Global Relief Foundation
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{{Short description|Islamic charity designated as a terrorist financing front by the US}} |
{{Short description|Islamic charity designated as a terrorist financing front by the US}} |
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{{Infobox organization |
{{Infobox organization |
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| name |
| name = Global Relief Foundation |
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| formation |
| formation = {{start date|1992}} |
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| native_name = Foundation Secours Mondial |
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| abbreviation FSML |
| abbreviation = GRF FSML |
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| dissolved |
| dissolved = {{end date and age|2001|11|14}} |
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| type |
| type = [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] |
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| headquarters |
| headquarters = [[Bridgeview, Illinois]], [[U.S.]] |
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| services |
| services = [[Humanitarian aid]] to Muslims in conflict zones (ostensibly) |
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| key_people [[Nabil Sayadi]] (European director) |
| key_people = [[Rabih Haddad]] ([[Chief executive]]) [[Nabil Sayadi]] (European director) |
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| main_organ |
| main_organ = ''Al Thilal'' |
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| affiliations |
| affiliations = {{plainlist| |
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*[[Taliban]] |
*[[Taliban]] |
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*[[al-Qaeda]] |
*[[al-Qaeda]] |
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*[[Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami]] |
*[[Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami]] |
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}} |
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| budget |
| budget = $700,000 [[USD]] |
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| budget_year |
| budget_year = 1992 |
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Haddad was arrested by the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service|INS]] on immigration charges when the group's offices were raided, and later deported to [[Lebanon]].Roxane Assaf (March 2002), ''Global Relief Foundation assets seized as Chairman is arrested on visa violation'', Washington Report on Middle East Affairs{{Cite web |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jul/23/20040723-082950-9083r/ |title=CAIR and Terrorism, July 23, 2004 |website=[[The Washington Times]] |access-date=July 31, 2009 |archive-date=March 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311072921/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jul/23/20040723-082950-9083r/ |url-status=live }} |
Haddad was arrested by the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service|INS]] on immigration charges when the group's offices were raided, and later deported to [[Lebanon]].Roxane Assaf (March 2002), ''Global Relief Foundation assets seized as Chairman is arrested on visa violation'', Washington Report on Middle East Affairs{{Cite web |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jul/23/20040723-082950-9083r/ |title=CAIR and Terrorism, July 23, 2004 |website=[[The Washington Times]] |access-date=July 31, 2009 |archive-date=March 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311072921/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jul/23/20040723-082950-9083r/ |url-status=live }} |
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Lawyers representing the organisation accused the US government of a "disregard for civil rights and constitutional rights" in the wake of [[9/11]] and believed the connection between Global Relief and terrorism to be "weak", criticised the "guilty by association" policy and the use of "secret evidence rules" granted under the [[Patriot Act]]. |
Lawyers representing the organisation accused the US government of a "disregard for civil rights and constitutional rights" in the wake of [[9/11]] and believed the connection between Global Relief and terrorism to be "weak", criticised the "guilty by association" policy and the use of "secret evidence rules" granted under the [[Patriot Act]]. |
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Supporters of the foundation claimed that it was unfairly targeted, denied due process and closed before any evidence linking it to terrorism had been produced.{{cite book |
Supporters of the foundation claimed that it was unfairly targeted, denied due process and closed before any evidence linking it to terrorism had been produced.{{cite book |
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|title=The Cost of Counterterrorism: Power, Politics, and Liberty |
|title=The Cost of Counterterrorism: Power, Politics, and Liberty |
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|last=Donohue |
|last=Donohue |
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|first=Laura K. |
|first=Laura K. |
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|year=2008 |
|year=2008 |
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|publisher=Cambridge University Press |
|publisher=Cambridge University Press |
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|pages=174, 175 |
|pages=174, 175 |
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|isbn=978-0521605878 |
|isbn=978-0521605878 |
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