In an article published on 1st January 2009 entitled "Bank closes account of charity linked to Hamas", we suggested that the Bolton-based charity Ummah Welfare Trust may have indirectly helped to fund Hamas, which has been branded as a terrorist organisation by Israel, the USA and the EU.
It was not our intention to make such an allegation and we accept that there are no grounds upon which to suggest that the charity or any of its trustees has caused or permitted its funds to be used to aid the cause of terrorism in any way.
The Bolton News is happy to put the record straight and apologises unreservedly to Ummah Welfare trust and to its trustees: Mohammed Idris, Zaker Patel, Iqbal Rawat, Muhammad Ahmad Seedat and Idris Atcha.
