Call for joining international efforts to counter Muslim Brotherhood
The increasing influence of Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab region and Western countries has posed a grave threat to the efforts of establishing global peace and harmony. Labelled as a terrorist organization by the United States in April 2019, the Muslim Brotherhood has been carrying out terror activities and extremist movements across the Middle East and other regions across the world.
Under the alias of a charity and social
care organization, the Muslim Brotherhood has gained political and moral
support from some countries, particularly Qatar. After the 2013 uprising in
Egypt, the terrorist organization and its institutions have been receiving
increasing financial support from Qatari institutions and other sponsors to
carry out its extremist activities in different parts of the world.
Qatar involvement in terror-financing
According to a 2020 report by the
International Centre for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR), Qatar has a major
role in financing Muslim Brotherhood and other extremist groups. The report
revealed that Doha funneled millions of euros through the Qatar Charity (QC)
to administer more than 140 projects across Europe, many of which are related
to organizations associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. Over recent years,
several reports have emerged indicating Qatar's support and engagement with
Muslim Brotherhood and its development in the Middle east.
A report by English Daily The Times
exposed Qatar's continuous funding to the Muslim Brotherhood as it revealed
details of money trails from Qatari banks to the terror organization.
Reportedly, the MB is using these funds to carry out its terror activities in
various regions.
In the report, The Times stated that
Qatari-owned Al Rayan Bank has been providing banking services to Muslim
Brotherhood in the United Kingdom. In Switzerland, Qatar's various network
members have been transferring millions of euros from Qatari banks to the
terrorist organization.
Last year, a French senator called on the
United Nations and international banking institutions to investigate how Qatari
terror financier Khalifa al-Subaiy received banking services from the
state-owned Qatar National Bank (ONB).
Need for joining global efforts
As the Muslim Brotherhood continues to
take refuge in Doha, the Qatari government will continue to assist in
whitewashing the terror image of the organization in the Middle East and other
countries, such as Britain and France.
Understanding the level of global threat,
it has become critical for world governments and international institutions to
coordinate necessary measures to launch judicial investigations into the
funding's, plans and activities of the Muslim Brotherhood as well as those
governments and entities that are sponsoring funds to its institutions. It is
the need of the hour for joining international efforts to not only stop foreign
funding to the organization, but also to counter its terror activities.
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