Exporting revolution … Qatar’s scheme to back Mauritania’s “Brothers”

As it has always been the case with Qatar, supporting terrorist organizations and groups, the country has directed its media mouthpiece Al-Jazeera to stir the Mauritanian people against President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz after he withdrew the license and shut down the Centre for Training Islamic Scholars (CTIS), and the University of Abdullah ibn Yasin (UAIY), both located in the capital Nouakchott.  The two institutions were under supervision of Mohammad al-Hassan Ould al-Dido, the spiritual leader of “Mauritania’s Brotherhood,” and member of the “International Union of Muslim Scholars.”

The president’s hint on the possibility of dissolving the “National Rally for Reform and Development” party, known Tawassoul, further motivated Qatar’s incitement drive, and endeavors to export the revolution to Mauritania, to maintain the presence of the Brothers in Nouakchott, so that Doha can interfere in Mauritanian’s affairs.

Qatar’s attempts to ignite sedition were not confined to Al Jazeera, but it also allowed refugee Mauritanians in the country to dispatch similar messages.

Mohammed Mokhtar al-Shanqiti, who is of Mauritanian origin and is staying in Doha, urged the Mauritanian people to revolt against the president, claiming that Ould Abdelaziz has been launching a war on Islam. He wrote various tweets implying the same idea.

In addition, al-Shanqiti held press gatherings at his residence in Doha, where he severely criticized the closure of the CTIS and the UAIY, claiming that Ould Abdelaziz was seeking to “curb the activities of the Brotherhood in Mauritania”, to gain the West’s support for a third presidential term in the elections slated for 2019.

A Qatari scheme

Mauritanian politicians have demanded the closure of Al Jazeera in Nouakchott, noting that the channel was playing the inciter through backing the Brotherhood’s party, Tawassoul. A Representative of the ruling party in Mauritania Isaac Al-Kenti withdrew from last Wednesday’s episode of Al Jazeera’s “Opposite Direction” program, rejecting appearance on a Qatari platform.

Ibrahim Rabee, a defector from the Brotherhood said that the Egyptian revolution against the Muslim Brotherhood, ousting them from power, had sent the International Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood cracking.

   By the same token, the closure of the UAIY and the CTIS has aimed a hard blow to Mauritania’s Brothers, Rabeen added.