Qatari index plunges as schemes to support Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan exposed

Mohamed Yosri

Qatar has been relying on black money to support terrorist groups and the Muslim Brotherhood to spread chaos and terrorism in the region, including Sudan that suffered the infiltration of Qatari money that sought to hold control over the Sudanese state joints and institutions.

Sudan began taking preventive measures to limit the penetration of black money into the joints of the state, through Muslim Brotherhood entities close to the previous regime. These measures included freezing the activities of many associations and institutions that hide behind humanitarian, union, sports, and advocacy work, as well as research centers headed by Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Sudan.

Moreover, Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) last November issued a decree canceling the registration of 24 organizations known for their relationship with the ousted regime of al-Bashir.

The most known of these humanitarian organizations are Sanad Foundation run by al-Bashir’s wife, the National Youth Union, the Women’s Union, the General Union of Sudanese students, and Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir charity organisation, run by al-Bashir’s brother.

The Ministry of Labour and Social Development issued a statement pointing to the existence of irregularities in the registration procedures, fundraising and irregularities in the technical agreements of these organizations.

These groups enjoy exemptions from direct and indirect taxes and they are granted lands to build offices or facilities, not to mention receiving around $750 million from Qatar during the past five years.

Student unions in schools and universities are alsoconsidered one of the most important tools of the Brotherhood-backed political cover from Qatar in Sudan, which dominated the joints of university life throughout the rule of the ousted regime of al-Bashir.

Last October, prime minister Abdullah Hamdouk dismissed 28 university chancellors and 35 university vice-chancellors.

The purge comes amid growing frustrations within the government various institutions about the continued presence of the former regime and Muslim Brotherhood senior officials in the different state structures.

In December 2019, the Sudanese Ministry of Education also decided to dissolve student activity departments controlled by the Brotherhood in schools

And like student unions, the Brotherhood dominated trade unions and professional associations throughout the era of the previous regime, and on December 16, 2019, the Central Bank of Sudan issued a decision to freeze and reserve the assets and accounts of newly dissolved trade unions and federations, as part of the plan to dismantle the terrorist Brotherhood regime.

The central bank stated that the procedure comes in accordance with a decision to remove empowerment to terrorist groups, fight corruption, and recover money, and to dissolve trade unions and professional associations.

With the noose tightening the Qatari support for the Brotherhood in Sudan, Doha began to try to open new fields to offset its losses, in coordination with the Qatari Central Bank.

The Silatech Foundation has introduced an initiative to guarantee youth financing through banks and micro-finance institutions by claiming to ensure the financing of more than two million young people, starting 2020 through funding 1,177,000 young people for a period of three years and in partnership with the Savings and Social Development Bank during the mentioned period. This initiative was described as Qatar’s Trojan horse to return the Muslim Brotherhood to the banking sector.

During recent week, severe selling has led the Qatar Index plunge 2.27% in the week that saw Doha’s schemes exposed in Sudan to lose around 237.39 points.