SCREEN SCREEN corruption in Algeria WATCH WATCH The Qatari-Muslim- brother channel! Anti-corruption investigations in Algeria EXCLUSIVE are starting to give the Qatari authorities a cold sweat. According to our sources, in at least two cases, the investigations reveal the involvement of high Qatari personalities and several figures among the “protected” of Doha within the European networks of the GEOSTRATEGIC FORSIGHT GEOSTRATEGIC FORSIGHT Muslim Brotherhood in the financial circuits used by the SECURITY MONITORING SECURITY MONITORING Bouteflika clan to loot the country’s wealth. COUNTER-TERRORISM COUNTER-TERRORISM RESISTANCE TO EXTREMISM RESISTANCE TO EXTREMISM he first case concerns Trust sources, the henchmen of the “presidential Bank Algeria, a subsidiary clan”, placed at the head of the national oil of Nest Investments Holding, company Sonatrach, provided Said Bou- 02 - June / July 2019 LTD, a bank with Qatari and teflika with a “real money pump”, which Jordanian capital, based in allowed him to use crude oil at will, which TCyprus. Its Vice-President, Sheikh Nasser a Swiss trading company, Lord Energy, Bin Ali al-Thani, is not only a member of would resell on his behalf! Summary the princely family. Since 2008, he is also Well, this society is not insignificant. the President of General Takaful, a power- Based in Lugano, it is run by Nazim Nada, ful Islamic insurance company based on son of Youssef Nada, the famous “shadow 02 EDITORIAL : Muslim Brotherhood, the precepts of Sharia. financier” of the Muslim Brotherhood. On a European danger According to initial investigations, se- its board of directors are Youssef Himmat, 02 ConfidentiAl : The former Al Qaeda veral crooked businessmen close to Said son of Ali Ghaleb Himmat, another histo- emissary in the Sahel is back in service for... Bouteflika allegedly benefited from the rical leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Qatar! generosity of Trust Bank Algeria, particu- European networks (see page 26), as well larly “in terms of currency transfers”. So as several Swiss and Italian Muslim Bro- 03 Hezbollah, the 1000-day war! much so that as early as April 14, just ten thers, such as David Piccardo and Omar 03 Qatar contributes to the success of Chesnot days after Bouteflika’s forced resignation, Nasserdine. and Malbrunot’s book! the Council of Money and Credits of the These dodgy links with an entity 03 europol worries about stockpiles of ISIS Bank of Algeria ousted Kamel Ben Da- clearly linked to the Muslim Brothe- explosives in the Balkans merdji, the director of the Trust Bank Alge- rhood are all the more surprising as the 03 Morocco, the other Benalla case ria, by invalidating his appointment. This “Nada clan” has been suspected in the forced the bank to appoint Djamel Boule- past of having financed the FIS and the 03 trump’s threats put the Muslim Brotherhood djenat to this position, who was considered Algerian GIAs, through its bank al-Ta- on alert “less linked to the fallen oligarchs”. qwa, also based in Lugano, liquidated 03 the intriguing deletion of the Interpol’s Red The other scandal concerns a much following the scandals to which it was Notice on Youssef al-Qaradhaw more explosive issue: the looting of the subjected in the aftermath of the 9/11 04 CONJUNCTURES : France, Iran, China, Africa, country’s oil resources. According to our attacks the secret side of the international news 08 EXPERTISES : Asia Bibi and the Pakistani black hole, by Martine Gozlan Algeria 09 USA- Iran : the war? By Christian Malard The “Sonatrach looters” 10 Impunity of terrorism financiers: the Qatari model, by Roland Jacquard are still at large! 11 The European Council of Fatwa: Touching Everything But Sharia, by Ian Hamel Despite repeated case of Said Boutefli- manager of Sonatrach’s scandals, which ka’s oil “money pump”, trading division is men- 12 INVESTIGATIONS : The first part of our have tarnished So- only Sonatrach’s No. 1, tioned. Transferred, in investigation on Muslim Brotherhood in Europe natrach, some of its Abdelmoumen Oueld May 2018, to a depart- executives, who have Kaddour, was impacted. ment of economic stu- 27 DOCUMENTS : The report of the US Congress contributed to the loo- Other officials, directly dies (sic!), he would be that alarms the Muslim Brotherhood ting of the country’s oil linked to the scandal, are one of the main archi- 28 PROFILES : Khalifa Al-Subaiy, the financier of resources, are still esca- still at large. In particu- tects of the so-called the «brain» of 9/11 still active ping prosecution. In the lar, the name of a former “money pump”!

SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 1 Muslim Brotherhood, The former Qatar contributes to Europol Al Qaeda the success of Chesnot The ISIS’s worrying a European danger emissary in and Malbrunot’s book! stockpiles of explosives the Sahel In a recent confidential note, Europol or a long time, the Islamist branch of the Muslim Bro- According to a possible from booksellers expressed concern about ISIS’s logistics therhood benefited from kindness of the authorities is back in French confidential and other points of sale. An networks, identified several months ago, which are and extensive legislation on political asylum in Euro- note, the Qatar Embassy in unsuccessful strategy, since involved in major movements of trafficking and service Paris paid Arab students these massive purchases did storage of explosives in several Central European pean countries. in France to buy as many not cause any stock shor- countries and the Balkans. A double aberration has long dominated in this res- for... Qatar! copies of Christian Chesnot tages. On the contrary, they pect. First of all, there is this striking semantic contra- and Georges Malbrunot’s contributed to the success of

Editorial diction called “moderate Islamism”. Because, how After having book Qatar Papers as the book! Morocco can one be “moderate”, or even tolerant, while clai- disappeared from The other Benalla case ming a divine truth which is impervious to any criticism or examination the radar for years, Fof consciousness? particularly since the overthrow in October The Moroccan financial brigade is investigating In the Arab-Muslim world, Islamists systematically disqualified 2014 of the former Qatari manoeuvres the accounts of Intra Conseil, a company owned their laical adversaries, designating them as “Satan’s disciples” (Hizb Burkinabe dictator, by Alexandre Benalla and based in Marrakech. al-Chaitan), and presented themselves the Caliphs (heirs) of Allah on e ntial confid Blaise Compaoré, at UNESCO irritate french According to our sources, the former “Elysée security Earth ! of whom he was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officer” is associated in his business in Morocco with But in the West, we were blinded to calling “moderate” all those who “shadow adviser”, the Vincent Miclet, a controversial French businessman, - even reluctantly - were opposed to jihadist violence. This was, for half Mauritanian Mustapha known to be a former “supplier” of the Angolan a century, the case with the Muslim Brotherhood. And this happened Oueld Limam Chaffi After a first unsuccessful candidacy for the leadership army. resurfaced as Qatar’s of UNESCO in 2017, Qatar is actively preparing a new despite the fact that all the figures of global jihadism, from Abdellah secret envoy to West candidacy for the 2021 elections. This campaign was illus- Azzam and his disciple Osama Bin Laden until Aymen al-Zawahiri and Africa. trated in particular by “underground manoeuvres” aimed at his rival Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, experienced their first “feats of arms” According to our destabilizing Audrey Azoulay, the current French President

ATMANE TAZAGHART ATMANE Trump’s threats within the Muslim Brotherhood. sources, he allegedly of UNESCO, according to a source at the french Ministry of By To this voluntary blindness was added the victim’s posture intervened, in particular, Foreign Affairs, visibly irritated to see Qatar resort to “such put the Muslim adopted by the Muslim Brotherhood, describing themsel- to have the army of processes”. Brotherhood on alert ves as supporters of “a political Islamism” persecuted Burkina Faso equipped with military equipment by despotic regimes. And very quickly, western resear- (tanks and armoured Since President Trump’s offensive, threate- chers, self-proclaimed “Islamologists”, for the mere vehicles) by Qatar. Hezbollah ning to include the Muslim Brotherhood to fact to have learned some bits of Arabic in Cairo or He would also act as the list of terrorist entities, Turkish and Qatari Damascus, have invented the term calamitous “politi- a lobbyist for Doha in the 1000-day war! secret services have held numerous meetings in cal Islam” in opposition to an “armed Islamism”. others afican countries, Doha to counter the possible consequences of the By amputating the term “political Islam” from its such as Côte d’Ivoire and According to reserved information, revealed to the West by implementation of these threats. original –ism which was present in brother-Muslim lite- Rwanda. an Iranian officer close to thePasdaran (guardians of the In addition, according to a confidential source, a It should be recalled Iranian revolution) high command, Hezbollah possesses a quan- summit of the main leaders of the Muslim Brothe- rature - deliberately, as for François Burgat and his friends that Mustapha Oueld tity of missiles that would be sufficient for 1000 days, at the rate rhood in Europe is being prepared. And instruc- from the “school of Aix”, or by ignorance and lack of precision Limam Chaffi became of 200 missiles per day, in the event of armed conflict with Israel. tions have already been given to all the organisa- for other “specialists of the specialty” Islamist - they contributed to the famous as an emissary According to the same source, Iran helped Hezbollah replace tions and associations linked to the Brotherhood, trivialization of it. Because, if it is “political”, this Islamism relieved of of AQIM, Al Qaeda’s its old liquid-fuel missiles with more reliable and longer-range in order to secure their archives and computer its cumbersome -ism, must be tolerated and integrated into the demo- branch in the Sahel, in solid-fuel missiles. listings. cratic game, both in the West and in the Arab-Muslim world! Western hostage-taking It was necessary to wait for the terrifying and bloody attacks of ISIS, cases. In December 2011, which were dropped on Europe, from 2015, so that voices rise - finally his home country, The intriguing deletion of Interpol’s Red - against this Islamist “ideological enemy” of which the Muslim Bro- Mauritania, issued an therhood are not only the spearhead, but also the mother-house. international arrest Notice on Youssef al-Qaradhawi Thanks to this awareness, delayed but beneficial, we begin to un- warrant against him and derstand the nature of the danger facing Europe. Because, the enemy three of his compatriots Interpol has dele- terrorist groups and the while the said grievances Interpol equip itself with is not only the one who puts knives or weapons in the hands of young for “intelligence with ted the Red Notice decisions taken by Great against sheikh al-Qa- new equipment or to fi- European people freshly re-Islamized. They are also and especially the terrorist groups and issued against the Muslim Britain, France and the radhawi have not changed, nance some of its research. logistical and financial Brother preacher, sheikh United States, prohibiting is all the more intriguing Qatar is also increasingly so-called “moderates” that make these young people a breeding ground support to terrorist groups Youssef al-Qaradhawi, his entry into their terri- because Qatar, where calling on former senior for jihadist violence, by inculcating them the communitarianism, the operating in the Sahel”. following his inclusion in tories. al-Qaradhawi resides, has Interpol officials, hired as living-between-oneself and the hatred of the others. the Arab list of persons Interpol’s decision to made generous donations cyber security consultants suspected of collusion with withdraw this Red Notice, in recent months to help in Doha.

