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Islamic Fundraising Connection Illegal Immigrant Project in VA

August 21, 2005 by Bruce Carroll

This is an interesting development. There seems to be a connection between Northern Virginia Islamic fundraising efforts and the day-laborer (ie – illegal immigrant) worksite pickup project in Herndon, VA.

Brief Encounter At Herndon Store Inspired A Charity – Washington Post (subscription required)

Over the objections of hundreds of residents who fear it will bring crime and disorder to the neighborhood, Herndon’s Town Council granted Project Hope and Harmony permission last week to build and oversee such a site in the parking lot behind a former police station. The coalition expects to have it running in two to four months.

Project Hope and Harmony is itself a work in progress. It is an umbrella group, not a nonprofit organization. Although its members plan to file federal papers to become a nonprofit, the application for a grant of about $175,000 from Fairfax County to run the site was made in the name of Reston Interfaith, one of the groups that is part of the coalition.

For Hossain, helping immigrants, most from Central and South America, is a Muslim issue. Charity is one of the five pillars of Islam. So he raised money from Muslim businessmen in Herndon to buy 400 winter coats for the laborers, brought them food through another charity he started, called Food Source, and even rounded up day laborers to attend a Thanksgiving dinner at an Iraqi restaurant where falafel, not turkey, was served.

Given the Al-Qaeda connections repeatedly found in Northern Virginia after 9/11, is anyone else but me disturbed and more than curious about this direct connection between Islamic fundraising and illegal immigration?

-Bruce (GayPatriot) – gaypatriot2004@aol.com

Filed Under: Illegal Immigration, War On Terror

Comments

  1. North Dallas Thirty says

    August 21, 2005 at 10:11 am - August 21, 2005

    Curious, yes, but not automatically disturbed.

    Charity IS one of the pillars of Islam, and I have several friends who put it into practice on a regular basis without demanding anything that even looks like al-Qaeda’s demands from the beneficiaries.

    I think it very important that we not go overboard and assume that any Islamic charitable activity is linked to terrorism. Investigate and verify, yes, but no hysteria.

  2. Frank IBC says

    August 21, 2005 at 10:25 am - August 21, 2005

    Ditto the presumtion that ALL day laborers are “illegals”.

  3. Bruce (GayPatriot) says

    August 21, 2005 at 6:53 pm - August 21, 2005

    Frank — Note in the previous posting that the Washington Post estimates that there are 175-200,000 illegal workers in Virginia. It is a pretty good guess who is going to show up at this day-laborer site.

  4. Fausta says

    August 22, 2005 at 9:26 am - August 22, 2005

    There’s also the fact that one of the largest Latin American gangs, the Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS13 , with its wide network and alleged connections to al-Qaeda (as reported in The Economist), has a stronghold in northern Virginia

  5. Britton says

    August 22, 2005 at 11:00 am - August 22, 2005

    If all Muslims were how you suggest they are, the Christians had better be worried. Good thing most Muslims are nothing like you’d have anyone believe.

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    November 21, 2005 at 6:25 am - November 21, 2005

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    November 21, 2005 at 9:16 am - November 21, 2005

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