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in doha during the holy month of ramadan the faithful flock to the mosques to break the fast [Music] it's a time of prayer and also of giving in this wealthy conservative islamic country it's an obligation to pay the arms tax or zakat the third of the five pillars of islam the mall is a popular destination for many qatari families but not just for shopping it's also a place where people can go to fulfill their religious duty by stopping at a donation booth run by qatar charity what sort of projects are there supporting orphans supplying drinking water distributing food to famine hit areas in the arab world or other parts of the world too all over the world pakistan togo africa india nigeria kosovo sri lanka nepal [Music] senegal qatar charity is the emirates largest humanitarian organization founded in 1992 it has a presence in more than 70 countries worldwide its goal is to help refugees and vulnerable people victims of wars and natural disasters in 2012 qatar charity set up a european subsidiary in london two years later the office was inaugurated in the affluent mayfair district but how benevolent is the ngo's mission really might there be another agenda altogether behind qatar charity in late 2016 an anonymous whistleblower sent us a usb flash drive that revealed a program with murky objectives in the memory stick are thousands of confidential qatar charity documents bank transfers email exchanges donor lists the collection unveils the existence of a huge hitherto unknown funding operation for an extensive network of islamic associations across europe [Music] out of 140 projects worth more than 216 million euros qatar charity is the main contributor accounting for 120 million euros several countries are the focus of attention italy with 47 projects france 22 spain and the united kingdom 11 projects each and germany 10. [Music] apart from various unnamed contributors qatar charities list of generous donors features a number of extremely influential supporters including several members of the qatari ruling family and the diwan the emir's executive office all of these initiatives lie at the heart of a programme that according to this presentation brochure promotes islamic culture throughout the world especially in the west we spent two years investigating this [Music] campaign qatar charity has been under scrutiny for years four arab countries the united arab emirates saudi arabia egypt and bahrain accuse it of sponsoring islamist groups under the cover of humanitarian aid all fingers point to the ruling al-tani clan [Music] what does qatar's emir shake tamim bin know about the activities of his country's largest ngo during an official visit to doha by french president emmanuel macron we took the opportunity to ask him we know that there are some people here in qatar who are suspected of funding i was going to say shadowy groups overseas but there are also suspicions about qatar charity some information about qatar in the media is not true we have taken a range of measures in qatar to counter the financing of terrorism yes that's true but some of the information you mentioned may be exaggerated or false we continued our investigation in europe in france according to our dossier qatar charity has funded 22 projects tens of millions of euros invested in mosques islamic centres and schools all of them are supported by muslims of france an association called mdf formerly known as the union of french islamic organizations or uoif the flash drive contains substantial information on one initiative in particular qatar charities flagship project in europe is located in mouluz in eastern france computer-generated images of the future and noir center show a prayer room built on two floors classrooms for a new school and a library the presentation bears the qatar charity logo and is intended to attract donors a brochure describes other services offered by the future community centre designed in compliance with religious norms observed in qatar a swimming pool with separate hours for men and women a halal restaurant and supermarket and a health clinic [Music] while waiting for the project to be completed worshipers pray in an old run-down mosque built in the 70s you have a rug could put it there and pray nasa el-khadi is president of the muslim association of al-zas a local branch of muslims of france it's an old garage there's a prayer room inside and another one on the ground floor but since there are so many people there's not enough room and they pray next door so we organize two prayer services on friday there's one at one o'clock and we allow for latecomers that way we don't pray outside or next door so we don't bother anyone we have a second prayer at two o'clock to avoid praying in the street exactly [Music] um it isn't worthy of a religious faith or a community since the state is secular it can't give funds to any religious faith money is welcome wherever it comes from we accept all forms of assistance it can come from people who support the muslim brotherhood or support wahhabism or i don't know what as long as we're not subject to any pressure otherwise we refuse and we have sometimes refused [Music] construction of the new mosque began in 2006 and is almost finished the annui center is designed to address the community's new needs this is the main entrance that's where the reception desk will be people who come to pray can go directly to the prayer room the room has a maximum capacity of 1500 and a total area of about a thousand square meters the facade is glass so passersby can see inside we have nothing to hide our organization believes in transparency transparency even when it comes to funding the association received a municipal grant and donations from the community but the project is costing more than 25 million euros so it also sought financial support from wealthier donors acknowledges that more than half of the centre's budget was funded by contributions