2 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 3 France Iran

Institutional Parliament North Korea admits improves its Reforms: «Regional strike force in to having provided more Parliaments» the intelligence than 6,000 submarine business staffed by local The Parliamentary mines to Tehran Intelligence Delegation votes prerogatives? (DPR) wants to strengthen s part of the exchange of information between the CIA and the North Korean Has Tehran its financial and Control secret services and following the last meeting between Donald Trump and Kim passed resources. To do this, the DPR Jong Un, the North Koreans revealed to the Americans that they had delivered e are still working at the Elysée Palace on an insti- will recruit military and civil no less than 6,000 submarine mines to Iran over a period of 15 years. the tests tutional reform of the legislative process. With, in intelligence specialists. It will These would mainly be EM52-type devices: a bottom mine launched by of a “neutron particular, a possible merger of the Economic, Social also sign information exchange Arocket. Their use by Tehran, in the event of armed conflict, could seriously disrupt navigation and Environmental Council (EESC) and of the Se- agreements, on non-national in the Persian Gulf. initiator”? nate. Among the tracks also considered, following subjects, with European According to our sources, another concern is that small boats equipped with mine propel- Wthe claims brought by the movement of the yellow vests, the creation of parliamentary committees. lers have recently been identified on small Iranian maritime bases near the Straits of Hormuz. Western services are parliaments or regional assemblies, with possibilities of local votes. These are precisely the bases of Ansali, Nosnar, Bushehr and Khorramchahr, on the island concerned about the of Kharg. consequences of the current ES J UNCTUR CON escalation, which provides the Iranian regime with the ideal pretext to resume its uranium enrichment activities. Indeed, Iranian Mossad reveals The Iranian Navy scientific documents, New diplomatic Place Beauvau The Élysée is to the IAEA resurrected a gigantic recently disclosed by internal sources, suggest appointments wants to expanding its the secrets of Soviet missile that the Islamic Republic strengthen justice office the Iranian AMAD has passed the tests of Hélène Le Gal, former Africa Iran’s recent tests on an SS-N-4 Sark (R-13) a “neutron initiator”, Advisor of François Hollande, the work with After the diplomatic cell and programme anti-ship missile raise many questions in specialist usable as a nuclear device current ambassador of France networking the military cabinet, the Elysée circles about the progress of this programme and its detonator. in Israel, will leave Tel Aviv in will reform its justice office, Mossad recently transmitted to objectives. Experiments on September. The Ministry of which will be more broadened. the International Atomic Energy This gigantic missile, capable of carrying a this subject have been She will be appointed ambassador Interior is working on In this context, Hélène Agency (IAEA) a first tranche one-megaton nuclear warhead, was developed in conducted for years at the in Morocco, where she will work, better organization and Davo, Deputy Director of the of the secret documents of the the 1960s by the Soviet Union for its first Golf and Metfaz nuclear site near as a priority mission, in close rationalization of its Cabinet of the Minister of Iranian nuclear programme Hotel submarines, before being retired from service Tehran by an Iranian collaboration with the authorities in workforce. The aim is to Justice, Nicole Belloubet, has exfiltered by an Israeli commando in the mid-1970s. engineer named Fereydan the Kingdom on issues concerning limit the positions which been appointed to the position in April 2018 (see Sreen Watch, The size of this system, which weighs 13 tons, Abbassi, who headed Francophone Africa. are too administrative, to of Justice Counselor President, No. 1, May 2019). for a military load of 1,597 kilograms, makes it teams of scientists from two On his side, Aurélien Lechevalier, emphasize the informatic replacing Judge Sonya Among the most sensitive impossible to integrate with existing Iranian Navy universities: Imam Hossein the diplomatic adviser of President aspects and the networking to Djemni-Wagner. documents in this case are the vessels or submarines. But with its 300 km range, University and Malek Macron, will be Appointed strengthen the collaboration According to our sources, internal reports of an Iranian it could, in a coastal defence version, considerably Ashtar University. Ambassador at Pretoria, South of different services in real Djemni-Wagner will clandestine programme, called strengthen Iranian devices, which are mainly using Africa, where Macron will go on an time. A study on this subject be appointed, in fall, as AMAD, whose objective is to Silkworm missiles, the most modern versions of official trip this autumn. has been appointed to the permanent representative produce five nuclear warheads of which (HY-4) have a range of no more than 160 to The current diplomatic movement General Inspectorate of of France at Eurojust, the 10 kilotons each, to be placed on 200 km. will also affect two major embassies: Administration (IGA). European Union body in Shabah 3 missile warheads. However, experts consider that the SS-N-4 Moscow and Beijing. According charge of judicial cooperation. Sark, credited with an error coefficient of 1.8 to 4 to our sources, the post of French President Macron asked her kilometres, is too inaccurate to be used as a credible ambassador in China could return to to work on speeding up the anti-ship system without major upgrades to its Thierry Mathou, currently director procedures European level, guidance system. of the Asia department at the Quai especially in terrorism cases. d’Orsay, or to Emmanuel Lenain, the current diplomatic adviser of the Prime Minister.

4 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 5 Macron China Africa creates a special Interpol: Antiterrorism: working group on China is French new important China considering jihadist cell in Libya worries issues in French President Emma- De Villepin, nuel Macron has created reinventing European Central Africa the African a special working group services to study the evolution of the Cold War! After China and Franco-Chinese relations Confidential exchanges errorism continues to spread in Central Afri- Qatar, the former over the past ten years. The Sino- between several European ca, particularly in Burkina Faso and Central French foreign minister ES J UNCTUR CON Elysée then wants to launch n a recent report, Interpol warns against a secret intelligence services state African Republic, but also in Congo-Kinsha- is very active in Africa. an inter-working group on plan by the Chinese Ministry of State Security Russian plans for attacks in the sa. A regional instability that worries at the He recently made a the same subject within the to use the migration crisis to set up spy networks cooperation Mediterranean Sea and highest level the United States and the major quiet but effective trip European Union, in order in Europe. Coming from ethnic Chinese, but of kamikaze operations TEuropean powers. And there’s a new challenge in central to Central Africa. In to strengthen and better Cambodian, Vietnamese, Singaporean or In- on ground- targeting the Italian, Africa, as a consequence of the antiterrorist fight. particular, he offered his coordinate European policy Idonesian nationality, they could, in the long term, French and Spanish A study was recently conducted by the major Western consulting services to to-air against Chinese power. But become valuable intelligence agents, like the Soviet coasts. A network linked to chancelleries to judge African leaders which were best pre- the new president of the also to achieve a common infiltrators during the Cold War. defence ISIS in Libya, composed pared to face this new threat. Democratic Republic of European policy in the In addition, the report states that Chinese mafias systems mostly of bi-nationals The President of Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Congo, Felix Tshisekedi. face of growing US-China are taking advantage of the focus of European se- Franco-Tunisians, has been Nguesso, who has just signed an important agreement with antagonism. curity services on the crisis of Middle Eastern and A contract has training for several months the IMF, has emerged as the most able to lead a stabiliza- African migrants, and on the dangers of jihadist ter- recently been signed for this type of attack. tion regional plan. rorism, to intensify their activities and expand their with Russian arma- European services are Western diplomacies have, moreover, praised the qua- networks. ments companies to set especially concerned about lities of some of his close collaborators, such as Minister Tracfin up a maintenance and a cell within this network, Jean Dominique Okemba. Nephew of the Head of State, repair centre for S-400 which brings together a responsible for the National Security Council, he quietly watches over ground-to-air defence dozens of young French and effectively participated in the resolution of several the Bordeaux systems in China. jihadists among the most conflicts in Central and West Africa. vineyards! The Chinese army hardened. continues to receive the Chinese investments are S-400 Triumph missiles the subject of particular (the equivalent of SA-21 attention from the french Growler, in NATO’s Ministry of the Economy, naming), ordered from Finance and Industry. Russia in 2015. Tracfin, the french agency Beijing wants In addition, Beijing French commandos responsible for combating to impress with its Dong is still operating the fraud and money laun- previous generation of in the equatorial forest, dering, closely monitors Feng-41 missile these missiles, the S-300 to guard against hostage investments from Chinese The Chinese army has tested its new Dong (SA-10 Grumble in NA- Hostage-taking of a leader of situations companies or funds. Feng-41 intercontinental ballistic missile. This TO’s naming), which According to our sources, three-stage missile, with solid propellant, can be will also be maintained Total in Libya: A warning from France wants to renew its defense agreements a specialised unit has even launched from silos or mobile platforms. It has a and renovated in this the anti-Haftar to France? with Gabon, in particular to enlarge the Camp de been set up in Bordeaux range between 12,000 and 15,000 kilometres. future repair centre. Gaulle where the French forces are based. France to carefully examine Chinese President Xi Jinping has given priority According to the findings of a confidential French wants also to create a secret base for French transactions involving the instructions for the development and technologi- investigation, the leader of the oil tanker Total kidnapped in commandos, in the Gabonese equatorial forest, 70 purchase of vineyards by cal improvement of this missile. Undoubtedly, to Libya last April, then released for ransom, was watched over by kilometers from Libreville, in order to prepare for Chinese investors. impress Asian actors, such as Japan, concerned militias allied with the government of Fayez el-Serraj, since the possible hostage-taking in Central Africa. about Trump’s policy towards Beijing. beginning of the attack of the Marshal Haftar on Tripoli. For this purpose, the French Chief of Staff, The investigation established that the taking of hostages was, General Lecointre, recently carried out a trip to in fact, a “message” sent to France by the anti-Haftar, fearing a Libreville. And the President Ali Bongo, recovered rally from Paris to the marshal’s camp. from his medical accident, reportedly gave his agreement.

