Al-Haramain Foundation

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Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation an Islamic charity which provides aid to Muslims around the world mixed with a program to promote Saudi Arabia's austere Wahhabi Islam.

The assets of various branches of the Al-Haramain Foundation were frozen on March 11, 2002.

On January 29th, 2004 the foundation was added to the United Nations list of groups whose assets are to be blocked due to suspected ties to Osama bin Laden or his al-Qaida network. Russia banned the organisation in 2006 [1]

1 Guantanamo detainees alleged to have ties to al Haramain
2 The U.S. branch of Al Haramain
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Guantanamo detainees alleged to have ties to al Haramain

The United States has held several suspects in the War on Terrorism on the grounds that they had worked for or volunteered for the Al-Haramain Foundation:

**Extrajudicial detainees detained, in part, due to alleged ties to al Haramain**
Shaker Aamer
Muhammad Assad	Worked for Al Haramain in Africa. Held in the dark prison -- a CIA black site -- not Guantanamo.
Wazim	Allegation presented at his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.^[1]
Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mar'i	"Detainee admitted he was the director of the Baku, Azerbaijan branch of the Al Haramayn.^[2]" Mar'i admitted working for Al Haramain, but denied being a regional director.
Laid Saidi	Captured in May 2003 after working for Al-Haramain in Tanzania.^[3]
Fahd Muhammed Abdullah Al Fouzan	Alleged to have worked for Al Haramain.^[4]
Zaid Muhamamd Sa'id Al Husayn	The first factor in favor of his continued detention stated: "The detainee left Saudi Arabia in July 2001 after being inspired by a posted flyer from a missionary group called The Al Haramain Al Sharifer Organization.^[5]"
Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj	Alleged to have served as a financial courier for Al Haramain.^[6]
Abdul Al Salam Al Hilal	Alleged to have had meetings with representatives of Al Haramain.^[7]

[edit] The U.S. branch of Al Haramain

The U.S. branch of Al-Haramain Foundation filed a lawsuit on February 28, 2006.^[8] The suit asserted that the Bush administration had circumvented the US Constitution by authorizing warrantless wiretaps. They asserted that the President lacked the authority to authorize wiretaps that circumvented the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Three individuals whose conversations were intercepted, Suliman al-Buthe, Wendell Belew and Asim Ghafoor, learned of the eavesdropping when U.S. officials accidentally delivered transcripts to them. Al-Buthe, who had been the Foundations U.S. director, moved back to Saudi Arabia. Belew and Ghafoor were two of the Foundation's U.S. lawyers.

Tom Nelson, another Foundation lawyer, filed the lawsuit. Court records show he filed a motion to place the relevant material under seal.