How do we know our donations were not used to fund terrorism, directly or indirectly?

Question

How do we know our donations were not used to fund terrorism, directly or indirectly?

Answer 1

Because Saudi Arabia funds Terrorism worldwide!

Answer 2

I guess you have to trust who your donating to.

Answer 3

You should only donate money to reputable charities or organizations where you can verify where your money is going. You should find out if any of your money is going to any multinational corporations that invest in middle eastern oil. If it does, then that's a clear sign that it may be contributing to terrorism.

Answer 4

Well it would largely depend who you are donating to. What are you talking about?

Answer 5

If the Charity has the words "Muslin, Islam, or bombs 'r' us", I'm thinkin'  DON'T GIVE THEM MONEY!!!!!!

But that's just me...

Answer 6

Good question.  Donate to your church.

Answer 7

Baby Tiger:  Without more information, it's difficult to say.

Investigate the charity thoroughly.  You'd be surprised where much of the money goes, even if it isn't terrorism.

If it's a "muslim" charity, look even deeper.  If you look at my page at "hardened warriors-2", you'll find one organization that is definitely not funding terrorism but is helping kids in Iraq.

The fact is however that many terror groups are funded by charity, even militant islamic charities with names that imply support of Israel.

The most prolific terrorist organizations in the US are ALF (animal liberation front) and ELF (earth liberation front) as per statistics on terrorism.  I'd not donate to them even though their names imply animal protection and environmentalism.

See my blog for the groundtruth in the fight on terrorism from one that has been there:

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