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A Muslim charity and five of its former leaders have been convicted in the US of 108 charges in the largest terrorism financing trial since the 9/11 attacks. A Muslim charity and five of its former leaders have been convicted of funding the Palestinian militant group Hamas, designated a terrorist group in the US.
Jurors reached the guilty verdict after eight days of deliberations in the retrial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. Jurors reached the guilty verdict after eight days of deliberations in the retrial of the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.
The group was once the largest US Muslim charity. The group - once the largest US Muslim charity - was accused of giving more than $12m (£8m) to support Hamas.
Holy Land is accused of giving more than $12m (£8m) to support the Palestinian militant group Hamas. It was the largest terrorism financing trial since the 9/11 attacks.
Hamas was designated by the US as a terrorist group in 1995, making contributions to the group illegal.
The prosecution argued that Hamas controlled the charities to which $12.4m was sent between 1995 and 2001.
The indictment against the group said it sponsored orphans and families in the West Bank and Gaza whose relatives had died or been imprisoned as a result of Hamas attacks on Israel.
The Texas-based charity was shut down and had its assets frozen in 2001, as part of the clampdown that followed the 11 September attacks on New York and Washington.
The charity said it ran a legitimate operation helping Muslim families.