Germany on the frontline of Qatari, Turkish extremist schemes

Ali Rajab

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.

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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.