(Doha) Qatar has been revealed to have funded dozens of mosques and
Islamic centre projects across Europe to
the tune of several millions of dollars, the majority through a network tied to
the Muslim Brotherhood.
The revelations have been revealed in a new book written by French journalists Christian Chesnot and Georges
Malbrunot. – How the emirate finances Islam in France and Europe, contains
proofs of transfers from Qatar to fund more than 140 projects in Europe, with
50 in Italy alone. It says that the network stretches across many countries,
mainly Italy, France, Switzerland and Germany. The authors claim they received the supporting documents for
their work on a USB stick received from
a whistle-blower. The dossier includes Qatar Charity’s bank records and its
emails along with Qatar Foundation’s data. Qatar Charity is a controversial
organization funded by the Qatari ruling family and listed as a terrorist body
by the Anti-Terrorist Quartet which includes the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain,
and Egypt.
According to the information supplied, , between 2011 and
2014 Qatar funded five projects related to Muslim organizations in Switzerland.
They include the Museum of Islamic Civilizations in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the
Muslim Cultural Complex of Lausanne, and the Salah-Eddine mosque in Bienne.
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution in
Dusseldorf recently warned of the “intensified activities of the Muslim
Brotherhood in Germany with the aim of dividing the society.”
Italian parliamentarians called on Italian Prime Minister
Giuseppe Conte to ban foreign funding for Islamic institutions in the country.
According George Malbrunot, Qatar is pursuing “a political
initiative in order to ensure global hegemony of the Muslim Brotherhood
project.”
