Islamic relief continue to use Barclays bank despite several members of the public having raised concerns over the bank's investments in Israeli weaponry. When questioned on this, Islamic Relief have made excuses for themselves and for Barclays, even going so far as to do PR work for the bank, directing people to their public statements in which they have routinely lied. This statement will be included at the bottom.

Barclays provides billions in loans and investments to companies aiding the genocide and apartheid in Palestine such as BAE Systems, Elbit Systems, Raytheon, Rolls Royce and others. All evidence of this can be found in the following report.

Barclays have made it clear that they have no interest in changing their investments to align with international law and have instead chosen to increase investments and underwritings to weapons manufacturers knowingly profiting off of and facilitating an ongoing genocide.

It is abhorrent that a self defined Islamic charity is knowingly contributing to the oppression of Muslims in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and others and they must act immediately to rectify this.

There is no excuse good enough to willingly support these horrors and other alternatives must be explored as an imperative.

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Islamic relief's full statement here:

"Islamic Relief delivers lifesaving and life-changing aid to millions of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. To do this requires a banking system that can get money quickly and efficiently to people in some of the most dangerous and hardest to reach parts of the world, and in the aftermath of major disasters.
 
We have worked with Barclays since 1994 as its size, reach and experience means that we can transfer funds to places and communities that aren’t possible with many other banks – especially in a banking environment that is extremely hostile for Muslim charities. Many banks are reluctant to transfer funds to fragile states and countries affected by conflict, despite the huge humanitarian needs. Closing our accounts would have a significantly negative impact on the millions of people we serve in over 40 countries around the world, from Afghanistan to Yemen and Sudan to Somalia.  
 
We are aware of and sympathetic to the concerns surrounding Barclays’ investments in Israel and we call on all companies to ensure that their investments do not support the extreme suffering in Gaza or elsewhere. We continue to raise these concerns with Barclays, who have publicly clarified their stance both in policies on their website and in an article in The Guardian."