SO IT BEGINS: North Texas Mosque Shut Down for Funding Hamas… Muslims are Outraged

A north Texas mosque was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorism financing trial in United States history. The judge found there was ample evidence that the mosque, the Islamic Association of North Texas, assisted the Holy Land Foundation in funding millions of dollars to a Palestinian military terrorist organization that has killed Israeli children.

The Richardson, Texas, mosque, also known as the Dallas Central Mosque, was set up largely for the purpose of funding Hamas and terrorist activities by funding the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF). The foundation was based in the same city as the Islamic Association of North America – Richardson, Texas.

The HLF was designated as a terrorist organization by the federal government in 2001. The organization was shut down and its assets were seized because the charity’s primary purpose was found to fund Hamas. Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and other governments.

In May 2009, five of the key leaders of the HLF were sentenced after having been convicted in November, 2008, of providing material support to the terrorist organization. Two of the leaders lived in Richardson where the Islamic Association of North Texas is located. Another leader was from nearby Garland, Texas. The two other defendants were from San Diego, California, and Patterson, New Jersey. Three of these individuals incorporated the HLF, and two of them worked as fundraisers.

According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2009, the now-defunct HLF was the largest U.S. Muslim charity before it was shut down in 2001. The foundation existed to support Hamas “from its inception,” states the DOJ.

The DOJ charged that “the HLF intentionally hid its financial support for Hamas behind the guise of charitable donations.” It added, “HLF and these five defendants provided approximately $12.4 million in support to Hamas and its goal of creating an Islamic Palestinian state by elimination the State of Israel through violent jihad.”

Armed protestors and members of the Bureau of American-Islamic Relations (BAIR) are planning an armed protest at the Richardson mosque on December 12. More protesters and supporters are planned for the same day at the Irving Islamic Center, as reported by Breitbart Texas. Nearly 100 demonstrators rallied in front of the Islamic Center in Irving, Texas last weekend.

The City of Irving and the surrounding area has been ground zero for Islamic protests and tension in Texas. Thirty minutes from Irving is Garland, Texas where two Islamic terrorists were killed by a police officer in May after storming the parking lot of the site of a Mohamed Art Exhibit and Contest. The Arizona-based terrorists arrived at the parking lot armed with AK-47s and grenades after driving across the country from Phoenix.

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There are dozens, maybe even hundreds more mosques out there doing the same thing. It’s just one mosque, but it’s a start. After the attacks in San Bernardino, perhaps authorities will start to take a closer look at mosques in the US and follow France’s lead in shutting them down.

Because we’re at a point where our government sides with the muslims, it’s doubtful they’ll get much assistance from the DOJ. It will be up to local and state authorities to investigate and shut down mosques that are funding terrorist operations and training jihadists.

The Dallas area has been a hotbed of muslim activity over the past year or so and it’s time for some pushback. We don’t need nor want another Dearborn.