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ivors of victims of September 11, 2001 attacks failed to state cause of action under Anti- terrorism Act (ATA) against investment company based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia or against Saudi Arabian bank founder, in that majority of allegations regarding in- vestment company actually concerned an- other en
. C. Defendants' Status as Foreign States for FSIA Purposes The Court must first determine if the moving Defendants are "foreign states" for 22. Zakat is required almsgiving by all Mus- lims. See, e.g., Emmet Complaint at 275; id. 140. EFTA00795052 788 349 FEDERAL SUPPLEMENT, 2d SERIES purpose
urvivors of victims of September 11, 2001 attacks failed to state cause of action under Anti- terrorism Act (ATA) against investment company based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia or against Saudi Arabian bank founder, in that majority of allegations regarding in- vestment company actually concerned an- other enti
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017843 →5. C. Defendants’ Status as States for FSIA Purposes The Court must first determine if the moving Defendants are “foreign states” for Foreign 22. Zakat is required almsgiving by all Mus- lims. See, e.g., Burnett Complaint at 275; id. 140. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017852 --- PAGE BREAK --- 788 purposes of
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017853 →F.3d at 1023; Bown ITT, 340 F.Supp.2d at 906. Even move and launder money. 12(e) Statement {1 1. Plaintiffs allege that al Qaeda has pervert- ed the Zakat and Hararm principles in Islam- ic banking to collect and distribute money to individuals and cells throughout the world. Id. 494-9; see also Burnett
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017898 →ionally allege that “DMI [Trust] and its affiliated and subsidiary companies have known that many of the ostensible charities to which they channeled Zakat and Haraam funds were, in fact, fronts for al Qaeda [, including ITRO and MWL].” *88 JA4337. “Despite the actual knowledge that money contributed to
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023390 →in-Ladin set up the ‘Jihad and Relief” guesthouse in Peshawar to recetve volunteers who would arrive after a short stop in the al-Ansar guesthouse in Jeddah. The route of this process passed through the unlicensed Cairo office of the [MWL], directed by Dr. Abdallah Umar Nasif. JA2596-97. In addition, pub
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023393 →Entities connected to both Jeddah and Zakat

Saudi Arabia
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United States
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Bill Clinton
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Yemen
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U.S. Treasury
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New York
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Philadelphia
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Ethiopia
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Michael Cohen
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Lebanon
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Sudan
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New York City
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Somalia
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Arabia
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Riyadh
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Osama bin Laden
PERSONBosnia
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Malaysia
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National Security
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al-Qaeda
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