Al Haramain Islamic Foundation supported al-Qaeda linked to Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs (Imams) before 9/11 headed by Sheikh 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 (MIOA), before being dissolved following international accusations of funding terrorism. The Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs (Imams) was an international spy agency that supported al-Qaeda in the US prior to the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks. 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 Sheikh Saleh Al al-Sheikh aka Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh. In January 2018, Saleh al-Ash-Sheikh called for the defense of a Muslim Jerusalem, (ANTI JEWISH and publicly stated his support for the Palestinian cause (TERRORISM) and supportive of Sharia (Islamic Law) system of government. Oct, 2003 article; "The formal Saudi position on suicide bombings, in fact, has been mixed. Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Islamic Affairs, Sheikh Saleh al-Sheikh, has condoned them: “The suicide bombings are permitted…the victims are considered to have died a martyr’s death.” According to a Washington Institute for Near East Policy article, Sheikh Saleh al-Sheikh was named the "superintendent of all foundation activities" for the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation. Sheikh Salen al-Sheikh, Minister of Islamic Affairs condoned Al Haramain’s involvement in terrorist activities.

U.S. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DETERMINED THAT SAUDI ARABIA’S GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED AND SUPPORTED A
SUNNI-WAHHABI (IMAMS) EXTREMIST NETWORK (MOIA) INSIDE THE U.S. THAT PROVIDED MATERIAL SUPPORT TO THE 9/11 HIJACKERS. The 2004 FBI/CIA Joint Assessment cited efforts by “suspected Saudi intelligence officers and cooptees” and “Saudi-funded clerics (Imams)” to obtain intelligence inside the U.S. A fundamental tenet of Wahhabism is the duty of all Muslims to wage “jihad” against the perceived “enemies” of Islam. As a third example, a 1995 official publication of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs (MOIA) found at the King Fahad Mosque in Los Angeles after the 9/11 Attacks contains a sermon of Saudi Sheikh bin al-Uthaymeen preaching the policy that all non-Muslims should be put to death. Saudi Arabia’s religious leaders (including its Ministry of Islamic Affairs) are not “quietist” or peaceful in their religious beliefs, despite Saudi Arabia’s highly misleading and incorrect assertions. 

Saudi Arabia’s policy to allow MOIA to operate without restriction outside of Saudi Arabia is demonstrated by a February 1999 letter sent by the MOIA’s Washington, D.C., Embassy Head Khalid Al Sowailem to Ministry of Islamic Affairs (MOIA) Propagator in San Diego, Omar Abdi Mohamed (“Abdi Mohamed” aka Omar Al Khatib). The letter spells out an “advisory” to MOIA Propagators, directing them not to solicit any donations inside Saudi Arabia without proper authority. Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al al-Sheikh (born 1959) is a Saudi cleric who served as the minister of Islamic affairs (MOIA), endowments, call and guidance of Saudi Arabia between 1996 and 2014, and again since 2015. The letter states that “collecting funds inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is subject to certain regulations that must be observed.” By contrast, no restrictions or safeguards were placed by MOIA on fundraising activities inside the U.S., and MOIA propagators in the U.S. (including Abdi Mohamed himself) were actively involved in collecting funds for a variety of extremist groups. 

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 September 11 Joint Intelligence Report by the U.S. Congress disclosure of what the U.S. press called “incontrovertible evidence” linking Saudis to the financing of al-Qaeda operatives in the United States.

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. The three most prominent of the terrorism support charities were the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO; an offshoot of the Muslim World League), the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, and the Charitable Foundations of al-Haramain. All three are known by various global intelligence organizations of terrorist funding, these Saudi charities were full-fledged GOs – governmental organizations.

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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