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Alms for Jihad
Alms for Jihad

Alms for Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World is a 2006 book co-written by American authors J. A Book is a set or collection of written printed illustrated or blank sheets made of Paper, Parchment, or other material usually fastened together The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Millard Burr, a former USAID relief coordinator in Sudan and Historian Robert O. The United States Agency for International Development (or USAID) is the United States federal government organization responsible for most non- military Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. Collins[1].

Contents

Content

Discusses the role of Islamic charities in financing terrorism.

Chapters

  1. The third pillar of Islam: zakat;
  2. Saudi Arabia and its Islamic charities;
  3. The banks;
  4. Afghanistan beginnings;
  5. Islamic charities and the revolutionary Sudan;
  6. Islam at war in the Balkans;
  7. The Central Asian crescent and Russia;
  8. From Afghanistan to Southeast Asia;
  9. The Holy Land;
  10. The Islamization of Europe;
  11. Islamic charities in North America.

Controversy

In August of 2007, the publisher, Cambridge University Press, removed the work from circulation under pressure from a libel action lawsuit filed against them in the British legal system by wealthy Saudi Khalid Salim A. Bin Mahfouz because the book accused him of funding al-Qaeda. Cambridge University Press (known colloquially as CUP is a Publisher given a Royal Charter by Henry VIII in 1534 Khalid bin Mahfouz (خالد بن محفوظ born 1949 is a wealthy Saudi Arabian and Irish businessman accused of supporting Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The Mahfouz had previously also forced the censorship of four other books:

Within hours, Alms for Jihad became one of the 100 most sought after titles on Amazon.Com and eBay in the United States. Amazoncom Inc ( is an American electronic commerce ( E-commerce) company in Seattle Washington. eBay Inc is an American Internet company that manages eBaycom an Online auction and shopping Website in which people and businesses buy and The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Cambridge University Press sent a letter to libraries asking them to remove copies from circulation. Cambridge University Press (known colloquially as CUP is a Publisher given a Royal Charter by Henry VIII in 1534 CUP subsequently sent out copies of an "errata" sheet. The American Library Association issued a recommendation to libraries still holding Alms for Jihad: "Given the intense interest in the book, and the desire of readers to learn about the controversy first hand, we recommend that U. The American Library Association ( ALA) is a group based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally S. libraries keep the book available for their users. "

The decision did not have the support of the book's authors and was criticised by some who claimed it was incompatible with freedom of speech and with freedom of the press and that it indicated that English libel laws were excessively strict[1][2]. In a New York Times Book Review (7 October 2007), United States Congressman Frank R. Wolf described Cambridge's settlement as "basically a book burning. The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Frank Rudolph Wolf (born January 30, 1939) is a career politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since "[3]

CUP pointed out that, at that time, it had already sold most of its copies of the book. It claimed that some of the sources the book cited had been shown to be false and that under English libel laws it would not have had a case in any suit[4].

References

  1. ^ theBookseller.com
  2. ^ A University Press Stands Up - and Wins :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education's Source for News, and Views and Jobs
  3. ^ Rachel Donadio. "Libel Without Borders", New York Times, 2007-10-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar)  
  4. ^ theBookseller.com

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