A Canadian newspaper has reported that an Islamic charity linked to Libya's Muammar Gaddafi has sent money to the Jamaat al Muslimeen in T&T.The Ottawa Citizen reported that the Canadian Government had revoked the registration of the longtime Canadian charity that it said was established as a front by Gaddafi to funnel money to terrorists all over the world.One of the groups that received money from the World Islamic Call Society was the Muslim militant cell implicated in a 2007 plot to blow up JFK airport in New York City, the paper stated.
"According to Government documents obtained by the Citizen, the World Islamic Call Society, based in London, Ontario, has been transferring money from Gaddafi's "Jihad fund" to bank accounts of known terrorists," the paper said.It mentioned the T&T group that tried to overthrow the government in 1990. The failed coup is now the subject of a commission of enquiry.According to the Citizen: "A payment of $170,814.20 was made to Jamaat al Muslimeen. This same group once attempted to overthrow the elected government of T&T."
It added: "Canada Revenue Agency financial documents also show that the Canadian charity transferred $10,000 directly to the terrorist group's leader, Yasin Abu Bakr."The paper said money was wired in US funds to the personal bank account of Assem Fadel, then transferred to the bank account of the World Islamic Call Society's Canadian branch, to be distributed to known terrorist organisations, citing federal government files.It said Fadel, 75, is the president of the Islamic Call Society's sole Canadian franchise, located on Kent Street in London, in the Canadian province of Ontario."The allegations are unbelievable," Fadel said, when told the society had been linked to the JFK plot, the paper reported.
The paper said when it asked Fadel why money from Gaddafi's jihad fund would be transferred to his own bank account and then deposited into the charity's bank account, Fadel explained that he handled the money personally because the deposits were in US funds."The charity doesn't have a US bank account so the money came to me and I distributed the money as directed by the mother organisation in Libya," Fadel said.The Citizen quoted Fadel as saying he will not appeal the Government's March 26 ruling to revoke the registration of his charity, saying it's too much of a "hassle.""We'll just keep doing our work without the charitable status," said Fadel, who last saw Gaddafi in Tripoli on February 14.