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| Charity guilty of funding terror | Charity guilty of funding terror |
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| 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. | 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 Texas-based 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 - once the largest US Muslim charity - was accused of giving more than $12m (£8m) to support Hamas. | The group - once the largest US Muslim charity - was accused of giving more than $12m (£8m) to support Hamas. |
| It was the largest terrorism financing trial since the 9/11 attacks. | It was the largest terrorism financing trial since the 9/11 attacks. |
| The former head of the charity, Ghassan Elashi, and the former chief executive, Shukri Abu-Baker, were convicted of 69 counts including money laundering and tax fraud. | |
| Mufid Abdulqader and Abdulrahman Odeh were convicted on three counts of conspiracy, and Mohammed El-Mezain was convicted on one count of conspiracy to support a terrorist organisation. | |
| The Holy Land group was convicted on 32 counts. A sentencing date has yet to be announced. | |
| Frozen assets | |
| Hamas was designated by the US as a terrorist group in 1995, making contributions to the group illegal. | 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 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 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 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. Holy Land's supporters accused the US government of politicising the case as part of its so-called "war on terror". |