Fahd Al-Ahmed Charity

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The Fahd Al-Ahmed Charity (also known as the Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmad Charity Organization) was a Kuwaiti charitable organization that was permanently shut down by the Kuwaiti government following the June 26, 2015 terrorist attack on the Imam Sadiq Mosque. [1]

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History

The charity was founded on June 29, 2010 [2] in honor of Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, a Kuwaiti military officer killed during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. [3]

Notable work

The Fahd Al-Ahmed Charity took part in a number of fundraising campaigns designed to bring humanitarian assistance to Muslims around the world, including raising donations for Muslims in Burma [4] and establishing a fund sponsoring orphans throughout the Muslim world. [5]

The charity also hosted the yearly Fahd Al-Ahmed International Charity Awards for outstanding Islamic humanitarian work. [3] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received the award in 2011. [6]

According to Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai , since the beginning of the Syrian civil war the Fahd Al-Ahmed Charity had received multiple warnings from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs for refusing to comply with government regulations requiring that all humanitarian funds for Syria be collected through official channels. These warnings were never heeded. [7]

On 26 June 2015, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vest at the Imam Sadiq Mosque, where 2000 Shi’ite Muslims were attending Friday prayers. The attack killed 27 people and injured 227 others. The suicide bomber, Fahd Suliman Abdul-Muhsen al-Qabaa, was a citizen of Saudi Arabia and had flown into Kuwait mere hours before the strike [2] and was in the country illegally. [8] The attack was claimed by ISIL in a video of al-Qabaa published posthumously. [9]

In response to this attack, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs ordered the permanent shutdown of the Fahd Al-Ahmed Charity which it suspected of financing extremist groups in Syria linked to the bombing. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kuwait detains 60 suspected of Islamist militant links: newspaper". www.msn.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  2. 1 2 "The Kuwait Post - Today in Kuwait's History | 29/06/2013... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  3. 1 2 "Kuwait's Charity Organisation Launches Second Award Worth US$80,000 | South-South Information Gateway". www.ssig.gov.my. Archived from the original on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  4. ↑ "KUNA : Fahad Al-Ahmad Charity raises donations for Muslims of Burma - Society - 09/08/2012". www.kuna.net.kw. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  5. ↑ "KUNA : Fahad Al-Ahmad charity organization launches orphan fund within its Ramadan campaign - Religion - 16/07/2012". www.kuna.net.kw. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  6. ↑ "News.Az - Turkish Premier receives Kuwait Charity Award". www.news.az. Archived from the original on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  7. 1 2 "Kuwait says in 'state of war' with militants, warns of other cells". Reuters. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
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