# Charity Guilty of Funding Terror November 25, 2008 Author: Staff Writer Source: BBC News 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. 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. 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. See also:- [ Courts/Justice ](/news-stories/courtsjustice) - [ Holy Land Foundation ](/news-stories/holy-land-foundation) - [ Terrorism ](/news-stories/terrorism) - [ Islam ](/religions/islam) - [ Civic ](/tags/civic) - [ International ](/tags/international) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)