Doha gives €72m to Brotherhood in Germany

Robeir al-Faris

Doha, the Brotherhood and Erdogan’s wolves are pouring money into destabilizing Germany as part of Qatar’s efforts to support radical Islamism. Burkhard Freier, director of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in North Rhine-Westphalia, said “We have been observing for some time in Germany that the Brotherhood has intensified their activities, and we proceed in principle that they are funded by donations and Arab countries.”

Switzerland also has not lost sight of Qatar’s goals. As part of the American efforts to uncover the September 11, 2001 financiers, the US administration has banned the assets of 62 individuals and organizations linked to two terrorist financing networks, the Al-Taqwa and Al-Barakat networks. Al-Taqwa Bank’s headquarters is in the city of Lugano, Switzerland, and it is headed by an Egyptian billionaire who is a member of the Brotherhood and a refugee in Europe. When his home was searched, documents dating back to 1982 were found titled “The Project”, which described the Brotherhood’s plan to gradually establish an Islamic state in the West by means of secret funding and peaceful activities.

Journalists have revealed documents showing that Nadia Karmous, who is close to the owner of Al-Taqwa Bank, received a donation from Qatar Charity to establish the Museum of Islamic Civilizations, which opened its doors in Switzerland in 2016. A report said that Nadia signed a contract with Qatar Charity director Yousef al-Kuwari in 2014 to renew the museum building. Fourteen receipts confirm regular transfers to the cultural institution run by Karmous, to another cultural institution in Lausanne, and to an association in Lugano run by her husband, Mohamed Karmous. Between 2011 and 2013, Qatar Charity transferred about 3 million Swiss francs ($2.5 million). According to the book “Qatari Papers” by Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot, Qatar funded about 140 Brotherhood-affiliated mosques and Islamic centers with about €72 million through Qatar Charity, pouring money into Germany.

An article in the German newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung by Michael Weissenborn revealed that the German intelligence services fear the penetration of Islamists into the educational elite, amid reports that Qatar is providing support for this network in amounts reaching millions, even in Germany. He said that constitutionalists have warned against the growing influence of the Brotherhood in Germany, adding that the goal of Islamist extremists is to penetrate Western societies and establish an Islamist state.