ثائر ابو لبدة
13-03-2009, 06:40 PM
Islamic-Style Ponzi Scheme
Costs Investors 100 Million
Shekels
by Hillel Fendel
(IsraelNN.com) Ali Al-Kurd, a money-changer in eastern
Jerusalem, promised his investors a 26 percent annual profit. He
disappeared several weeks ago, and 100 million shekels – some
say 200 million – are gone
The story, broken by Israel’s business weekly Globes, began
seven years ago, according to some reports. Ali Al-Kurd, son of a
wealthy businessman, began paying between 21 and 26 percent
annual interest rates, in regular monthly payments, on investment
sums that reached as high as $1.2 million. He held lavish
meetings with potential investors, spoke vaguely of various
opportunities in Israel and elsewhere, but “when you left the
meeting with him, even though at first you thought you knew
what he was saying, at the end you realized that you really have
no idea what he planned to do with your money,” one broken
investor said
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Lending money to receive interest is a grave sin, according to
both Judaism and Islam. Among the investors who fell victim to
the Arab eastern Jerusalem Ponzi scheme – violating religious
law in the process – were leading Islamic figures in eastern
Jerusalem, Hamas members, former Orient House officials, Fatah
leaders, and top personnel in the Islamic organizations on the
Temple Mount
Nearly 500 people are said to have lost money with Al-Kurd. It is
assumed that some 50 people lost between $400,000 and $1.2
million each, another 200 lost between $50,000 and $300,000,
while many others lost smaller sums. It is assumed that many
others who lost money do not want to come forward, as they do
not want their interest-bearing activities to become known
No Religious Way to Accept Interest
Although some investors explained their actions as merely “profit
sharing” and not interest, Moslem religious leaders who spoke
with Globes mocked this excuse. “There is no religiously
acceptable way to give money to someone and to receive more in
return,” they said
One loser who fell victim to Al-Kurd said that the fact that the
interest returns deviated slightly each month lent an air of
“precision and legitimacy to the business. One month you would
receive $705.10, and the next month it would be $730.50… No one
seemed to want to find out where all this money was really
coming from ”
A recent sermon at recent Friday prayers on the Temple Mount
touched upon the issue, without mentioning it outright. “Allah
permitted you to buy and to sell, but he forbade interest,” the
mufti declared. “We hear rumors, but we say: Don’t spread them
further… so that you will not regret it ”
Al-Kurd in Hiding, Begging for Time
Al-Kurd, who had a villa in Beit Hanina in eastern Jerusalem’s
northern area as well as a summer home in Jericho, is in hiding,
in fear for his life. He has admitted to losing $25 million, and is
begging his compatriots to ease off legal pressures and physical
threats against him, and allow him to pay back at least 40% of his
debts. His houses and other properties have already been
commandeered; it is not clear whether his creditors will give him
the time he needs
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130418
الترجمة :
مخطط النمط الإسلامي لتشغيل الأموال
تكاليف الإستثمار 100 مليون شيكل
فيندل هيليل
علي الكرد صراف في شرقي القدس يعطي المستثمرين عنده ارباح سنوية بقيمة 26 بالمئة
اختفى علي الكرد قبل عدة اسابيع و 100 مليون او 200 مليون شيكل قد اختفت
بدأ علي الكرد دفع ما بين 21 و 26 في المئة سنويا ً كفائدة في دفعات شهرية منتظمة
للمبالغ المستثمرة التي وصلت إلى أكثر من 1.2 مليون دولار
وقال المستثمرون :
إقراض المال في الحصول على الفائدة خطيئة ، وفقا لما ذكرته
اليهودية والإسلام على حد سواء . ومن بين المستثمرين الذين وقعوا ضحايا للكرد
شخصيات إسلامية في شرق القدس ، وأعضاء في حماس ، المسؤولين السابقين بيت الشرق ،
قادة فتح ، وكبار الموظفين في المنظمات الاسلامية على
جبل الهيكل وكلهم تدخلوا لإنقاذ الوضع
ما يقرب من 500 شخص يقال فقدوا المال مع الكرد
ويفترض أن نحو 50 شخصا فقدوا بين 400000 دولار ومبلغ 1.2
مليون دولار لكل منهم ، فقد آخرون بين 2000 دولارا و 50000 دولارا و 300000 دولار
في حين أن آخرين كثيرين فقدوا مبالغ اصغر ومن المفترض أن الكثير من
الآخرين الذين خسروا أموالا لا يريدون الإستمرار
" لا يوجد دينيا وسيلة مقبولة لإعطاء المال لشخص والحصول على المزيد
ومقابل ذلك "
صدر مؤخرا في خطبة صلاة الجمعة الأخيرة على جبل الهيكل
وتناولت هذه المسألة ، من دون الإشارة إلى ذلك صراحة . " الله
يسمح لك لشراء وبيع ، ولكنه نهى عن زيادة المال ".
وأعلن المفتي . واضاف " اننا نسمع شائعات ، ولكن نقول : لا تعميم
حتى لا نأسف لذلك "
علي الكرد يختفي ..
