Al Haramain Islamic Foundation supported al-Qaeda it linked to Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs (Imams) before 9/11 headed by Saleh Al al-Sheikh

The Al Haramain Islamic Foundation (AHIF), based in Saudi Arabia, was a prominent NGO with deep links to the Saudi government, including the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, before being dissolved following international accusations of funding terrorism. The foundation was widely considered a private, yet state-sanctioned, organization with leaders holding official or close roles with Saudi authorities, including the Ministry of Islamic Affairs (Imams & Mosques). Al Haramain Islamic Foundation supported al-Qaeda it linked to Ministry of Islamic Affairs (Imams) before 9/11 headed by Saleh Al al-Sheikh aka Saleh Bin Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh.

The Al Haramain Islamic Foundation (AHIF) was part of a series of large-scale law enforcement raids that occurred on March 20, 2002, involving over 150 agents from the Customs Service, IRS, and FBI. While major AHIF operations were famously raided in Ashland, Oregon, the specific search in the Falls Church area targeted associated entities and individuals in a broad investigation into potential money laundering for terrorist groups. Investigations found direct links between AHIF and Osama bin Laden, with allegations that the organization was used as a front for fundraising and operational activities. 

The Treasury Department stated that when viewed as a single entity, Al-Haramain was one of the principal NGOs active throughout the world providing support for the Al-Qaeda network. The FBI/CIA found that: Two Saudi cabinet members officially supervise [Al Haramain’s] activities. The Minister of Islamic Affairs, Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdul Aziz Bin Mohammed Bin Ibrahim Al Shaykh aka Saleh Al al-Sheikh aka Saleh Bin Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh was the titular head and superintendent of Al Haramain. The foundation is part of the Saudi Joint Relief Committee, which is headed by the Minister of Interior, Prince Nayif bin Abdul-Aziz al-Sau’d, a member of the Saudi royal family and head of Mabahith.

San Diego spy Omar al-Bayoumi and Sarasota spy Abdulaziz al-Hijji who 'assisted' the 9/11 hijackers while in the USA were Saudi GIP agents working for GIP boss Prince Turki Al-Faisal in 1999, 2000, and 2001 up to Sept 11th, 2001. A 2017 FBI assessment identified al-Bayoumi as a co-optee of the Saudi General Intelligence Presidency, the agency headed by Prince Turki in 1999 and 2000 and 2001 up to Sept 1st, 2001 when 9/11 hijackers were in San Diego CA. In September 2025 a Sunday London Times investigation revealed that the FBI did not inform the London Metropolitan Police that the American investigation into San Diego spy Omar al-Bayoumi from 1998-99 concluded that he was working for Saudi intelligence the same GIP run by Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Bayoumi was a paid operative of the GIP.

Omar al-Bayoumi was arrested in Birmingham days after the 9/11 atrocity. But police were never given crucial evidence by the FBI. The declassified FBI Operation Encore materials portrayed Saudi spy Omar Bayoumi not as an innocent bystander but as someone deeply tied to Musaed al-Jarrah head of Saudi Religious Ministry (Imams) and possibly Saudi intelligence networks with Ziyad Khaleel in America. It references a 2017 assessment by the FBI’s Arabian Peninsula Squad, which had concluded Omar Bayoumi was a “co-optee” of the Saudi General Intelligence Presidency, its secret service, he was a spy. It found the assistance given to 9/11 hijackers Hazmi and Mihdhar was consistent with a co-ordinated terrorist support operation, rather than a series of chance encounters, and involved individuals with official connections to Saudi Arabia.

Documents Released By FBI reveal Nationwide Saudi Imam network that supported 9/11 hijackers. Lawyers for relatives of 9/11 victims claim that a group of extremist religious leaders (Imams) in Saudi Arabia and in America aided the 9/11 hijackers who flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001. Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance (MOIA) this government ministry oversees Islam-related affairs, manages and regulates mosques, Imams and prayer halls. In the late 1990's and early 2000's Musaed Al-Jarrah was the head of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs he traveled the US and kept in contact with Imam's (Holy Men - Clerics) who he supervised and assigned to various locations to continue the spread of Wahhabism, strict fundamentalist Islam. Musaed Al-Jarrah would have had direct contact with Imams linked to al-Qaeda like Anwar al-Awlaki terminated in 2011 by CIA-DOD opp he was born in New Mexico and a U.S. citizen, Omar Mohamed arrested December 19, 2003. Sarasota Imam Muneer Arafat arrested in November 2002 by FBI and ICE agents and shipped off to a Grand Jury Investigation in St Louis. 

I went on local TV, ABC affiliate in Sarasota, Florida, is WWSB-TV, branded ABC 7 News Sarasota with news anchor Hayley Wielgus way back in Sept 2011 (15 years ago) to expose Imam Muneer Arafat and his links to Al-Qaeda agents, see ABC 7 video. I have claimed and posted numerous articles about Saudi funded Ministry of Islamic Affairs Imams who where living in Florida and California supporting the Al-Qaeda hijackers prior to the September 11th 2001 terror attacks, and have done so since March of 2002 when I partnered with Federal Law Enforcement. Terry Strada is National Chair for the 9/11 Families United, lawyers for relatives of 9/11 victims say a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia aided the 9/11 hijackers who flew planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. Based on declassified FBI records, congressional investigations, and investigative journalism, the individuals listed below have been identified as part of a network of religious figures and operatives linked to al-Qaeda or to the support structure of the 9/11 hijackers, often with financial ties to the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs (MOIA). Names like Imam Anwar al-Awlaki, Ziyad Khaleel, Imam Fahad Thumairy, Imam Osama Bassnan, Imam Muneer Arafat, Omar Bayoumi, MOIA Imam boss Musaed Al-Jarrah, Imam Omar Abdi Mohamed, have all been linked to the Saudi funded Ministry of Islamic Affairs or Al-Qaeda and in some cases both!  

Saudi funded Ministry of Islamic Affairs was funded and directly linked to Al Haramain Islamic Foundation which was convicted of supporting Al-Qaeda prior to 9/11. Imam Muneer Arafat and Al-Qeada agent Ziyad Khaleel and Saudi MOIA official Mutaib al-Sudairy were all roommates at one time or another in Columbia MO from 1998 to 2000, small world, eh? 

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