Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA) is the USA branch to Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW). IRW gets most of its income from UN, but also donations from the country-specific branches. Of the donors and members combined, IRUSA is the biggest single source for IRW, followed by the UN.

Which is to say - IRUSA is a money-funnelling operation for Islamic Relief Worldwide. IRW was co-founded by Essam El-Haddad, who was a senior advisor for foreign relations for the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Hany El-Banna is another founder, reported to be involved with Muslim

Now it is important to understand that Anwar A. Khan has been co-founder and President of Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA) for nearly its entire tenure from its founding in 1994 up until 2024.

The State Department severed its relationship with Islamic Relief after the anti-Semitism of its leaders were exposed in social media posts. One trustee praised Hamas as “great men” who “responded to the divine and holy call of the Muslim brotherhood."

But what were those Islamic Relief have ties to the State Department in the first place? Well, for one thing, Anwar Khan sat on Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA) - the advisory board which has strong input on where USAID dollars go.

See the following for a deep dive into ACVFA: https://x.com/DataRepublican/s...

Islamic Relief and the State Department have a long history of working together. They have partnered on projects and fundraising efforts together.

Islamic Relief is a member of the Combined Federal Campaign, which is the fedgov workplace giving service. CFC gets up to 167 million dollars in donations from federal employees *per year*, and IRUSA is one of those beneficiaries.

Not only did Anwar Khan sit on the advisory board for USAID dollars, he also sat on the State Department’s Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group.

Again, do not think that IRUSA is an isolated component with "bad apples" of IRW being founded by Muslim Brotherhood. Remember from upthread -- IRUSA funnels its money directly to IRW. You cannot separate IRUSA from IRW. Germany cut off its support to Islamic Relief after

A Congressional hearing on July 11, 2018 accused IRW's founder of using Islamic Relief money to fund Muslim Brotherhood terrorism in Egypt.

The UAE designed Islamic Relief Worldwide as a terrorist group for its MB links. The Netherlands also cut off funding for the same reason.

IRW is one of the NGOs working with UNRWA performing direct assistance in Gaza.

Interestingly, IRW has contributed *TO* UNRWA (not the other way around as you'd assume). This despite being a receipient of United Nations dollars. They collaborate with the UN in a variety of ways including UNICEF and UNDP.

CONCLUSION: Islamic Relief is not a fringe actor. Its U.S. arm (IRUSA) has sat on federal advisory boards at USAID and the State Department, and is the recipient of CFC funds through federal workplace giving. Its global parent (IRW) has been: • Founded by Muslim Brotherhood

@DataRepublican Recall the very odd post from the LA County Sheriff’s Department about simping for Iran? Then deleted… Guess who LASDHQ have had events with? …Islamic Relief & CAIR. Make sense now?

@bullfrog35 I knew you'd find something quickly.

@DataRepublican Important ideological point in your conclusion that: “Islamic Relief is not a fringe actor.” The POINT is to be normalized. Receipts: 1. $2.5 million in grants to Islamic Relief USA, FY2020 under Trump. @anjewla90 2. Senator John Cornyn likes them.🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️😬 3. Congress:

@bullfrog35 @anjewla90 . @KenPaxtonTX might be interested in that letter from Cornyn.

@DataRepublican Yeah, it's a shame that we have Middle Eastern influences corrupting our foreign policy.

@DataRepublican No idea why CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood, SJP etc. are not designated as terrorist groups in the US, since they’re all front groups for or parent groups of Hamas. Hoping Secretary Rubio takes care of this.

@DataRepublican @grok how many Muslims are in the US ? Break it down by FEMA region, then Employment types.

@DataRepublican END the Muslim Invasion, Anchor Baby SCAM , Asylum SCAM and Refugee SCAM

@DataRepublican TRAFFICKING Palestinian children to the U.S.⁉️ PLEASE STOP. 🛑 THAT statement and your content in this regard is patently false. You and @LauraLoomer should be ashamed of yourselves and ultimately held accountable for misleading the public. @StateDept announcement

@DataRepublican This- like unchecked immigration, but more dangerous- has been happening for decades. Those we’ve naively trusted for long-term security policy are playing an active role in keeping this sh#t happening. Who do we appeal to ?

@DataRepublican @threadreaderapp unroll

@DataRepublican He sounds like just the kind of guy we should give some high position to in the administration and then go "oops", when Laura makes a stink about him in one of her post. On 2nd thought, rather than firing anyone, let's bring more Hamas fighters into America under some exception.

@DataRepublican If Muslim nations were so powerful why is the Gaza annihilation happening? They definitely don’t control banks and they definitely don’t control the media in fact I don’t know of anything they control except for oil and even that the USA controls it too… so I don’t get your

@DataRepublican Grok says that only Palestinian children in need of medical help were allowed entry specifically for that. Are the other cases of entry?

@DataRepublican It's all about infiltration and the Democrats allowing it. Infiltration just slows down with Conservatives in power.

@DataRepublican Wait until you hear about Israeli influence.

@DataRepublican This is nuts. What a shit show cluster fck.

@DataRepublican Is he an American citizen?

@DataRepublican They have a pimple size influence on the US. What is troubling is the foreign country with total control:

@DataRepublican So it’s a terrorist organization. Shut it down, and arrest all involved.