Claims of Links To Terrorist Groups
At the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, Steven Emerson, identified IIRO as a major radical Islamic institution, in part, "responsible for fueling Islamic militancy around the world", and, Rohan Gunaratna, Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies, Singapore, stated, "... Mohammad Jamal Khalifa is the brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden. He arrived in the Philippines in 1988 and he became the founding director of the International Islamic Relief Organization of Saudi Arabia. He used the IIRO to funnel al Qaeda funds to the Abu Sayyaf group and the Moral Islamic Liberation Front." Mohammad Jamal Khalifa was dismissed from the 9/11 case by the US district court.
IIRO Philippine and Indonesian Branches is designated by the US OFAC as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group. IIRO has addressed the issue to OFAC for de-listing.
The Philippine and Indonesian branches of IIRO are also included in the UN list, maintained by United Nations Security Council Committee 1267. IIRO petitioned the Security Council for removal from the list in January 2010, but the process is as of now continues.
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