6 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 7 borate with the North Koreans on the nuclear. Today they pro- bably must laugh at the factious tweets of Trump, imagining USA - Iran: the war ? that neither Trump nor the US military seriously are conside- ring a military intervention against the Islamic Republic. By Christian Malard* Iranians can not take Trump seriously when he denies wan- ting a change of the system. He is not reliable anymore when he states that “the Islamic Republic has a chance to be a big he US President, Donald Trump, - stop supporting terrorist groups such as Hamas, Islamic country with the same power in place.” keeps repeating that he can face Iran Jihad, Houthis and Hezbollah? Donald Trump often holds foreign policy speeches full of without resort to war. However, it - create the ideal conditions for the Iranian people to over- contradictory messages, ranging from threat to diplomacy. would be interesting to hear him spe- throw the mullahcracy in power since more than 40 years? It’s a method that leaves his allies and his adversaries in the cify what he would do if Iran was Donald Trump absolutely wants to leave 100% this nuclear middle of the ford, in a world that needs certainty more than getting enough enriched uranium to deal signed under the Obama Administration, even though he ever. make its nuclear bomb or if Iran took hasn’t considered, a single moment, the predictable conse- To bet on such a strategy towards Iran, means to know badly Tother initiatives that would make it cross the red line set quences when he rejected it in May 2018. the Aytaollah regime, who will prefer to let his populaion suf- by the United States. In fact, by leaving this deal, Donald Trump opened Pando- fer the horrors of sanctions, rather than give the impression of

SES EXPE RTI US officials admit that if Iran’s president, Hassan ra’s box. He is confronted nowadays, with the consequences I am tempted to say that Donald Trump is familiar with this bending or to give in to American threats. Rouhani, sticks to the announcement of his intention to of his decision. When he declares that he does not want war kind of situation. In 2017, he had insulted North Korean Pre- The survival of the regime is at stake here, because to bend no longer limit the production of nuclear fuel, Iran could very with Iran, he wants above all to show, whatever his most an- sident Kim Jung Hun and threatened him with fire when the against external adversity would be a sign of weakness that quickly develop nuclear weapons. ti-Iranian advisor, John Bolton, boss of the National Security latter fired missiles and nuclear tests. would accentuate the internal pressures of the opposition and Today, US allies are encouraging Donald Trump to clarify Council at the White House, can recommend, that he doesn’t Since then, the two men have met several times. There has the youth and encourage the opponents of the regime to want as soon as possible his strategic goals: does the confrontation support an armed conflict. been no progress on the denuclearization of North Korea and to do battle. This would put the mullahs face a new popular with Iran aim to: But, if Iran was very close to making the nuclear bomb, he Kim Jung Hun continues its Nuclear Program according to the uprising they would not recover. - put an end to the nuclear ambitions of the Ayatollah re- and the Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu could, at confession of US intelligence services. gime? any time, take action. Undoubtedly, this did not escape to the Iranians who colla- * Expert in international politics and diplomatic consultant.

Imran Khan, despite his pseudo-modernist protests, swore allegiance to the enemies of freedom, women and minorities Asia Bibi and the Pakistani bl ack hole in order to get elected in July 2018. A former cocaine addicted playboy, he defended blasphemy legislation and showed up with a new, fully veiled wife. By Martine Gozlan* Asia Bibi was thrown in jail on charges of hateful gossi- pers whose words had a right to life and death over the young Christian girl. Her round, smiling face has lost weight and sia has finally been able to flee Asia. gine that this nation would be damaged by tribalism and Isla- aged. It took an international campaign for the Pakistani Su- Asia Bibi, a Christian Pakistani, mism? Jinnah was married to a Parsi Indo-Persian from the preme Court, where some consciences valiantly resist, to ac- left her native country after Zoroastrian community, the worshippers of fire. He promised: quittal him on 31 October 2018, nine years after his imprison- ten years of nightmare. Ten “Pakistan will not be a theocratic state governed by clerics en- ment. But at the news, tens of thousands of fanatics across the years on death row in the trusted with a divine mission”. The inspired speaker has been country demonstrated by brandishing a sign with her portrait prison where she was betrayed for a long time. During General Zia’s dictatorship on it: “Hang her! ». Islamist organizations appealed, they lost thrown in 2009 for between 1977 and 1988, political Islamism hit the country. and Asia Bibi was finally able to leave her dungeon. But she A“blasphemy”. In Pakistan, “blasphe- Tens of thousands of madrassas, Koranic schools, have been had to hide under good guard night and day to avoid being my” is a crime: it allows everyone to created, paving the way for a single education for children: murdered. She was denied the right to leave Pakistani soil. accuse their neighbour of insulting Is- obscurantism. This is when the legislation punishing with At the beginning of May, the prisoner finally flew to Canada. lam and its prophet. A knife, a rope, a death this primitive concept called blasphemy was passed. In September, her confidante and her support Anne-Isabelle torment hanging over the unfaithful In a country where the pure persons are majority and dic- Tollet will publish her story with Editions du Rocher. Today heads. For Asia Bibi - whose tragic tate the law in people’s assemblies and in daily life, minori- Asia has the right to breathe, to kiss her family and to pray odyssey in the West would probably ties considered impure are in great danger. Christians consti- according to her faith. But we must not forget that the country not be known without the energy of a tute 2% of the population. Their churches are regularly hit where she lived through hell is a great power. A nuclear power journalist, Anne-Isabelle Tollet, who by attacks, as are the Shia mosques. I remember a Pakistani in the hands of the obscurantists. Its arsenal has tripled in ten campaigned and wrote for her - it all Christmas, a long time ago, when despite the children in bri- years. We know nothing about the precautions surrounding began with a story about water. Water ght costumes, prayers and gifts, a poorly disguised concern this program, officially launched to compete with India, the that will turn to blood for her enemies. was floating in the air. Since the Benazir Bhutto’ assassination hereditary enemy, also in possession of the Bomb and now On a sweltering day in 2009, Asia leans in December 2007, everything has gone from bad to worse. governed by Narendra Modi, a Hindu extremist who is ente- towards a nearby well and takes a sip of Jihadism has flared up, Islamist parties have held successive ring his second term. On the other hand, Pakistan, where half water. Neighbours approach screaming governments as complacent hostages by openly supporting the the population is still illiterate, can fall into anarchy from one that this well is reserved for Muslims and Afghan Taliban. The entire border province of Afghanistan is day to the next. The West seems to care little about this black that she, the Christian, defiles its purity. Let under Taliban rule, including the Swat Valley where attempts hole. us remember that Pakistan means “the land of were made to kill the heroic schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, sur- the pure” in Urdu language. Dangerous purity. vivor of the attack and 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner. Pa- * Journalist and essayist, editor-in-chief at the weekly maga- Did its founder, the reformist lawyer Ali Jinnah, ima- kistan is a disarticulated nation whose current Prime Minister zine Marianne, specialist in Islamism and the Middle East.

8 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 9 Impunity of terrorism financ ie rs: the Qatari model! By Roland Jacquard*

he Wall Street Journal’s recent revelations stopped his activities as a «terror sponsor»! These document re- dition, he was at the time of the facts, imprison him, following growing pressure about failures and inadequacies of the UN veal that he contributed, in 2009 and again in 2012 and 2013, to which are blamed on him, senior from the US Treasury. But his impri- sanctions program against the financing of ter- the fund-raising for al-Qaeda networks in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and executive of the central bank of sonmement lasted only six months. rorism, have made break out what many UN Syria! Qatar, specifically responsible In October of the same year,

SES EXPE RTI experts and officials knew and have denounced Even worse, despite the freezing of his properties, by a double for the fight against money his relays in the high spheres of for many years. decision issued by the Security Council and the United States laundering and financial Qatari power have intervened The day after the attacks of September 11, Treasury, he continued to have access to his accounts, in order to crime! to release him. And impunity, T2001, I was part of the group of counterterrorist experts formed withdraw not less than $ 120,000 a year for a decade! And it’s exactly when he which has thus been offered, by the UN Security Council. And in this regard, I took part in This absurd situation shows the limits of the system of control held this position he was allowed him to resume im- putting in place the very first blacklists of organizations and indi- and application of sanctions imposed by the United Nations, guilty of funding a leader mediately his activities as a viduals financing the terrorism, whose freezing of properties was which collide with the sovereignty of the States in which the of terrorism but not the «terror sponsor» ! ordered by the United Nations. concerned people live, with their lack of cooperation and some- least of them: the very one I was still in office, in 2008, when Qatari Khalifa al-Subaiy was times with their complicity which offers to terrorist funders an who planned and directed put on the UN blacklist for being one of the main people who fi- almost total impunity. the attacks of 9/11! nanced the «brain» of September 11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. In this respect, the example of Khalifa al-Subaiy is inspiring. However, he has never * Writer and consultant, And now, more than a decade later, the UN documents, which The case of this Qatari citizen is, indeed, not insignificant. been worried until March president of Roland Jacquard served as a basis for the investigations of the Wall Street Journal, He is a close relative of the former Qatari Prime Minister’s and 2008. Date on which the Doha Global Security Consulting reveals that former executive of Qatar’s central bank has never Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hamad Bin Jassim al-Thani. In ad- authorities have been forced to (RJGSC)

radhawi want to negotiate on the details, but no question of touching The European fatwa council: touches the essential, meaning sharia. It must remain the absolute norm for all Muslims living in Europe. And this is so true that the CEFR does not want to give up the ... polygamy! He considers that it is a “right”, which must be tolerated without everything, except Sharia! encouraging it. A snake that Muslims of France had trouble to swal- low. Result: the Tawhid editions, which had published the first collec- By Ian Hamel * tion of fatwas in 2002, prefaced by Tariq Ramadan, have renounced later to publish the following editions. an a Muslim put wine vinegar in his salad? Can husband if she wants to shorten the length of her hair, the answer by thirty scholars, living in Europe, but also in Africa and Asia, do Moreover, the personality of the president-founder of CEFR, a Muslim woman ride a bicycle? Or can she depends on the importance of the scissor cut. According to CEFR, not try to throw gasoline on a fire. So, according to the fatwa 19, if a Youssef al-Qaradhawi, does not really give the image of a “tole- open to the postman when her husband is not she can, without asking authorization, cut them imperceptibly. On man finds right after the marriage that his wife is no more virgin, he rant” Islam and of a “good balance”. On the Al-Jazeera channel, the at home? The European Council for Fatwa and the other hand, if the cut is visible, this “requires a prior agreement must not repudiate her automatically. Indeed, the CEFR recognizes latter justified the attacks suicides, called to kill all Alawi in Syria Research (CEFR), created in March 1997 in between the spouses before his execution, so that affection and that a young woman may lose her virginity “during sports activities and explained that the elimination of Jews during the Second World Dublin by the Qatari of Egyptian origin Yous- harmony between them remain”. The European Council on Fatwa especially if she does not exercise caution and restraint, this is total- War was, after all, a divine punishment. sef al-Qaradhawi remarks, at least in theory, a and Research takes the opportunity to recall that “The Muslim wo- ly possible and the husband is required to believe it”. Shortly, at first “Throughout history, Allah has imposed on [the Jews], people Cgood intention. It’s about providing wise advice to Muslims living man does not discover her hair outside, nor in front of men who sight, it is only an assembly of scholars who are content to express who punished them for their corruption. The last punishment was in Europe so that they can integrate while reconci- are unknown to her. So that the husband is the first to occasionally simple and harmless legal advice to good believers. administered by Hitler (...) It was a divine punishment. If Allah ling Islamic law. have the right to enjoy the beauty of the hair of A few years ago, I could follow a European Council of fatwa and wants, next time, this will be by the hands of believers” he declared As it is pointed out in the first collec- his wife”. research, which took place in Istanbul, at the invitation of Yousouf on January 30, 2009. tion of fatwas published in French When a Muslim writes that he is em- Ibram, then imam of the Geneva mosque. The latter raised the de- Because of his very old age (92 years), Youssef al-Qaradhawi in 2002: “It belongs to Muslim ployed at McDonald’s, a building licate problem of repudiation. Yousouf Ibram proposed that this re- was replaced, in November 2018, at the head of the CEFR, by a scholars to provide them with that sells pork meat, scholars ask pudiation had to be done in front of witnesses. The approach would British man of Iraqi origin, Doctor Abdullah al-Judai, 61, who clear, consistent and realistic him to look for another means of then become more complex because the husband would be in the teaches the fundamentals of Jurisprudence at the European Institute answers who do not make support. However, they tolerate obligation to give serious explanations. We can also imagine that of Human Sciences, Wales. of them, throughout their that the person can continue the the witnesses will put all their energy to reconcile the couple. “ The But, in reality, this change of facade takes nothing away from lives, foreigners in power, current job “if there is no other divorce is the worst permitted thing for God, it is not allowed for a the influence exerted by the Qatari-Egyptian preacher, in his capa- Muslims living in Europe income to guarantee his li- Muslim to resort to it for the slightest pretext” recalled the imam of city as leader of the Tanzim al-Dawli, the international branch of inhabited by discomfort velihood”. Nevertheless, it is the mosque of Geneva. His suggestion, very little revolutionary, had the Muslim Brotherhood, on the CEFR and on the “Muslims of and perpetual rips”. necessary to deploy “efforts not had unanimous acceptance in the European Council for Fatwa Europe”, the former Union of islamic Organizations in Europe, of To the question of in order to obtain a new job, and Research. which the Council is the emanation. whether a woman should which is not illicit”. In fact, the foundation is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. seek permission from her This foundation, composed And in terms of innovation, the “scholars” chosen by Youssef al-Qa- *Journalist and writer, specialist of the Muslim Brotherhood

