Money to Saudi "charity" = money to jihad.

IST commented recently on the effrontery of the Saudi government in working to distribute Korans to violent members of the U.S. underclass. There it was clear that a certain Saudi charity was responsible for distributing these Korans to this audience. The Saudis later shut down this charity when they "discovered" that it was connected to al Qaeda. Bigggg surprise in Saudi land.

Now we have the secretary-general of the Saudi government's Muslim World League Koran Memorization Commission, Sheikh Abdallah Basfar, on Saudi TV giving the hard sell on the duty of all Muslims to contribute to jihad.

All the funds sent via known charities and organizations reach your Muslim brothers, Allah be praised. Undoubtedly, this aid is obligatory and not just recommended. This is the duty of every Muslim, based on the scholars' religious ruling that supporting our brothers in Palestine is obligatory. Therefore, material support is a duty.

Thus we have the Saudi government soliciting funds to but one of many "charities" with full awareness that the funds are going to support jihad, the indiscriminate-killing version not the hug-yourself-and-keep-a-diary version. The Saudis knew damn well where the contributions to Al-Haramain were going.

"Saudi Government Official on Iqra TV: All Muslims Must Support Jihad -- Send Money to the Saudi Committee for Support of the Al-Quds Intifada, Account No. 98." MEMRI Special Dispatch Series - No. 990, 9/22/05.