Reasons behind the Qatari attack on Abdel Rahim Ali

Mahmoud Abdel Wahid Rashdi

A baseless media campaign, led by Qatar and its organizations in Europe, had been brewing to smear and discredit Abdel Rahim Ali and the efforts he makes, after his successful lecture, at the French parliament on post-Islamic State terrorism, the dangers of financing terrorism exported to Europe, and the role of the Muslim Brotherhood and its international organization.

The Head of the Center for Middle East Studies Abdel Rahim Ali, a member of the Egyptian parliament and the outstanding researcher, has revealed at his lecture, the danger of some Middle East countries that finance terrorism in the region and Europe, through the social organizations funded by Doha.

Qatar through this purported campaign against Ali, is trying to protect its economic interests in Europe, which have been negatively affected by the facts that Ali publishes through the Center for Middle East Studies in Paris and the press conferences he holds in the French capital on the sources of terrorism, revealing the hidden arms of Qatar in their funding extremist groups.

The campaign aims at disrupting the movements of Abdel Rahim Ali in international forums in Europe, that providing political guidance to European decision-makers on the hidden facts behind extremist organizations in Europe and the Middle East, and also confronting the Center for Middle East which revealed the civil organizations established by Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe to collect moneys; to finance terrorist operations inside and outside Europe.

Qatar also cooperated with the Israeli occupation in order to distort the image of Ali in Europe, through the alleged charge by the Zionist movement «anti-Semitism», taking advantage of the rejection of Ali of the US decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, and his rejection of Israeli brutality and the systematic occupation policy against the Palestinians during the major march of the return. Therefore, many Israeli websites published their rejection of the statement of Abdel Rahim Ali, the opponent of the transfer of the American Embassy. Among these websites are: Israel Times, le Journal du dimanche, Le Monde, and Stupan TV website.

On the other hand, there have been support reactions to Abdel Rahim Ali against the malicious attack that Qatar is carrying out on the pretext that Ali is an “anti-Semitic”. The MP Yahya Kaddwani, the deputy of the Committee of Defense and National Security of the Egyptian Parliament said: Ali respects all religions, pointing out that he did not attack the Judaism in all his seminars.

He added that we must distinguish between Judaism and Zionism, the first is a religion, the other is a political movement killed Palestinians. He pointed out that Ali is Egyptian citizen, has his reservations against the Zionism.

He continued: “The charges against Ali, by the Qatari radio channels comes within the framework of a systematic campaign aimed at undermining the determination and strength of him, especially as he faces terrorist groups, and revealed their plans to the Arab and Western countries”.

In the same context, MP Shadia Khudair, a member of the Egyptian Parliament said: It is necessary to distinguish between Judaism and Zionism, pointing out that Ali attracted the attention of the attendance at the French Parliament, when he revealed that $ 12 billion, was paid by the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe to form various associations for future generations of the group.

Khudair added that the attack of the Qatari newspapers and their broadcasts on Ali was not spurring of the moment. She also asked Ali to continue ahead and reveal more of the lame tricks played by Qatar.

MP Ahmad al-Awadhi, a member of the Egyptian Parliament said: that Ali has many grave positions in the detection of terrorist groups, the latest of which is the seminars held abroad on Qatari practices towards Egypt and the Arab region.

He condemned the practices of Qatar to distort the symbols and figures that are working on the detection of its crimes, and the charging Ali by Anti-Semitic, after a lecture in which he spoke before the French parliament, in the presence of Marin Le Pen, leader of the French right-wing party “National Front”, on the dangers of terrorism, and revealed supporters of the terrorist group.

Al-Awadhi said that all these statements were false and far from the reality. A false allegation shows the anger of the Qatari financiers about the role played by Ali in exposing the scandals of the Qatari regime, which is still a supporter and official sponsor of terrorism. He also praised the role played by Ali abroad to clarify the reality of the Qatari regime and its support for terrorist organizations.

The MP Essam Al-Safi said that it is not strange for Qatar to use its tools to distort any symbol that shows the real face of Doha. The world knew what Qatar is doing to support terrorism. Egypt was the first country to warn against the Qatari practices, seeks to divide the Arab countries and destabilize the region’s security and stability in order to achieve its personal interests without paying attention to peace-loving states.

He added that the aim of Qatari regime is the fragmentation of the Arab countries, but there are Egyptian figures face the Qatari conspiracies with the state and the parties, through public seminars abroad.