10 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 11 activities were previously limited, to conquer all of the Muslim communities in Europe. How the Ghoraba In the early 1980s, two youth associations played a pioneering role in this regard: Young Muslims of France (YMF) and Youth Muslims UK (YMUK). became “Muslims of Eu rope” They were the first to organise conferences and preaching, in French for the first one, in English for the second one, for young Muslims born in Europe who did not master Arabic. The activism of these young Brotherhood asso- The Muslim Europe. For about twenty years, it served as a link ciations met a growing audience among young Eu- between the old Brotherhood guard of the 1950s ropeans from the second generation of immigrants, Investigation Brotherhood has and the young generation of European Islamists, EuroFatwaApp attracted by the sirens of the Sahwa Islamiya (Isla- of the Muslim been established which emerged in the early 1980s, bringing to- A tool of hatred and mic Awakening), which was then in full swing in gether young people from the second generation of their parents’ countries of origin. S TI G ATION Brotherhood’s in Europe more immigrants and converts of European origin. Muslim brotherhood The Muslim Brotherhood sees this as an oppor- than 60 years Indeed, before the arrival of this first genera- propaganda for tunity to strengthen their presence in Europe and European tion of Brotherhood students, the tentacles of the to extend the influence of Tanzim al-Dawli, the networks ago. It is the result Brotherhood in Europe certainly were affiliated smartphones! Brotherhood’s secret International, to the diffe- of three successive to Tanzim al-Dawli, the secret International of rent fringes of Muslim communities present on the (part I) the Muslim Brotherhood, but their organisatio- The latest find of theEuropean Council for Fatwa Old Continent. And it is with this in mind that the generations of nal structures continued to be articulated accor- and Research (ECFR) is a smartphone app, launched Union of Islamic Organisations of France (UIOF) activists and preachers. ding to the countries of origin of their members. with great fanfare last April. It is called EuroFatwaApp was created in 1983. Other organisations of the

IN VES The preaching circles, open to a wide audience of and is available in Arabic, English and Spanish. With same type quickly followed suit in several Euro- But the European influence of sympathisers, as well as the indoctrination cells, the promise that other European languages will soon pean countries, then joined forces under the aegis the Brotherhood has increased reserved for activists officially affiliated to the follow. of the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Eu- Brotherhood, were structured in the form of chan- Accompanied by a slogan presenting it as a “theo- rope (FIOE) in 1989. considerably since the mid-1990s. nels called “families”: Egyptian, Syrian, Iraqi or logical guide for European Muslims”, it is intended Thanks, in particular, to the accession Maghrebi. to promote “moderate Islam and the middle ground”. Pan-European networks In the early 1960s, this modus operandi, mo- However, it was quickly criticised by the Anglo-Saxon This is how the embryonic form of the current to power of the former Emir of Qatar, delled on the Brotherhood’s organisational models press because of its hateful content, which pan-European network of the Muslim Brotherhood Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, who sealed in the Arab world, was challenged by the arrival was evident from the very beginning of was born (see the mapping of the Muslim Brothe- of young Brotherhood students who formed Isla- the application, in the introcuction rhood’s pan-European organizations, pages 14 a strategic alliance with one of the Muslim mic associations in the European universities they written by ECFR founder Sheikh and 15). However, it took nearly two decades Brotherhood’s masterminds, the infamous joined. These associations go beyond the divisions Youssef al-Qaradawi, which to bring this project to fruition, through linked to their countries of origin. contains violent anti-Semitic which the Brotherhood extended its se- Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi... statements, as revealed by cret spider’s web to the entire Continent. Student collectives the Sunday Times. Helped in this by two distinct factors: That is how the Muslim Student Society (MSS) In the face of this scan- the first is linked to the global pheno- he first wave of Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Great Britain in 1962. In the same dal, the ECFR hastened menon of economic globalization and activists arrived on the Old Continent year, it launched the first brother-Muslim ma- to remove the infamous the development of digital communi- in the mid-1950s. These were mainly gazine published in Europe, Sawt al-Ghoraba introduction of its foun- cation technologies; the second is the executives who had fled the repression (The Foreigners’ Voice). The next year, two other der, without denouncing result of an alliance formed in the mid- that struck the Brotherhood in Nasserite Muslim-brother student organisations followed it or even commenting on 1990s between one of Tanzim al-Dawli’s TEgypt from 1954 onwards. suit: the Federation of Student Islamic Societies it. Simply replacing it with a leading figures, Sheikh Youssef al-Qa- Thereafter, multiple waves of Muslim Brothe- (FSIS) in London and the Association of Islamic more conciliatory introduction, radawi, and the Emir of Qatar, Hamad Bin rhood refugees swept across Europe, fleeing an- Students in France (AISF) in Paris. Then, the In- written by his new president, Khalifa al-Thani, who had then overthrown his ti-Brotherhood purges in many Arab countries: Iraq ternational Union of Muslim Students (IUMS) was Abdullah al-Joudai. father at the head of the gas emirate. (in 1970), Syria (from 1980), Libya (in 1980, 1990 created in Brussels in 1964, followed by the Inter- But this cunning has not succeeded in With Qatar’s diplomatic, media and financial and 1997), Tunisia (in 1981, 1987 and 1991) and national Islamic Federation of Student Organisa- putting an end to reproaches. For, beyond the anti- support, Youssef al-Qaradawi succeeded in es- Algeria (from 1992). tions (IIFSO), created in 1969 in Aachen, Germany. semitic drifts of the old Qaradhawi (see the column tablishing an almost total control by the Muslim But before that, another category of Muslim Paradoxically, the overwhelming majority of by Ian Hamel, page 10), these are the foundations of Brotherhood over Muslim institutions in Europe. Brotherhood activists emerged from the 1960s. Brotherhood students, who considered themselves the Muslim Brotherhood doctrine that pose a problem Thanks, in particular, to the highly controversial A younger generation composed of students who as Ghoraba (foreigners) on the European continent, to Western authorities and NGOs. In particular, European Council of Fatwa and Research (see have come to pursue their studies in European chose to stay there after their studies. Their dreams regarding the dogmatic positions of the Brotherhood box opposite) as well as a myriad of pan-European universities. Some of them arrive in Europe ha- of returning to the “land of Islam” have been com- that undermine the rights and dignity of women, and associations and organisations, such as the Forum ving already been made aware of the ideas of the promised by the persecution of the Muslim Brothe- its communitarian visions that are contrary to Western of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisa- Muslim Brotherhood in their countries of origin. rhood in most Arab countries. values ​​of living together and respect for the Other. tions (FEMYSO), the European Forum of Muslim But the overwhelming majority is recruited by the This is how, a quarter of a century later, the for- These revelations led Google to remove the Appli Women (EFOMW) or the Europe Trust fund (ET) Brotherhood within European universities. mer students of the 1960s, who had to settle perma- from its online store. But it remains accessible on many and the European Institute of Human Sciences This first generation of students marked a deci- nently in Europe, helped to drive Muslim-brother platforms, including the Apple store. (EIHS), through which the Muslim Brotherhood sive turning point in the process that would lead organisations out of mosques, where their elders increases, year after year, its control over the trai- to the Brotherhood’s long-term establishment in were confined, and universities, to which their own ning of imams in Europe.

12 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 13 Investigation of the Muslim Brotherhood’s European networks (part I)

S TI G ATION Forum of European Federation Muslim Youth of Islamic and Students Organizations in Organizations Europe (FIOE): (FEMYSO) Europe Trust (ET): Creation date: 1989 Creation Date: June 1996 Creation date: 1996 Headquarters: Markfield, Headquarters: Brussels, IN VES Pan-European Headquarters: Markfield, Leicestershire, England. Belgium Leicestershire, England. Key figures:Abdellah Ben Key figures:Youssef organizations: Key figures:Fouad Alaoui Mansour (chairman), Cha- Himmat (chairman), (Chairman), Ali Abushwai- kib Ben Makhlouf, Ahmed Abdelrahman Rizk (Head of European Muslim ma, Gazi Misirli, Abdul al-Rawi (former chairmen). International Development), Network (EMN) Jabbar Koubaisy and Salah Hande Taner (Head Creation date: 2005 European Council Bouabdallah (administra- of Campaigns), Adem Headquarters: Brussels, for Fatwa and tors) Güngörmüş (Treasurer), Belgium Research (ECFR) : Fatime Zenelhasani Key figures:Tarek Ra- Creation date: (General Secretary). madan (founder, former March 30, 1997 Chairman), Ibrahim El- Headquarters: Dublin, Zayat (acting Chairman), Ireland. Dublin Mohammed Belal El-Mo- Key figures:Abdullah gaddedi (vice-president). Al-Joudai (chairman), Nezar Mahmoud, Sehija Youssef al-Qaradawi (foun- Ireland Dedovic, and Ivan Ejub der, former chairman). Kostić (administrators)

Markfield

Birmingham

United Kingdom London European Institute of Human Sciences Belgium (EIHS) European Forum Creation date: 1998 of Muslim Women Headquarters: Birmin- Brussels (EFMW) gham, Royaume-Uni Creation date: 2006 Key figures:Ahmed Headquarters: Brussels, Jaballah (Dean), Abdeslam Belgium Hafidi (Administrative Key figures:Iman Sandra Director), Ounis Ghergah Pertek (chairman), Dorsaf (Director of Studies). Ben Dhiab (vice-president), Ayesha Basit (Treasurer), Zainab Marrakchi, Meliha Rifatbegovic-Haskic, Suada Kera (Administrators).

