Germany on the frontline of Qatari, Turkish extremist schemes
Qatar Charity plays an important role in the financing of mosques and Islamic centers.
Some
western reports have cited financing from the charity to Islamic centers
affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood in Germany.
Qatar
Charity coordinates its work with the regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan. It offers this funding through a network of extremist sheikhs
operating in a number of European states.
European
intelligence agencies have already started to take notice of the dangers the
charity poses to European security. The same agencies have started ringing the
alarm about the dangers of Qatari and Turkish plans in Europe.
Documents
French
journalists Georges Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot revealed
very sensitive information about Qatari and Turkish activities in Germany. At
the end of 2016, the two journalists, who are Middle East specialists, released
their book about Qatar's affluence.
At
this time, an envelope landed in Malbrunot's mailbox, inside which there
was a memory stick that contained thousands of classified documents, email
messages and bank transfers as well as a list of donors from Qatar Charity.
Qatar
Charity is the largest charity organization in Qatar. It operates in more than
70 states, including Germany.
A
journalist of the German newspaper, Stuttgarter Zeitung, entered the offices of
Qatar Charity and found a map of the programs it finances around the world. The
activities of the charity, according to the journalist include 8,148 mosques,
490 centers for the memorization of the holy Quran and 138 Islamic centers in
Europe.
The
map shows clearly that the charity plays a role in spreading Islamic teachings
around the world.
The
charity was founded in 1991. It was first headed by Mohamed al-Dabagh who had
to resign later on pressure by the United States administration on the Qatari
regime.
Mohamed
al-Louzi, an expert on Muslim Brotherhood affairs, said al-Dabagh had to resign
after suspicions swirled around the charity.
There
were suspicions that the charity bankrolled al-Qaeda and its leader Osama bin
Laden, al-Louzi said.
Ahmed
al-Hamadi, a member of the so-called International Union of Muslim Scholars, is
a former head of Qatar Charity.
The
charity invested 130 million Euros in Europe since 2010.
