EU: Qatar – ‘A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’ – gatestoneinstitute.org

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04/15/19

 

In October, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini visited Qatar, the “energy giant“, where he praised the emirate for “not sponsoring extremism anymore“. Unfortunately, the opposite is true. Qatar, “the other Wahhabi state“, apparently is interested not only in its economic relationship with Europe, but also in exporting its brand of political Islam.

 

According to a new book, Qatar Papers: How the Emirate Finances Islam in France and Europe, by two French journalists, Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot, Qatar has distributed 22 million euros to Islamic projects in Italy alone. This funding has had virtually a single beneficiary: the Union of Islamic Communities and Organizations in Italy (UCOII), accused of closeness to Qatar’s pet organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, the mouthpiece of which is Qatar’s media outlet, Al Jazeera, located in the capital city of Doha.

 

“Qatar is today a leading funder of Islam in Europe,” Malbrunot said in an interview. His book, an important exposé of the Islamist penetration into Europe, notes that Qatar has funded 140 mosques and Islamic centers in Europe to the tune of €71 million. The country with the most of the projects (50) was Italy, where Rome’s Al Houda Centre received €4 million.

 

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