14 15 Switzerland How the Swiss federation became t he «Mecca» of the Muslim Brotherhood

Switzerland is, without any And Mohamed Kermous, based in Neuchâtel, is Tariq Ramadan, accused of rape by several complai- The islamist enclave Investigation equivocation, the epicenter among the administrators of the Islamic Community nants in France and Switzerland. But the new pa- of Ticino! S TI G ATION of the Muslim of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Canton of Ticino (ICCT), held by the Himmat triarch of the clan, Hani Ramadan, is no exception. The Swiss canton of Ticino is known for its famous Brotherhood’s movement in Europe. Earth in Lugano. In 2003, he was fired from his post of teacher by the enclave of Campione, a small town of 2.6 km², under European that hosts several waves canton of Geneva, because of statements considered Italian sovereignty, in full Swiss territory. The arrival The Ramadan dynasty discriminatory, including controversial writings in on the spot, at the end of 1960s, of two emblematic networks of refugees belonging to In the Muslim Brotherood galaxy, Geneva became which he advocated stoning and where he considered figures related to Tanzim al-Dawli, Youssef Nada and (part I) the Brotherhood since the an exclusive domain of the Ramadan dynasty. Even AIDS a “divine punishment”! Ali Ghaleb Himmat, has established a less visible but IN VES 1950s, it has become the the all-powerful «spiritual guide» of the Brotherhood, In 2016, the French authorities banned him from much larger enclave dedicated to occult finances of the “Mecca” of the European Muslim Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, had to close, in March entering France. Not having respected this prohibi- Muslim Brotherhood. Brotherhood. Especially, thanks to the 2010, the Swiss antenna of the International Islamic tion measure, he is arrested in Lyon and expelled to The discreet activities of the Nada and Himmat clans discretion of its banks…. Charitable Organization, which he had established Geneva in April 2017. And in June 2018, his assets have only begun to attract attention in 2001 after the in Geneva in 1987. in France were frozen for suspicions of “terrorism attacks of 9/11. In particular, following investigations The undivided reign of the Ramadan family on the financing”. into their Al-Taqwa bank, suspected of terrorism finan- Geneva networks of the Muslim Brotherhood, can be cing. he Helvetian networks of the Muslim explained by the aura and prestige due to the fact that The insatiable activism Ali Ghaleb Himmat, now 81, is still a director of the Brotherhood are organized into four dis- its members are the descendants of the founder of the of the Kermous spouses Islamic Community in tthe Canton of Ticino (ICCT), tinct poles, which spread over five can- Brotherhood. In the cantons of Neuchâtel and Vaud, Mohamed Ka- which he founded in 1991. His son, Youssef Himmat, tons: Geneva, Neuchâtel, Vaud, Ticino The family is, indeed, the heiress of Said Rama- rmous and his wife Nadia created successively not less chairs the pan-European organization Forum of Euro- and Zurich. Each of these poles is headed dan, former personal secretary of the Muslim Brothe- than a dozen Islamic associations. So many tentacles pean Muslim Youth and Student Organizations (FE- Tby one or two families: the Ramadan in Geneva, the rhood founder, Hassan al-Banna, of which he mar- serve as a preface to their Muslim-brothers activism and MYSO). Kermous in Neuchâtel and Vaud, the Nada and the ried the eldest daughter Wafa. Located in Geneva, pro-Qatari lobbying. At 88, Youssef Nada, remains very discreet. Iconic Himmat in Ticino and Zurich. in 1959, Saïd Ramadan founded an Islamic Center They lead in particular the League of Muslims of figure of the Muslim-brothers international, of which The inter-connectivity between these poles cannot there. He also contributes to the implementation of Switzerland (LMS), affiliated to the Federation of Isla- he was the occult financier for more than half a century, be achieved only by the secret International of the Muslim Brotherhood in Germany, especially in Mu- mic Organizations in Europe (FIOE), the Sociocultural his name officially appears only as a founding member Brotherhood, the famous Tanzim al-Dawli, whose nich. Center for Muslims of Lausanne (SCML), the Mithak of the Foundation of the Islamic Community of Zurich existence has long been denied by Muslim Brothe- Upon his death in 1995, his eldest son Hani took Euro-Swiss Foundation (MESF), the Islamic Union of (FICZ). His son, Nazim Nada, seems to have inherited rhood, or by the financial occult networks protected over as head of the Islamic Center of Geneva (ICG). Teachers (IUT), the Cultural Association of Muslim Wo- from his father the culture of secrecy and the taste of by the sacrosanct secret of the Swiss banks. It is also And in 2001, a foundation named Said Ramadan is men of Switzerland (CAMWS). occult finances. supported by the presence of the representative of a created. it is also led by Hani Ramadan. Like the In 2016, the couple embarked on a pharaonic project He directs, in Lugano, Lord Energy, an enigmatic «family» within an organization held by another fa- ICG, the Saïd Ramadan Foundation Board of Direc- aimed at creating a “museum without collection” de- gas trading company and oil (see our revelations about mily. tors is composed exclusively by members of the fa- dicated to the “civilizations of Islam”. A huge and dis- the involvement of this oil trading company in the cor- Thus, Hani Ramadan, based in Geneva, finds him- mily: his widow Wafa, his sons Hani, Aymen, Yasser, proportionate building for the small locality La Chaux- ruption scandals related to the Bouteflika clan in Alge- self, for example, on the board of directors of the Billal, Tariq and his only daughter Arwa. de-Fonds, which has less than 40,000 inhabitants (see ria, page 1). Among its shareholders, there are several Wakef-Suisse Foundation (WSF), held by Kermous in Recently, the reputation and aura of the Ramadan the box below), received a funding of more than one “young wolves” belonging to the Swiss and Italian Prilly, in the canton of Vaud. family have been tainted by the sexual scandals of million Swiss francs, by the Qatar Charity Foundation! Muslim Brotherhood!

Islamic «museum» of La Chaux-de-Fonds of kinds of bubbles where Muslim in order to perpetuate the investment. The same applies to the Museum of minorities can consolidate their Muslim The ultimate objective is that these Islamic Civilizations in La Chaux-de- The «autarchic bubble» that Muslim Brotherhood dream about identity and reduce their contacts with small Muslim communities, living Fonds. But apparently Qatar wanted the «kouffars» to a strict minimum. practically in autarchy, will be able to to reward a real soldier of the Brothe- From the book “Qatar Papers”, created by Sheikha Moza, the mother of shopping centre, a sauna, a swimming In the Swiss Jura, in La Chaux-de- finance themselves in the future without rhood. Of Algerian origin and natu- written by Christian Chesnot and Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, 38 years pool, a hairdresser’s salon, and even a Fonds, next to the Museum of Islamic the help of subsidies from the Gulf. ralized Swiss, Nadia Karmous dares Georges Malbrunot, readers have old and the Emir of Qatar since 2013. morgue. For the Muslim Brotherhood, Civilizations, created in 2016 thanks But the publication of the book Qatar to take up the challenge whenever it is mainly retained the financial impor- However, the novelty is elsewhere. it is no longer a question of restricting to the donations from Qatar Charity, Papers has finally pushed back the necessary to defend radical Islam, even tance of the projects developed by the Unlike the other Gulf countries, and in their hold at the time of prayer but the gas emirate had already bought Qatari NGO, which is giving up its most if it means making a fool of herself. She gas emirate in Europe through the particular Saudi Arabia, the ambition rather to take into account the Muslim land for one million Swiss francs and important project in Switzerland. called women, who dared to denounce NGO Qatar Charity. And also the sala- of Qatar is no longer limited to places of individual living in Europe from birth was considering investing 20 million If the Arab World Institute had been Tariq Ramadan’s unbridled sex life, ry of 35,000 euros paid each month to worship. Like in Mulhouse, it intends to death. Within the very interior of the euros in a major real estate project. The located in Vesoul, it would have had “frustrated”. Adding that Ramadan Tariq Ramadan by Qatar Foundation, to offer, next to the mosque, schools, a unholy West, they imagine the creation apartments would be rented to Muslims great difficulty filling up with visitors. deserved the Nobel Peace Prize...

16 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 17 Sociocultural Swiss-based Investigation Charities Germany Foundation (SCCF) of the Muslim European organizations Brotherhood’s Creation date: 2010 Organization for Headquarters: La Chaux- Islamic Charity European de-Fonds (OEBI) networks Key figures:Nadia Ka- Creation date: 2009 (part I) rmous (Founder), Nadia Headquarters: La Chaux- Rachedi (chairwoman), de-Fonds Zurich Islamic

S TI G ATION Mohamed Karmous, Khal- Key figures:Mohamed community doun Dia-Eddine, Ahmed Karmous (founder), Gharib foundation (ZICF) Ben Rehouma (board El Arabi (former board Creation date: 1994 members) member) Headquarters: Zurich Zurich Key figures:Mohamed Mansour (founder), Euro-Swiss IN VES Foundation Mithak Abdelouahab Dehbi (ESFM) (chairman), Mahmoud El Creation date: 2010 Guindi (vice-president), Ali Muslim Teachers Ghaleb Himmat, Youssef Headquarters: Le Locle Union (MTU) Key figures:Mohamed Nada (co-founders). Austria La Chaux- Creation date: 2010 Karmous (founder, de-Fonds Headquarters: La Chaux- chairman), Elarabi de-Fonds Gharib (chair of the Le Locle Key figures:Mohamed board), Fatma Bouteraa, Karmous (founder) Khedidja Kherraze-Naouar, Neuchâtel Abdelaziz Naouar (board members) Cultural Association of Muslim Women Swiss in Switzerland League of Muslims Wakef-Suisse (CAMWS) in Switzerland Foundation (WSF) (LMS) Creation date: 1992 Creation date: 2009 Headquarters: La Chaux- Creation date: 1997 Headquarters: Prilly de-Fonds Headquarters: Neuchâtel Prilly Key figures:Mohamed Key figures: Nadia Key figures:Mohamed Karmous (chairman), Elafif Karmous (founder, Karmous (founder), Ghanmi (vice-president), chairwoman) Mansour Ben Yahya Hani Ramadan (former (chairman), Sulaiman board member), Mutlaq Sulaiman (administrator). Alqarawi, Ahmed Ben Rehouma (administrators)

