax fraud. The five men all worked for the Holy Land Foundation, which was the largest Muslim charity in the United States until the Bush administration shut it down in 2001. The government accused the charity of funneling money to the Palestinian group Hamas. The defendants argued that the Holy Land Foundation was engaged in legitimate humanitarian aid for community welfare programs and Palestinian orphans. Holy Land’s former accountant Mohammad Wafa Yaish said, “It’s a sad day. It looks like helping the needy Palestinians is a crime these days.”

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