UK Charity Commission said probing major Muslim aid NGO over alleged Hamas funding after director arrested

The United Kingdom’s Charity Commission is probing one of the UK’s largest Muslim charity organizations for allegedly providing financial and material support to Hamas in the wake of the October 7, 2023, attacks, the Daily Mail reports.

The probe into the Al Khair Foundation (AKF) comes after its director, Mohammad Yousef Hasna, was arrested in the UK last week on US charges alleging he conspired to funnel money and supplies to Hamas through his senior role in what prosecutors say was a sham global humanitarian organization. Hasna, a 45-year-old Turkish national, was ordered held pending extradition to New York, where he will face a federal court.

According to the US Attorney assigned to the case, Hasna worked closely with Hamas’s senior leadership to deliver supplies, food and funding to Hamas under the guise of humanitarian aid.

The Daily Mail says it obtained US legal documents showing that AKF’s income ballooned from $41 million in 2023 to $81 million in 2024, all the way up to around $100 million in 2025.

It also says the documents show that Hasna and senior Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad had close ties, and exchanged several messages regarding the transfer of millions of dollars of funds directly to the terror group.

According to the report, Hasna even asked the senior terror leader for contacts with international organizations during a 2024 exchange: “I know that you have contact with the United Nations, the Red Cross, and details like that. Is it possible to share their numbers with me?”

In a statement, AKF says it is cooperating with the Charity Commission probe “with a view to answering questions posed, addressing concerns raised, and taking remedial action if needed.”

“We are a proudly British humanitarian organization, a registered charity with a distinguished record spanning more than two decades of delivering humanitarian assistance and alleviating poverty,” it adds.