Geneva Islamic community in the canton of Ticino (ICCT) Creation date: 1992 Lugano Headquarters: Lugano france Key figures:Ali Ghaleb Lausanne Islamic Himmat (founder), Cultural Center Khaldoun Dia eddine (LICC) Italy Islamic Centre of Saïd Ramadan (co-founder) Mohamed Geneva (ICG) Foundation (FSR) Creation date: 2002 Karmous, Sulaiman Creation date: 1966 Creation date: 2001 Headquarters: Prilly Sulaiman (administrators) Headquarters: Geneva Headquarters: Geneva Key figures:Mohamed Key figures:Saïd Key figures:Hani Karmous (founder, Ramadan (founder), Hani Ramadan (chairman), chairman) Ramadan (chairman), Ramadan family : Yasser, Ramadan family : Yasser, Tariq, Wafa, Arwa, Bilal Tariq, Wafa, Arwa, Bilal (administrators) (administrators)

18 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 19 Committee of Charity and relief for the France French-based Palestinians (CCRP) organizations Creation date: 1990 The (Muslim) Brothers Headquarters: La Courneuve Key figures:Zuhair of Qatar! Mahmood (chairman), Mouloud Bouzidi (executive Muslims of France director), Youcef Benderbal Who are the representatives and ideological control of the Muslim Brotherhood (MoF, former UIOF) (Head of Communication) Investigation of the Muslim Brotherhood has been revealed by several police and journalistic Creation date: 1983 S TI G ATION of the Muslim in France? And what investigations, the most recent of which is Christian Headquarters: Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot’s Qatar Papers Brotherhood’s are they worth within AvicennA Medical La Courneuve French League of European the hexagonal Islamist (see Sreen Watch, n°1, May 2019). Association of Key figures:Amar Lasfar Muslim Women france (AMAF) Organisations(FLMW) networks nebula? Although there (chairman), Abdallah Ben Satellite organisations Creation date: 1995 (part I) are no precise figures on Creation date: 1988 Mansour, Thami Breze, The Muslim Brotherhood’s strategy, which aims Headquarters: Saint Ouen Fouad Alaouien (former Suisse Headquarters: Germany IN VES the number of militants and at influencing the faithful on a daily basis, is also Key figures:Marwan EL chairmen), Moncef Zenati, La Courneuve even fewer on the supporters based on a multitude of associations, which have in Bakhour (chairman), Anas Zuhair Mahmood (board Key figures:Hela Khomsi of the Brotherhood, it is indisputable common that they gravitate around MoF and benefit Chaker (former chairman) members) (chairwoman) that it has known a growing presence from Qatar’s financial generosity. In this sprawling group of associations, there are a jumble of local Islamic center of and influence in France over the past Villeneuve d’Ascq or regional associations, such as the “Association of (ICVA) twenty years thanks in particular to the entry it Muslims of Alsace”, the “Havre of knowledge” or Villeneuve d’Ascq Creation date: 2001 has been able to make into the most prominent the “Islamic Center of Villeneuve d’Ascq”; categori- Headquarters: Villeneuve associations and organisations representing cal organisations for young people, such as “Young d’Ascq Muslim communities. And also thanks to the Muslims of France” and “Muslim Students of Key figures:Mohamed generous funding provided by Qatar. France”, or for women, such as the “French League Karrat (chairman), Amar of Muslim Women”; anti-racist or humanitarian Saint- Lasfar (responsible of the NGOs, such as the “Collective Against Islamopho- denis france Mosque), Mohamed Louizi bia in France”, the “Avicenna Medical Association (ex-member who left the he infamous organisation “Muslims of of France” or the “Committee of Charity and Relief Saint La Courneuve Paris muslim brotherhood) France” (MoF) is the main manifes- for Palestinians”. Ouen tations of the Muslim Brotherhood in As in all the countries where they are present, the France. Founded in 1983, MoF has long Muslim Brotherhood also relies on the education been known as the “Union of Islamic sector to assert its influence on Muslim communities Paris TOrganisations of France” (UIOF). Then, in favour in France. They have about thirty Islamic schools, Mulhouse French Collective of the unpacking that followed the establishment of the most famous of which is the “Lycée Averroès” Against a blockade against Qatar by the “coalition of mo- in Lille. A school of excellence, ranked best high Islamophobia (FCAI) derate Arab countries” (Saudi Arabia, United Arab school in France in 2013 and best in the “Hauts Creation date: 2003 Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain), the UIOF was in- de France” region in 2018, but whose pedagogical Headquarters: Saint-Denis cluded on the list of terrorist organisations, because content is strongly criticised by Soufiane Zitouni, a Key figures:Samy Debah Muslim Students in of its allegiance to Tanzim al-Dawli, the global ten- philosophy teacher who resigned from his position (chairman), Lila Charef Alsace Muslims France (MSF) Association (AMAl) tacle of the Muslim Brotherhood, of which Qatar is at the school. In an article published by Libération, (executive director), the main donor. he denounced the “unhealthy and dangerous mix of Creation date: 1989 Creation date: 1973 Headquarters: Paris Marwan Muhammad Fearing to find itself in the line of fire of the Eu- religion and politics” in this high school educatio- (spokesman) Lyon Headquarters: Mulhouse ropean services in charge of the fight against ter- nal programs. Key figures: Iaad Key figures:Nasser rorism financing, the UIOF hastened to hold an Some figures linked to the Muslim Brotherhood Ben Dhia (chairman), ELKADY (Chairman), extraordinary congress in February 2017. The or- in France do not have formal links with MoF, even Charafeddine Mouslim Embarek Guerdam (imam), ganization then officially distinguished itself from if they have privileged relations with some of its (former chairman), Yassir Hanane Aboulhana (former Tanzim al-Dawli and decided to change its name to leaders. These are Islamist activists who act, on the Lahyani (Treasurer) member, she was shot dead “Muslims of France”. surface, as free electrons or as a kind of “lone wolf”, by anti-terror cops (RAID) Despite these changes in facade, MoF remains unarmed but extremely virulent. Their ideological during a terror attack in Young Muslims the centre of gravity of the Muslim Brotherhood links with the Muslim Brotherhood and financial Union (UMU) which she participated in nebula in France. To maintain and increase its in- ties with Qatar are, however, beyond doubt. March 2019) Creation date: 1987 fluence among Muslims in France, it relies ona This is the case, for example, of Nabil Ennasri, Headquarters: Lyon large network of about 100 mosques. Its ideologi- a true Islamist activist and pseudo academic, who Muslims Collective of France (MCF) Key figures:Yamin cal and organizational control also passes through presents himself as a “qatarologist” (sic !) and who Creation date: 1993 Makri, Abdelaziz Chaambi the training of imams. runs a site to the glory of the Emirate of Gas, entit- Headquarters: unknown (founders) Thus, the former president of MoF, Abdellah Ben led “Qatar Observatory”! Key figures:Nabil Ennasri Mansour, teaches in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris, Since 2011, he also chairs the Muslims Collec- Spain (chairman) within the imams’ training institute affiliated to the tive of France (MCF), which was born in the early “European Institute of Human Sciences” (EIHS). 1990s and has long been a fan club of Tarek Rama- A private university entity, whose Qatari funding dan in France!

20 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 21 Belgium Belgian-based Brussels, European Organizations (Islamist) capital

Belgium has two main presentative organisation of the Muslim Brotherhood in Investigation poles linked to the Belgium. Currently chaired by Karim Azzouzi, it main- S TI G ATION of the Muslim tains very close links with its French alter-ego Muslims All Equal in Work Muslim Bortherhood’s and at Schools Brotherhood’s movement, around of France (former UIOF), whose organisational struc- (AEWS) Empowering ture and working patterns it adopts. Belgian Muslims European which a number of local Creation date: 2010 This is illustrated, in particular, by outreach work (EmBeM) Headquarters: Brussels networks associations and satellite based on the federation of a multitude of local and re- Creation date: 2013 Key figures:Farida Tahar (part I) organisations gravitate. gional associations. And by the assiduous effort of prea- Headquarters: Genk

