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U.S. Labels Muslim Charity as Terrorist Group Treasury Cites Ties to Bin Laden, Al Qaeda Financiers; Co-Founder Denies Allegations By John Mintz Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, October 19, 2002; Page A02 The Treasury Department yesterday designated one of the nation's largest Muslim charities as a terrorist organization because it has received funding from a top al Qaeda financier and its leader worked for a group created by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s. The government's action means that anyone who has financial dealings with the Illinois-based Global Relief Foundation without Treasury Department permission can be charged as a felon....