It’s Unlikely That the Anti-Muslim Crowd Will Be Appeased By a Single Tax Conviction
Just a hunch.
A federal jury on Thursday convicted the co-founder of an Islamic charity chapter who was accused of helping smuggle $150,000 to Muslim fighters in Chechnya.
Pete Seda was convicted of one count of conspiracy to defraud the government and one count of filing a false tax return. His lawyers said they would appeal.
But forget religion for a minute. What burns us up is that this guy Seda is blaming his accountant for the whole mess:
Seda claimed the money was intended as a tithe that his accountant failed to disclose on a tax return for the U.S. chapter of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation in Ashland, Ore. The foundation has been declared a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.
On the other hand, isn’t throwing an accountant under the bus something all religions can embrace? We’re searching for the common ground here, people.