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The SAAR Foundation was a group of charities, think tanks, and business entities named after its founder, Saudi patriarch Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi. Its overseas origins date to the 1970s; its U.S. branch was incorporated as a 501(3)c on July 29, 1983 in Herndon, VA, and dissolved in December of 2000.

On March 20, 2002 federal agents raided 14 interlocking business entities in Herndon, VA associated with the SAAR Foundation looking for ties to the Al Taqwa Bank and the Muslim Brotherhood. No arrests were made and no organizations were shut down, but over 500 boxes of files and computer files were confiscated, filling seven trucks.

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