IN VES (chairwoman), Isabelle But, the European capital ching, especially through the organisation of Islamic Key figures:Michael Praille (co-founder). is also coveted by several meetings, symposiums and fairs. Privot (founder, former pan-European organisations of the The second main pole of the Belgian Muslim Brothe- chairman, he left the Muslim Brotherhood in Brotherhood whose main activity is rhood is the Educative and Cultural Islamic Complex of Verviers (ECICV). Created in 2004 by the German 2017), Fatima Zibouh lobbying the European institutions. Islamist Hassan Sawaid, it runs the Assahaba Mosque League of Muslims (chairwoman), Taoufik in Belgium (LMB) and a socio-cultural centre attached to it. Amzile (administrator). ECICV has long been led by Michael Privot, one Creation date: 2005 s the capital of the European Union, of the leading intellectual figures of Belgian Islamism. Headquarters: Brussels Brussels is a very coveted hub for After officially claiming his membership in the Muslim Key figures: Karim Azzouzi Muslim Brotherhood’s networks. Three Brotherhood in 2008, Privot dissented, with a bang, in (chairman), Karim Chemlal of the six pan-European organisations 2012. Five years later, he recounted the experience of (deputy chairman). of the Brotherhood hold their headquar- his indoctrination within the Brotherhood in an autobio- Aters here: the Forum of European Muslim Youth and graphical book entitled Quand j’étais Frère musulman Germany Student Organisations (FEMYSO), the European Fo- (see the box below). rum of Muslim Women (EFOMW) and the European Genk Muslim Network (EMN). Satellite organisations Brussels Their establishment in Belgium is not fortuitous, Around these two main poles of the Belgian Muslim since it allows them to lobby the European institutions, Brotherhood, several satellite organisations gravitate. as well as to join the many Belgian and pan-European The most influential are the Collective against Isla- Verviers NGOs, such as the European Network on Religion and mophobia in Belgium (CCIB), based in Brussels and Belief (ENORB) or the Humanist Democratic Center chaired by Mustapha Chairi, Empowering Belgian (HDC). Muslims (EmBeM), based in Genk and led by Fatima Belgium As for the local networks of the Belgian Muslim Zibouh, the Belgian Association of Muslim Professio- Brotherhood, they are structured around two main nals (ABPM), which has become since 2018 Active Di- Collective against poles. One is based in Brussels, the other in Verviers. versity Entrepreneurs (LEAD), based in Brussels and Islamophobia in The League of Muslims in Belgium (LMB) has its chaired by Taoufik Amzile, and the women association Belgium (CAIB) headquarters in the capital and is present in four other All Equal in Work and at Scools (also known as Col- Educative and Creation date: 2014 Cultural Islamic cities: Liege, Antwerp, Ghent, and Verviers. Created in lectif TETE), based in Brussels and managed by Farida Headquarters: Brussels Belgian Association Complex of 2005, LMB quickly established itself as the most re- Tahar. of Muslim Verviers (ECICV) Key figures:Mustapha Professionals Chairi (chairman), (ABPM) - since Creation date: 2004 Hajib EL Hajjaji (deputy 2018 Active Headquarters: Verviers, chairman). Contractors for Key figures: Michael Diversity (ACFD) Michael Privot: When I was a Muslim Brother... Privot (Founder, he left Creation date: 2007 the Muslim Brotherhood Headquarters: Brussels A graduate of Oriental History and tions, the most virulent of which was three other Belgian Muslim intel- in 2017), Hassan Swaid Key figures:Taoufik Amzile Philology, Michael Privot converted to Empowering Belgian Muslims (Em- lectuals a manifesto in ten actions to (former chairman), Franck (founder, chairman), Hirem Islam at the age of 19. BeM) Four years after having made reform European Islam. France Amine Hensch, Mohamed Pirvaz (deputy chairman), In addition to his posi- public his membership of Last May, he announced the crea- Ramousi, Hassan Taoufik Ramzi (former tion as head of CECIV in the Muslim Brotherhood, tion of a European Institute of Islamic Benyakhlef (members). his hometown of Verviers, in 2008, Michael Privot Studies, dedicated to the training chairman), Mohamed Privot contributed, during decided to leave the Bro- of imams in Europe. This initiative Boulif (co-founder). his years of activism within therhood. Since then, he was welcomed by the authorities and the Brotherhood, to the has been campaigning for by Muslim representative bodies in creation of several Muslim an “Enlightenment Islam” Belgium, France, Germany and the Brotherhood’s organisa- In 2015, he co-signed with Netherlands.

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with a mosque in Munich… Muslimische Jugend Deutschland (MJD) Dreher. The book also gives a detailed description - Muslim Youth in Established in Germany Germany: Investigation since the late 1950s, the of the trip made in July 1953 by a delegation of S TI G ATION Creation date: 1994 of the Muslim Muslim Brotherhood representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood, which included Saïd Ramadan, to the White House. Recei- Headquarters: Berlin Brotherhood’s holds an almost total ving the delegates of the Muslim Brotherhood, Pre- Key figures:Sarwar Faraj European grip on Islamic places of sident Eisenhower offered them an unambiguous (chairman), Rania El-Jezawi (deputy networks worship and sociocultural deal: “Our faith in God should give us a common Islamische (part I) associations. This is done objective: the fight against Communism and its Gemeinschaft chairman). IN VES Atheism”. Millî Görüş (IGMG) - through two branches of Islamic Community the Brotherhood : one is Arab, To give the Munich project substance, Said Ra- Millî Görüş: madan created the very first Muslim Brotherhood imported into Germany by a trio of Creation date: 1969 organisation in Europe in the form of a committee Headquarters: Cologne Poland leaders of the Tanzim al-Dawali (Saïd charged with the construction of the great mosque Ramadan, Ali Ghaleb Himmat and Key figures:Necmettin in Munich. Two years later, in 1960, this committee Erbakan (founder), Islamische Ge- Youssef Nada), and the other Turkish, controlled gave rise to an association called Kemal Ergün (chairman), meinschaft in Deutschland by the Erbakan clan, one of the most influential (IGD) [Islamic Commu- Hakkı Çiftçi (deputy families in the Muslim Brotherhood movement nity of Germany]. In 1968, following the relocation chairman), Ibrahim Berlin of Saïd Ramadan, who moved to Geneva after a in Turkey. El-Zayat (co-founder). long dispute with his Muslim Brotherhood compa- nions (see our article When the ‘Brothers’ (warring) Germany he first prayer offered up in the Euro- gutted each other in Munich, page 26), the IGD was pean building of the Muslim Brothe- taken over by two historic members of Tanzim al- rhood was in Munich in 1958. In August Dawli: Ali Ghaleb Himmat and Youssef Nada (see Cologne of the same year, the leader of Tanzim page 16). Belgium al-Dawli, Saïd Ramadan, had settled in TSwitzerland. However, before founding his famous A “pretence non-violence” Islamische Islamic Centre of Geneva in 1961, he has already set Currently affiliated to the Federation of Islamic Gemeinschat in his sights on the capital of Bavaria, by implementing Organisations in Europe (FIOE), the IGD has be- Deutschland (IGD) - Islamic Community the construction project of the first mosque of the come the main Muslim Brotherhood body in Ger- in Germany: Brotherhood in Europe. many. Headed by Samir Falah, it has a youth branch Creation date: 1960 This choice is explained by the presence of a large known under the name of Muslimische Jugend in Headquarters: Munich Muslim community in Bavaria. Indeed, before the Deutschland (MJD), led by Sarwar Faraj. However, Key figures:Saïd Ramadan mass arrival of Muslim immigrant workers in Ger- the core of the propaganda and preaching activities (founder), Samir Falah many -mainly Turkish- in the 1960s and 70s, an of the IGD involves outreach work through cha- (chairman), Ali Ghaleb initial Muslim community of Caucasian origin had ritable associations, Koranic schools and Islamic Munich Himmat (ex-chairman), settled in Germany in the mid-1940s. These were sociocultural centres. To do this, it has a variety of Ibrahim El-Zayat former Chechen, Azerbaijani and Dagestani soldiers Islamische Zentren (Islamic centres) in a number of France (ex-director), Mohamed mobilized by the Nazis to fight against the USSR German Länder, the best-known being the Islamic Taha Sabri, Ahmad Von during the Second World War. They remained in Centre of Munich, headed by Ahmad Von Denffer, Denffer (members) Germany following the defeat of the Third Reich, which publishes the magazine al-Islam, and the one mainly in Bavaria. in Berlin, headed by Mohammed Taha Sabri, who Swiss runs the great mosque of Berlin-Neuköln. Anti-Soviet instrumentalization While enjoying legal recognition, the activities of the The choice of Munich as home to the first Muslim IGD are under close scrutiny from the Bundesamt für Brotherhood mosque was also related to other, less Verfassungsschutz (BfV), the national intelligence ser- The Turkish brothers Ergün, Millî Görüş controls more than 300 mosques in pious, reasons that aimed at instrumentalizing this vice of Germany. In a report dated December 2018 on In parallel to the Arabic part of the Muslim Brothe- Germany. Caucasian community against the Soviet bloc, wit- “legalistic Islamic organisations”, the BfV pinpointed rhood, established in Germany thanks to the Rama- These two branches of the German Muslim Brothe- hin the context of the Cold War. This is what Pu- the IGD for “non-conformity with the foundations of dan-Himmat-Nada trio, there is a Turkish branch of rhood ignored each other for a long time. Family al- litzer prize-winning American journalist Ian John- democracy”, denouncing its “pretence non-violence, the Brotherhood controlled by the Erbakan clan and liances were put in place later to help their rapproche- son revealed in 2011 in a book titled “A Mosque in which hides objectives that aim to strengthen a feeling organised within the Islamischen Gemeinschaft Millî ment. As a consequence, the former head of the IGD Munich. Nazis, the CIA and the rise of the Muslim of mistrust of Western values and discredit democracy”. Görüş (IGMG). It is the German branch of the Tur- Ibrahim el-Zayat married the daughter of Mehmet Er- Brotherhood in the West”. According to the report, when the leaders of the IGD kish Brotherhood Millî Görüş (monotheistic vision), bakan, one of the founders of Millî Görüş. This alliance According to Johnson, as soon as Saïd Ramadan discuss things behind closed doors, they do not conceal founded in 1969 by Necmettin Erbakan, the leader of allows him to act as a go-between between the current arrived in Europe he was “treated” by a CIA agent their desire to “create Islamic states based on divine Refah Partisi, the forerunner of the present-day AKP, leaders of the Arab branch -from which he came- and based in Munich who went under the name of Bob law, including in Germany sometime in the future”. President Erdogan’s party. Currently headed by Kemal their ‘Brothers’ in the Turkish “family”.

24 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 SCREEN WATCH - 02 - June / July 2019 25 Germany “The global threat of the Muslim Brotherhood” When the ‘Brothers’ (warring) The report of the US Congress that gutted each other in Munich! alarms the Muslim Brotherhood

