Posted on 05/03/2002 1:31:07 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:06:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
May 3, 2002 -- WASHINGTON - An Islamic charity accused of helping Osama bin Laden has raised thousands of dollars from unsuspecting U.S. companies and their employees through a tax-exempt federal program, The Post has learned.
A newsletter of the Benevolence International Foundation boasted that some Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, PepsiCo, Compaq, Nokia and American Express, donated to the Illinois-based charity through matching contributions from some of their employees.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The story isn't that companies offered their employees a matching contribution to the charities of their choice, but that jihadists' fundraising activities were allowed to mascarade as charities. The fault doesn't lie with the companies, but with the IRS giving these people a "charity" status.
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