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Great concern on Ali’s statements at the French Parliament

Wednesday 23/May/2018 - 02:05 PM
The Reference
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The French newspapers were interested in the lecture of MP Dr. Abdel Rahim Ali, an expert on political Islam and the chairman and editor of the portal, which was held by the French Parliament in the presence of the leader of the French National Front Marin Le Pen.

French newspapers and websites also quoted many warnings against Islamic fundamentalism. Twitter also caught up with the statements of Abdel Rahim Ali and Le Pen, in which they warned of the danger of spreading the ideas of these extremist movements to France and Europe.

Le Figaro newspaper focused on the joint press conference between Marin Le Pen and Abdel Rahim Ali. Le Pen and Ali criticize at the conference “The financing of Islamic fundamentalism by some countries”.

“No dignity for a prophet in his country” with this statement, Marin Le Pen justified the invitation of the journalist, MP Abdel Rahim Ali, to the parliament, who came to warn France during the joint press conference on the “deviation of Islamic fundamentalism” after very serious actions (referring to the events of Marseille, which saw an attack on some elements of the police), according to Le Figaro newspaper on Tuesday in its coverage of the press conference.

Marine Le Pen, has stressed the need for international cooperation to combat the funding of radical Islamist groups, which foster terrorism in Europe and the whole world. She has said the whole region is going through an era that requires vigilance and awareness as well as warning countries which finance radical Islamist movements such as Qatar.

There is a mismatch between the fight against religious fundamentalism and Islamophobia, she said. "This conference is aimed at understanding the developments in the Middle East, learning about the radical groups that have recently emerged, and to delve into its outlook in the post-Daesh era and how to combat terrorism in the future," Le Pen said, noting that Dr. Abdel Rahim Ali, exposed the history of the Islamist groups and the future of radical Islam in the region.

The head of CEMO said Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Hamza al-Muhajir were killed in a car in April 2010 -- in an uncommon incident for such takfiri organizations -- and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, born Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri, was named Emir of the Islamic State of Iraq.

Ali said Abu Mohammad al-Julani, one of the field commanders of the Islamic State of Iraq, headed in 2011along with a group of militants and money he had obtained from Abd Al-Rahman al-Nuaimi, a Qatari terrorism financier, to form an offshoot of the Islamic State in Syria under a new name – Al-Nusra Front.

Ali added that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi later renamed the organization as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), aka Daesh, which derived from the Arabic initials D (for Dowla, or state), A (for Islamiya, or Islamic), and Sh (for Sham, or the Levant). 

The far-right leader has said radical Islamist groups, along with wrong and extremist concepts of Islam, are on the rise worldwide. She noted that all of these topics would be tackled in the conference.

"We should move to stand in the face of these radical and terrorist groups, which get finance from countries like Qatar," she said.

Le Pen has said France is facing a number of major challenges and dangers posed by radical Islamist movements which highly impact many areas such as the French suburbs, which fall under the influence of radical Islamist groups.

"We have warned of this phenomenon and wrote about it many times. We should cooperate to put an end to the funding of radical Islamist movements," she said.

The leader of the National Front has stressed the need to cooperate with Egypt in combating terrorism, citing the Arab country's long history with terrorist groups. She noted that Egypt "is fully-aware" of means and channels for funding the radical and terrorist groups.

Le Pen said France made a mistake by taking part in military strikes against Syria. "[Syrian President] Bashar is fighting radical Islam, and we fight Bashar as if we suffer from schizophrenia. This is my opinion and I said it many times… I will propose a plan comprising 40 suggestions to disband all of the radical movements in the French suburbs, and combat its growing influence in these areas," she added.

Le Pen's comments were made during a lecture by Dr. Abdel Rahim Ali, Chairman of CEMO, delivered at the French parliament. Ali's lecture focused on post-Daesh terrorism, the dangers inherent in terrorism financing, and the implications of this financing for Europe. The lecture also focused on the role the Muslim Brotherhood and its international organization play in backing terrorist activities worldwide.

Ali revealed when extremist organizations emerged in the region, pointing out that the beginning was in 1980 when Kamal Al Sananiri, member of the Guidance Bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood met Palestinian member of the international guidance bureau Abdullah Azzam to get him acquainted with the decision of the Guidance Office to send him to Pakistan to establish an office there to receive young Mujahideen Arabs coming to fight against Russians in Afghanistan.

 

Ali pointed out that Azzam set up the office, which was later turned into the Mujahideen Services Office in 1984. Azzam also established a database for these young people, which was later used to form al-Qaeda.

Abdul Rahim Ali threw light on the beginnings of Daesh as a terrorist organization.

The idea of creating such an organization, he said, started at the time of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, in Iraq in 2003.

Ali added at a lecture at the French parliament that Daesh is an offshoot of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad Group, which was established in 1998 and then merged into al-Qaeda.  

Islamic Jihad, he said, believed in the importance of confronting the "Near Enemy", namely Arab regimes, not the "Far Enemy", namely the US and Europe, like al-Qaeda believed.

Nonetheless, the new merger masterminded attacks in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in October of 1998, Ali said.

It also masterminded the attack on the American naval destroyer USS Cole which was docked in the Port of Aden, Yemen, in 2000, and then the 9/11 attacks in Washington and New York, he added.

"We are facing a historic moment when our leaders will open their eyes well or close it and we have the feeling that the French government is following the ostrich strategy," said Marin Le Pen. "Who was the first to warn against Islamic fundamentalism? "I say it with all my sorrow: some French political officials have been prosecuted and are still receiving money from Qatar," Le Pen said, referring to the book of “our dear emirs”.

The leader of the National Front revealed that the Qatari influence penetrated without discrimination in the suburbs, associations, political and press world in France and attacked Marcon because of his plan for the suburbs and said it would present on Wednesday the suburban Le Pen plan, which plows 40 items.

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