On 23 August 1973, a But Hani and Tariq Ramadan’s father of his pilgrimage to Mecca the previous Never has a Western document provoked such panic among the ranks of the Muslim Brotherhood. muezzin called for the didn’t really have a perfect lifestyle. year”, writes Ian Johnson. Finally, Saïd The most inflamed see it as a“ declaration of war” and threaten to take revenge. The most cunning first time for prayer from Generously “sponsored” by the Saudis, Ramadan, dropped by the Saudis, aban- adopt a low profile, fearing a ban on the Brotherhood. Saïd Ramadan drives a garish Cadillac. doned the Munich project and withdrew to a mosque in Bavaria: And he is not insensitive to the charms Switzerland, where he created the Islamic the brand-new Islamic of women of easy virtue. We return the Centre of Geneva. n a hearing held on 11 July 2018 centre located on the traces of his escapades in the archives of The culture of secrecy, dear to the under the title of “The threat of the outskirts of Munich, in the the Swiss intelligence services, decalci- Muslim Brotherhood, meant that the Muslim Brotherhood to the United middle of the woods. At fied and 2018. His neighbours, according conflict did not break out in the open. States and its interests”, the US THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD’S GLOBAL THREAT 63 to a secret note from November 1960, But when the Munich mosque was finally Congress Subcommittee on National is that repression against them may cause them to decide that vio- D ocum e nt s HEARING that time, West Germany lence is their only option. BEFORE THE 67 Anyone looking for the place where the next great jihadist wave will break would have to consider Egypt a strong possibility. The complained about the frequency of visits inaugurated in August 1973, Saïd Rama- Security presented a report with extre- I OF THE Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has hundreds of thousands of mem- had only five mosques. SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY bers and, despite the poor governance of Mohamed Morsi, millions of sympathizers. by women of easy virtue to the Egyptian dan was not even invited. The committee mely alarming conclusions, describing The widespread use of extrajudicial killing, indiscriminate incar- COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT ceration, and torture has created a situation in which modern The Munich one cost five Islamists, people who want their society to be more Islamic but do AND GOVERNMENT REFORM not support violence, have no good options. They may come to see sheikh! in charge of building the mosque even re- the Brotherhood founded in 1928 by the themselves as cornered and having no alternative but to take up HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES arms. million Marks. ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS And it is important to remember that jihadism emerged in Worse: in 1960, Said Ramadan told his moved it from its list of members! Egyptian Hassan Al-Banna as “a radical SECOND SESSION Egypt, and specifically from the notorious Tora Prison, amid the persecutions of the Nasser period. It will be a tragedy and indeed a strategic blunder if that lesson has been forgotten. JULY 11, 2018 A few other quick observations. ‘Brothers’ that he had collected a large Ali Ghaleb Himmat escaped disgrace Islamist organization that has expanded First, the Trump administration evaluated the Brotherhood im- mediately after coming into office and determined that there was Serial No. 115–90 no legal basis to designate the group. sum of money for the construction of the from his motor. Releasing Said Ramadan, into a network of branches in over 70 Although there has been much speculative writing in the press about the orientation of the Brotherhood, the State Department’s decision not to designate is telling. Department decisions are not based on open-source information of uncertain quality. Instead, uilt by a German architect Munich mosque from the King of Arabia, he took on the role of Brutus, getting clo- countries”. Printed for the use of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform designation decisions are based on all-source information, including classified intelligence. The fact that such a review took place and that the wishes of of Turkish origin, it has “a Saud Bin Abdelaziz, King Hussein of Jor- ser to his rival Youssef Nada. Unlike Said To define the scope of the threat posed senior policymakers to designate the group were well-known tells a clear story. No basis was found for designating at the time. I am unaware of any indication that there is more of a basis now. I’m also unaware that this issue is being reviewed again within the dazzlingly slender 115-foot dan and Turkish and Libyan businessmen. Ramadan, who was able to leave Egypt to the United States and the world by ( government. A final point. Policymakers and legislators, like physicians, must keep in mind the injunction to do no harm. A hardline approach to the Muslim Brotherhood groups and their members could do sig- minaret crowned with a gol- He even announces that he has set up soon after Nasser came to power, Yous- the Muslim Brotherhood, the committee nificant harm. The United States may be enjoying improved relations with some Arab countries, such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE, countries, it den half-moon. A spiral stair- “branches” in Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and sef Nada spent several years in prison. based its conclusions on testimonies and should be noted, whose opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood is at least in part rooted in their opposition to democracy. Available via the http://oversight.house.govWorld Wide Web: http://www.govinfo.gov But its reputation globally among Muslims—that is the United States’ reputation—is at a low point due to President Trump’s trav- case wound up to the muezzin’s balcony 2018 ”, Beirut, appointing “honorary advisors” to When he left, he started his business and expert reports by a group of eminent : B . GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE el ban, his talked about a national registry of Muslims, and other U.S WASHINGTON negative comments about Muslims. The U.S. faces a real and continuing threat from jihadist ter- wrote Ian Johnson in his book A Mosque raise funds on his behalf. eventually settled in Libya. From where analysts made up of Hillel Fradkin 31–367 PDF rorist violence. Unwise actions to target the Muslim Brotherhood groups will only deepen the animus against America, and we should not do anything that helps our enemies attract more re- cruits. That, too, would be a blunder. in Munich... But the months go by without him he was forced to flee, following Colonel (Hudson Institute), Jonathan Schanzer It would also be a blunder to further alienate already discomforted members of the domestic American Muslim commu- nity. The last thing the U.S. needs to do is to encourage The Germans and behind them, the bringing back any money. “No one had Gaddafi’s military coup in September (Foundation for Defence of Democra- radicalization at home. Americans, and more parti- yet seen the colour of the sum promised 1969. But as hatred in the Arab world is cies), Zuhdi Jasser (American Islamic

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West, a leg up. First there was help him in 1971. Understanding, Dartmouth College) and Insert offset folio 51 here 31367.051 the Egyptian Said Ramadan, Thus, it is thanks to a Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Diplomat in son-in-law of Hassan al-Ban- cheque for 1.5 million Residence at Princeton University. the headquarters of the Muslim Brothe- ry Council of Tripoli, the former Jiha- na, the founder of the Bro- marks, received from The committee produced a highly de- rhood remained discreet, restricting dist affiliated to al-Qaida Abdelhakim therhood. To get his hands Gaddafi, that Youssef tailed 90-page report titled “The Muslim itself to the usual rhetoric by accusing Belhadj, who is presently close to the on the Muslim community Nada manages to finalize Brotherhood’s Global Threat”, conclu- the US committee report of being part Muslim Brotherhood, sounded an even in Germany and build this the construction of the ding that the Muslim Brotherhood of a “campaign led by the religious ex- more threatening note. According to famous mosque, he relied Munich mosque. He pre- constitutes “an influential global move- treme Right in the United States against a confidential European document, he on a Syrian ‘Brother’, Ali fers, however, to remain ment whose different branches work to Islam”. However, certain offshoots of would have cautioned a Western source Ghaleb Himmat, and on in the shadows, leaving the promote a radical and extremely violent the Muslim Brotherhood, particularly in with whom he had spoken in Istanbul his compatriot Youssef lead role to Ali Ghaleb Him- ideology, even though some of these Libya, have called this report a “decla- that the report by the Congress consti- Nada, the Muslim Bro- mat, who was enthroned for branches are not directly involved in ration of war”. tuted, as he saw it, “a declaration of war therhood’s occult finan- three decades as head of the terrorism”. For instance, Khaled El-Mashri, the by the United States and their Emirati cier. mosque. At the end of the hearing, the Chair head of the “Justice and Construction allies against the Muslim Brotherhood”, Initially, the Ameri- The two men, now in their of the Congress Subcommittee, Ron Party”, the political showcase of the while warning his interlocutor that this cans were betting on eighties, have remained very DeSantis openly acknowledged that Muslim Brotherhood in Libya, was “would have consequences, including in Said Ramadan. They close. Despite the suspicions “US policy has not taken into account quick to meet with Stephanie Williams, Libya”. see him as the future of terrorist financing that wei- the radical behaviour of the Muslim who he knew when she was acting am- At the moment, these threats remain at spokesman of the West ghed on them in the aftermath Brotherhood and its support for terro- basador in the US Embassy in Libya, the level of verbal intimidation. Howe- in the Muslim wor- of the 9/11 attacks, the two rist groups”. This admission is seen as and who had just been appointed assis- ver, if the Trump Administration de- ld. “U.S. intelligence men are living happily in their an early indication of the will of the US tant representative of the United Nations cided to carry out its threats to classify services pressured neighbouring villas, in the heart Congress and the Trump Administration in the country, to “ask her for clarifica- the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist Jordan to issue a of the peaceful Italian enclave of to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a tion”, while warning her that the report organisation, there is no doubt that the passport to Rama- Campione, in the Swiss canton of terrorist organization. could have “dangerous consequences”. armed wing of the Brotherhood would dan”, Johnson said. Ticino. In the face of this threat on the horizon, For his part, the Head of the Milita- not hesitate to turn words into deeds.

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an you openly finance the ‘brain’ of the most low him to withdraw no less than $120,000 per year from spectacular and lethal terrorist attack in His- his ‘frozen assets’ without anyone expressing the slightest tory, one that shook the foundations of the concern for more than a decade! first world power and caused nearly 3,000 Even more serious, US diplomatic telegrams revealed victims, and manage to avoid any prosecution by WikiLeaks indicate that as well as these exemptions Cor indictment? that allowed him to access a part of his frozen assets,

Profil Even worse, can you be on the al-Subaiy also has an active bank ac- blacklists of the UN and the US Trea- count, something that should be for- sury and continue surreptitiously ac- bidden to anyone wanted for funding cessing your supposedly frozen assets 5dates terrorism. These telegrams also provi- to take out the tidy sum of 120 mil- de proof that the US authorities knew lion dollars per year, i.e. $10,000 per 11 The attacks on the about the largesse he benefited from Sept. Twin Towers of the month? and have not done anything, or hardly 2001 Word Trade Center The answer is yes, provided you are in New York, causing anything, to put a stop to it. a Qatari citizen protected by the most 2,977 deaths. We had to wait until March 2008, influential figures in this extremely following a sentence in absentia rich gas-producing Emirate! 1 The ‘brain’ behind condemning al-Subaiy in Bahrain for The recent revelations by the Wall March 9/11, Khalid Sheikh activities supporting terrorism after Street Journal on the shortcomings of 2003 Mohamed, is arrested 9/11, for the US Administration to in Rawalpindi (Pa- the UN sanctions against the financers kistan). finally exert pressure on Doha- for of terrorism have lifted the lid off the cing them to undertake proceedings bizarre story of Khalifa al-Subaiy, an The Qatari authori- against him. As a result, he was impri- eminent figure in the Central Bank of March ties imprison Khalifa soned, but senior figures from the Qa- 2008 Qatar and generous benefactor… of al-Subaiy, and then tari power soon intervened to obtain al-Qaida! release him six mon- his release. They did such a good job ths later. When the preparations for the 9/11 that he was freed less than six months attacks entered their active phase 10 The UN Security later, and the sub-Secretary of the US in spring 2000, al-Subaiy was at the Oct. Council puts al-Su- Treasury, David Cohen, made a feeble head of the fight against money laun- 2008 baiy on the blacklist protest, lamenting that “the authori- dering and financial crime in the Cen- of financers of terro- ties in Doha adopt lax jurisdictions in tral Bank of Qatar (see the column by rism. the fight against the funding of terro- Roland Jacquard, page 10). An ideal rism”. The Wall Street cover to carry out, with complete im- 20 Bolstered by this impunity, gua- June Journal reveals that punity, his secret activities as a finan- 2019 al-Subaiy gets around ranteed to him by his closeness to cial backer of the highest echelons of the freezing of his certain key members of the princely al-Qaida, among them the ‘brain’ of assets and continues family of Qatar such as the former the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mo- to finance terrorism. Prime Minister and Foreign Minister hamed. Hamad Bin Jassim al-Thani, al-Su- We had to wait seven years to see baiy did not take long to return to the name of this ‘terror sponsor’ written down on the his activities as a ‘terror sposor’ by raising funds -once blacklists of the UN and the US Treasury. His bank ac- again- for networks linked to al-Qaida and ISIS. He does counts were theoretically frozen at the time. However, we not even conceal these activities, and even goes as far as now discover that the Qatari authorities intervened before disseminating videos on social media in which he exhorts the Security Council to obtain exemptions that would al- his countrymen to make donations to the Jihadist cause.

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