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How Launchgood keeps up to half of your charity for itself without telling you
You did not know they did that? That seems to be fine with Launchgood.
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Ahmed Shaikh
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Launchgood’s “Zakat-Verified” is Worthless. Don’t Trust it.
It's a lot less than it seems.
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Ahmed Shaikh
30
Islamic Relief USA is Expensive Zakat
Your Zakat dollar deserves to go further, right?
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Ahmed Shaikh
42
IRUSA is Far Worse on Zakat Than We Knew
Islamic Relief USA respond to my article on costs. It gets worse.
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Ahmed Shaikh
13
Broken Promises and Poor Management at Seekers Guidance
Unaccountability can be a flat circle.
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Ahmed Shaikh
19
International Zakat Organizations Overhead Ranked: from Bloated to Lean
Your donation may go 30% further if you pick the right charity. Don't read this if you think charities should spend more on overhead.
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Ahmed Shaikh
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Who Lied about Muslim Suicide?
Muslims, including Imams and Zakat Donors got scammed on Mental Health. It's important to understand how.
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Ahmed Shaikh
10
Guide to "Zakat-Eligible" Shenanigans
Let's not make this too hard
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Ahmed Shaikh
4
Abduallah Bin Hamid Ali's Lord of the Flies Dawa Won't Work
Islamic scholar does extremely American politics
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Ahmed Shaikh
34
Hassan Shibly goes poverty pimping in Africa.
Welcome to a world where pimping and scamming are good.
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Ahmed Shaikh
28
War Profiteering and False Testimony: Emgage and Muslim leadership
Scams cannot go far without complicity, sometimes mixed with a giant helping of fakery.
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Ahmed Shaikh
6
Guide for Islamic scholars endorsing "charities," and "Islamic" investments.
The Muslim ummah desperately needs to fix this.
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Ahmed Shaikh
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