Minneapolis-based banks have been closing the accounts of its customers in the Islamic community for years, but nobody can figure out why. Of course they know why. Banks don’t want to be associated with funding terrorism, with which many in the predominantly Somali Muslim community are associated, especially in Minnesota.
Mint Press News For years, Twin Cities’ residents who identify as members of the Islamic community say they have had their bank accounts closed unnecessarily and without reason by the Minneapolis-based TCF Financial Corp.
In one case, an American citizen — born and raised in Minneapolis — had his bank account closed, along with his sister’s account. The client used the account he opened in 2002 for his dental practice. He reportedly did not have any international transactions on his account, nor did he ever bounce a check or fail to keep a minimum balance. But he says that didn’t stop TCF from issuing a letter notifying him that the bank was “exercising its right under the terms of your account contract to discontinue our banking relationship.”
“A letter notified me that my account is closing, then after visiting and calling them I was notified by phone that TCF will not keep me as a customer even if I open a new account,” the former TCF customer told MintPress News.
Another Minneapolis Muslim resident says his TCF account was closed after a 12- to 15-year banking relationship. A doctor and practicing Muslim, the appellant says he learned his account was closed when he “received an unregistered/uncertified envelope at my doorstep that contained a check for the balance of my entire account with TCF bank and a letter stating that my account had been closed.”
According to Muslim Brotherhood front group CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) Minnesota chapter, the closure of bank accounts belonging to Minnesota Muslims of Somali, Middle Eastern and South Asian origin, largely occurred between 2012 and 2013.
CAIR-MN says it first got involved after it was reported in January 2013 that several Iranian students at the University of Minnesota had their accounts closed.
As the group’s Civil Rights Director Saly Abd Alla told MintPress, “None of these individuals have been charged with any crimes or engaged in any transaction that violates U.S. law. The only thing these individuals have in common, aside from TCF abruptly and without explanation closing their bank accounts, is that they have Muslim names. “All of the clients are American citizens,” she added. “Some are converts to Islam, others were born into a Muslim family; they are various ages and professions; different ethnicities and races.”
Concerned that the accounts were closed not because these individuals had negative transactions or suspicious activity on their accounts, but solely because the individuals identified with the Islamic community, CAIR-MN wrote a letter to TCF Bank.
In February 2014, the director of the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights filed a civil rights complaint on behalf of Muslim clients whose accounts were closed by TCF Bank without explanation.
In response to the accusations, Mark Goldman, senior vice president and director of corporate communications for TCF Financial Corporation, said, “TCF is disappointed the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights has chosen to file an ambiguous claim that prevents the bank from responding more specifically to a serious allegation. We believe that the facts will show that this issue is about compliance with federal law and is in no way an issue of discrimination.”
Abd Alla said CAIR-MN approached TCF Bank before filing the complaint, hoping to resolve the issue, but says the bank has “denied any wrongdoing despite the evidence in the case.”
Goldman added that TCF is not able to respond to the allegations made by the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights “because the complaint does not specifically identify any of the individuals or the specific facts related to their claims.” With that being said, Goldman explained, “TCF does not close a customer account unless it has a legitimate reason to do so.
The fact that these individuals are Palestinian-American, Syrian-American, Iraqi-American, Indian-American, Pakistani-American and Somali-American may mean that their bank accounts are watched more intensely than others, and there may have been stricter guidelines set in place regarding what the federal government viewed as appropriate transactions.
Though it’s not known how many denial-of-banking letters have been issued nationwide, according to CAIR’s Michigan office, several members of the Islamic community have had their accounts closed by Chase Bank.
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.these hyphenated Americans are anything but. the allegiance is to islam not the USA.
Fookin hell , look at all those things there who Moooozlumps , and all breeding for Allihuu Candybahhh r !!!. If their stated aim is to conquer the US who can feel sorry for them ? There is so much Foreign Aid they should be building up their home lands , not polluting the West .
Kicking them all out is the way to go .
Once Obama Is Out Of Office…There will be No Stopping America from cracking down on the REAL CULPRITS…Suck It CAIR!
I don’t give a sh*t. Go back to Somalia. Learn ways (in Somalia) to feed your people.