علي الكرد ، الذي كان في فيلا في بيت حنينا في القدس الشرقية
المنطقة الشمالية وكذلك في المنزل الصيفي في أريحا ، في الخفاء ،
خوفا على حياته. واعترف بخسارة 25 مليون دولار ، واختفى
لتخفيف حدة الضغوط القانونية والمادية
والتهديدات الموجهة إليه ، ويجب عليه سداد 40 ٪ على الأقل من
الديون . من الواضح انه لن يقدم له الدائنين
الوقت الذي يحتاجه
الموضوع من صحيفة عبرية
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130418
بحثي وترجمتي ( ما استطعت عليه )
Costs Investors 100 Million
Shekels
by Hillel Fendel
(IsraelNN.com) Ali Al-Kurd, a money-changer in eastern
Jerusalem, promised his investors a 26 percent annual profit. He
disappeared several weeks ago, and 100 million shekels – some
say 200 million – are gone
The story, broken by Israel’s business weekly Globes, began
seven years ago, according to some reports. Ali Al-Kurd, son of a
wealthy businessman, began paying between 21 and 26 percent
annual interest rates, in regular monthly payments, on investment
sums that reached as high as $1.2 million. He held lavish
meetings with potential investors, spoke vaguely of various
opportunities in Israel and elsewhere, but “when you left the
meeting with him, even though at first you thought you knew
what he was saying, at the end you realized that you really have
no idea what he planned to do with your money,” one broken
investor said
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Lending money to receive interest is a grave sin, according to
both Judaism and Islam. Among the investors who fell victim to
the Arab eastern Jerusalem Ponzi scheme – violating religious
law in the process – were leading Islamic figures in eastern
Jerusalem, Hamas members, former Orient House officials, Fatah
leaders, and top personnel in the Islamic organizations on the
Temple Mount
Nearly 500 people are said to have lost money with Al-Kurd. It is
assumed that some 50 people lost between $400,000 and $1.2
million each, another 200 lost between $50,000 and $300,000,
while many others lost smaller sums. It is assumed that many
others who lost money do not want to come forward, as they do
not want their interest-bearing activities to become known
No Religious Way to Accept Interest
Although some investors explained their actions as merely “profit
sharing” and not interest, Moslem religious leaders who spoke
with Globes mocked this excuse. “There is no religiously
acceptable way to give money to someone and to receive more in
return,” they said
One loser who fell victim to Al-Kurd said that the fact that the
interest returns deviated slightly each month lent an air of
“precision and legitimacy to the business. One month you would
receive $705.10, and the next month it would be $730.50… No one
seemed to want to find out where all this money was really
coming from ”
A recent sermon at recent Friday prayers on the Temple Mount
touched upon the issue, without mentioning it outright. “Allah
permitted you to buy and to sell, but he forbade interest,” the
mufti declared. “We hear rumors, but we say: Don’t spread them
further… so that you will not regret it ”
Al-Kurd in Hiding, Begging for Time
Al-Kurd, who had a villa in Beit Hanina in eastern Jerusalem’s
northern area as well as a summer home in Jericho, is in hiding,
in fear for his life. He has admitted to losing $25 million, and is
begging his compatriots to ease off legal pressures and physical
threats against him, and allow him to pay back at least 40% of his
debts. His houses and other properties have already been
commandeered; it is not clear whether his creditors will give him
the time he needs
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130418
الترجمة :
مخطط النمط الإسلامي لتشغيل الأموال
تكاليف الإستثمار 100 مليون شيكل
فيندل هيليل
علي الكرد صراف في شرقي القدس يعطي المستثمرين عنده ارباح سنوية بقيمة 26 بالمئة
اختفى علي الكرد قبل عدة اسابيع و 100 مليون او 200 مليون شيكل قد اختفت
بدأ علي الكرد دفع ما بين 21 و 26 في المئة سنويا ً كفائدة في دفعات شهرية منتظمة
للمبالغ المستثمرة التي وصلت إلى أكثر من 1.2 مليون دولار
وقال المستثمرون :
إقراض المال في الحصول على الفائدة خطيئة ، وفقا لما ذكرته
اليهودية والإسلام على حد سواء . ومن بين المستثمرين الذين وقعوا ضحايا للكرد
شخصيات إسلامية في شرق القدس ، وأعضاء في حماس ، المسؤولين السابقين بيت الشرق ،
قادة فتح ، وكبار الموظفين في المنظمات الاسلامية على
جبل الهيكل وكلهم تدخلوا لإنقاذ الوضع
ما يقرب من 500 شخص يقال فقدوا المال مع الكرد
ويفترض أن نحو 50 شخصا فقدوا بين 400000 دولار ومبلغ 1.2
مليون دولار لكل منهم ، فقد آخرون بين 2000 دولارا و 50000 دولارا و 300000 دولار
في حين أن آخرين كثيرين فقدوا مبالغ اصغر ومن المفترض أن الكثير من
الآخرين الذين خسروا أموالا لا يريدون الإستمرار
" لا يوجد دينيا وسيلة مقبولة لإعطاء المال لشخص والحصول على المزيد
ومقابل ذلك "
صدر مؤخرا في خطبة صلاة الجمعة الأخيرة على جبل الهيكل
وتناولت هذه المسألة ، من دون الإشارة إلى ذلك صراحة . " الله
يسمح لك لشراء وبيع ، ولكنه نهى عن زيادة المال ".
وأعلن المفتي . واضاف " اننا نسمع شائعات ، ولكن نقول : لا تعميم
حتى لا نأسف لذلك "
علي الكرد يختفي ..
علي الكرد ، الذي كان في فيلا في بيت حنينا في القدس الشرقية
المنطقة الشمالية وكذلك في المنزل الصيفي في أريحا ، في الخفاء ،
خوفا على حياته. واعترف بخسارة 25 مليون دولار ، واختفى
لتخفيف حدة الضغوط القانونية والمادية
والتهديدات الموجهة إليه ، ويجب عليه سداد 40 ٪ على الأقل من
الديون . من الواضح انه لن يقدم له الدائنين
الوقت الذي يحتاجه
الموضوع من صحيفة عبرية
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130418
بحثي وترجمتي ( ما استطعت عليه )