Malaysian terror financier studied accounting in Tennessee

Philippine authorities arrested a Malaysian “follower of Osama bin Laden” last week known as Abdul Aziz Usman Aziz Othman. Aziz is said to be the financial officer of a jihadist organization. He was well suited for such a task, having attended the University of Tennessee in the 1990s by studying accounting and finance there.

Certainly, Aziz must have interacted with the Muslim community in Knoxville, Tennessee, during his studies. He would not have found any “followers of Osama bin Laden” there, would he?  Well, a few observations about Islam in Knoxville:

The Muslim Community of Knoxville (MCK), probably the largest Islamic umbrella group in East Tennessee, proudly notes on its website its “close cooperation with other Muslim organizations in the area, most notably: the Islamic Education Foundation of Knoxville (IEFK), the Annoor Academy of Knoxville (AAK) and the Muslim Student Association (MSA).”  MCK also rejoiced in its cooperation with Helping Hands for Relief & Development to provide aid to Pakistan during its floods last year.

These are questionable organizations with whom to consort.

• The Muslim Student Association was founded by adherents to the philosophy of the global Muslim Brotherhood.
• Helping Hand is an organization that facilitates transfers of money overseas on behalf of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA). Like the MSA, ICNA is an offspring of the Muslim Brotherhood. Helping Hand exists largely to route ICNA money to Al-Khidmat Foundation, a “charity” house in Pakistan. Al-Khidmat gives money to Jamaat-e Islami, an Islamist Muslim Brotherhood movement and political party in South Asia, and has given at least one big donation to Hamas.
• The Annoor Mosque has demanded that a neighboring business be prevented from selling alcohol.  The mosque’s school, the Annoor Academy, has implied that potential donors should pay up to save their souls in the hereafter:

Annoor Fundraising Flyer

If these were the waters in which Aziz swam, no wonder he’s all wet.