So these muslums are taking money earned in the US and sending it all over to somailia and not using the money to support America’s business growth. Take the money and send it out of the country. (This would be another reason not to hire a mudslum. Hire an American and keep the money working to support our economy here in America.) How does this support American business? It does not. If the muslums do not like the choice of the banks to dump them, then they can go to another bank. I suspect that if the banks are suspicious that they are doing the right thing and dumping the clients. odumbo’s answer would be to bring all of their relatives to America to live on welfare and freebies provided by the tax payers. Never hire a muslum.
What percentage of these muslums are on welfare? So these parasites collect welfare and send the money, meant to support them in America to pay for food, rent and so on, to support their families in somalia? If they can send welfare money to somalia then they do not need as much welfare money as they are getting. I would urge that all welfare money given to somalians and passed on to their families in somalia be stopped at the source. Reduce the amount they get by the amount that they are sending to somalia.
Most of them are.
I don’t know about the rest of the infidels out there but if I saw a bunch of filthy stinking Zoomali moslem PsOS protesting unfair treatment by a bank that would make me want to do business MORE with that particular bank! Hold fast to your policy banks, and show that you DO NOT support terrorism; the filthy lying s–s are free to take their business elsewhere, and the eidiots “standing with their Zoomali brothers and sister”?!..STFU, you stupid —-ing traitors and imbeciles!!
I wept so much, I had to change my pants!
Note in the video image, before it starts, all the school buses in the background, to bring in ‘rent-a -crowd’. Can you say ‘politics’?
That is so much the oxymoron as to be the source of a fatally hysterical heart attack, “I am moving my money!”
I have never senn any of these people without an EBT card, which suggests it is not their money, it is our money.
They also get every rate benefit under the sun when it comes to other means of financing them.
Of course, knowing that our dependency programs are our “Jizya” to them, I guess I can see how they may call it their money.
“I am moving my money”. Better that you removed yourself—back to Africa.
Love that protest sign saying “I am moving my money.” …………er, saywhat? As the vast majority of them are just a bunch of welfare-sucking parasites, I believe it is actually OUR money (the taxpayers).
In Canada, just as in the US, these muslim immigrants are the largest group of welfare de-frauding and welfare-sucking parasites ever to be admitted to our country. EVERY other cultural/ethnic/religious group immigrating to this country have successfully integrated into our western civilization. They still maintain their cultural/religious identities, but respect the rights conferred on our citizens by our Charter of Rights & Freedoms, the secular nature of our institutions, and the existing rule of law. Within several generations many of these immigrants have also been assimilated by intermarriage and the values they espouse would be indistinguishable from any other Canadian.
The muzzies, on the other hand, make absolutely no attempt to integrate, show no respect for secular values, and make huge demands on our social welfare system. As a group, muslim women are 85%+ unemployed…….. and all collecting WELFARE. I guess they’re just too busy squatting out more muslims to get job…….. And the employment figures for muslim men in this country aren’t much better…………’cuz I don’t think taxi driving as a front for rape-grooming gangs actually qualifies as a job category………………. just sayin’
For fear of a backlash of public sentiment, official statistics are not made available regarding the number of polygamist welfare claims being made……………even though officials know there are many. (Polygamy is a violation of the Criminal Code of Canada………… a small point our p/c officials choose to ignore in the case of muslims.)
Congratulations to these American banks for refusing to provide service to these terrorist supporters. The vast majority of these muslims are sending funds out of North America……….much of it going eventually to support terrorist operations against the West and it’s allies. Canada has removed charitable tax status from many organizations with suspected terrorist links, but it is time that individuals also be tracked and disabled if they are funding terrorism.
I wonder if those Muslims are beginning to feel the suffering we Christians get in Islamic countries. Happens to us everyday and those Muslims don’t even blink an eye about it because it’s not their concern but when it happens to them? Bigotry!
I am a BofA manager that has initiated 2 different investigations on suspicion of. We have closed several muslim business accounts, most in hotel, liquor and restaurant type. You just have to call your local bank and tell them muslims are using their bank for funding terrorists and the Bank is obligated to investigate. You don’t even have to leave your name. Always better if it is written complaint.
Thanks, Jamaal, I didn’t know that. I’m sure our readers in Muslim-infested areas will heed your advice.
Why should we be concerned about sending money out the country or helping genocidal jihadists murdering Christians in Somalia and Sudan?
Why should we aid or abet jihad?
All these malcontents need to do is go to a sharia compliant financial institution.
Better yet, go back to Somalia.