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Article: After Year of Uncertainty, American Muslim Charitable Donations Rebound
- Article from:
- The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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It has now been two years since the administration of President George W. Bush shut down several major American Muslim charities on the nebulous grounds of "financing terrorism." In December 2001, during the height of the Ramadan charitable giving season-and following a now infamous White House visit by hard-line Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon-Bush first shut down the largest American Muslim charity, the Holy Land Foundation for Re lief and Development (HLF).
Days later, the federal government acted against two more charities-Global Relief Foundation (GRF) and Benevolence International (BI). Immediately following that ominous "Ramadan Surprise," the status of American Muslim relief ...