Sheikh Eid bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association
Sheikh Eid Bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association is a Qatari charitable organizations established in 1995 in Doha, Qatar. The organization was named after Sheikh Eid Ibn Mohammad ibn Thani ibn Jasim ibn Mohammad Al Thani (1922-1994). The U.S. Department of Treasury has characterized the organization's founder as "terrorist financier and facilitator who has provided money and material support and conveyed communications to al-Qa'ida and its affiliates in Syria, Iraq, Somalia and Yemen for more than a decade. ” The Eid Charity Foundation has been described as a Government Organized Non-Governmental Organization (GONGO) with close ties to government institutions. Relief and Humanitarian Efforts Eid Charity provides a wide range of services to people in need in Qatar and elsewhere in the Middle East from food collection and distribution to the poor to supporting drug awareness and rehabilitation programs. It has also supported relief efforts in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, the Palestinian territories, and other countries. In August 2016, Eid Charity announced that the organization has obtained contracts to build 335 mosques in 17 countries around the world. According to reports, some of the 335 mosques have been built while others will be built throughout 2016. The construction of the mosques will