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Advocacy Blog
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
American Muslim Relief Group Faces FBI Investigation
Yesterday the FBI along with the Joint Terrorism Task Force raided the Southfield, Michigan offices of a well respected American Muslim relief organization, Life for Relief & Development. The search warrants were obtained for criminal reasons, but no further reasoning has been disclosed. The charity is cooperating with this investigation, but there is concern about its timing. In less than a week Ramadan will begin, an important time for donations that would normally rise during the holy month.
Life for Relief describes itself on its Web site as the largest American Muslim humanitarian relief organization.
In addition to providing emergency relief in the form of food and medicine, Life for Relief runs programs for orphans and built a computer center in Iraq, Alkhatib said. Its Web site says it has improved schools in countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan and worked to improve Iraq's drinking water infrastructure.The charity says it has provided more than $50 million in aid to more than 13 million people around the world.
These stories out of Michigan can be found
Here and here.
Posted by Amanda Adams
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