Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development
Islamic charity in the United States
Islamic charity in the United States
The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF; Arabic: مؤسسة الأرض المقدسة للإغاثة والتنمية, romanized: Muʾassasat al-ʾArḍ al-Muqaddasa li-l-ʾIghātha wa-t-Tanmiya), originally known as Occupied Land Fund (صندوق الأرض المحتلة, Ṣundūq al-ʾArḍ al-Muḥtalla), was an Islamic charity in the United States. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas, and run by Palestinian-Americans, the organization's stated mission was to "find and implement practical solutions for human suffering through humanitarian programs that impact the lives of the disadvantaged, disinherited, and displaced peoples suffering from man-made and natural disasters." In December 2001, the U.S. designated HLF a terrorist organization, seized its assets, and closed the organization. At the time it was the largest Muslim charitable organization in the United States. It had been under FBI surveillance since 1994. In 2004, a federal grand jury in Dallas, Texas, charged HLF and five former officers and employees with providing...
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