from two gulf countries kuwait and qatar qatar made donations of almost 7 million euros but we're not talking about qatar rather an organization we don't work with the state neither the qatari nor the kuwaiti government the donors are private individuals they have to go through an official organization qatar charity you have the same vision of islam i don't know what their vision of islam is i know my vision of islam we're a member of mdf the former uoif their each country has its vision but they don't impose that vision on france but you are a muslim all brotherhood are muslim brothers in a way because you're my brother in humanity he's my brother in islam dukata and kuwait really donate money with no strings attached in paris an agent from the french intelligence service has strong doubts he was willing to meet us but requested not to be filmed we reconstructed the interview the mosque was funded through different channels in early 2017 984 000 was paid on february second one million one hundred twenty three thousand on february second one million one hundred thirty nine thousand on the 23rd in 2017 2017 but where do the donations come from from qatar charity easily 5 million 5 million euros plus the 5 million from 2016. that's right [Music] according to our source the annual mosque in mouluz has ties to the muslim brotherhood movement the muslim brotherhood was founded in egypt in 1928 by hassan al-banna a teacher and theologian who sought to accomplish two objectives liberate the country from british domination and establish a theocratic regime based on sharia or islamic law [Music] albana maintained that islam was the solution to the moral and identity crisis induced by colonial rule he focused on youth education so that future militants would be well prepared and he developed a network devoted to ideological and religious training the organization engaged in charitable and social activities but in 1948 king farouk's prime minister was killed by a member of the brotherhood the government became alarmed by the group's growing influence and decided to ban it a year later al-banna was assassinated the muslim brotherhood continued to operate underground it adopted violent methods and set up a secret paramilitary wing in 1952 it supported the military coup d'etat that brought gamal abdal nasa to power a few months later two dueling ideologies now confronted one another nasa's socialist inspired pan-arabism and the muslim brotherhood's pan-islamism centered on divine law [Music] [Applause] nasa decided to clamp down on his burdensome allies and the organization was dissolved for the second time in 1954. the brotherhood became the target of a fierce crackdown in the 60s some members of the group sought refuge in europe expert in political islam hal sinigi has studied the careers of albana's ideological heirs in europe they founded such islamic organizations as uoif in france ucoi in italy and igd in germany i would be more inclined to call them neo-muslim brothers a neo-muslim brother is someone who clearly identifies with the egyptian muslim brotherhood in ideological terms but who isn't connected to the brotherhood materially or organically the muslim brotherhood is more an ideology a vague entity there's no cards there's no special status our old european projects currently funded by qatar charity linked to these neo-muslims for the past 15 years an italian academic has been conducting research on muslim brotherhood networks in the west he meets with their members collects their stories and analyzes their ties in 2015 lorenzo verdino was hired by george washington university in washington dc to head its program on extremism we asked him to take a look at the documents stored on the flash drive [Music] it's a business paper business plan you're everything and at the it's a transfer for the islamic center in lugano the third transfer it confirms what i think there's a concerted effort to buy uh qatar to fund brotherhood networks in europe and to fund it substantially we're talking about very big amounts here it adds a level of detail it's a confirmation it's the evidence of that i think what surprises me is how sophisticated this is how consistent it is it's basically almost exclusively brotherhood entities what is important though and makes it more important is the fact that it comes particularly at a time where other funders have pulled out other countries that used to fund the brotherhood networks if we're talking about the 70s the 80s it used to be saudi arabia the qataris didn't create this this network has been there for a long long time we show him a document signed by qatar's most prominent cleric yusuf al-qaradari recommending support for a mosque project in milan the fact that they get a lateral support from the recognized spiritual leader of the muslim brotherhood the the pope if you will of the muslim brotherhood yusuf al-qaradawi it's a huge piece of evidence that shows that the brotherhood is backing this project [Music] egyptian-born al-karadawi is the leading proponent of albana's ideology born in 1926 like many militants he was imprisoned by nasa in the 50s in 1961 he fled to qatar conservative muslims listen to him not necessarily muslim brothers mind you he's an advocate of total islam what is total islam it's the idea that islam should govern both private and public life individual affairs and government affairs qatar appointed al-kharidari dean of the university there where he founded the faculty of islamic studies he became a close friend of the ruling family often appearing in public with the al chinese qatar also gave him a building to serve as the headquarters for the international union for muslim scholars over which he presided in addition to these religious platforms the government offered him a global media pulpit in 1996 a talk show on al jazeera called sharia and life for over 15 years al-qaradawi dispensed weekly advice to an audience of 60 million viewers issuing fatwas that sometimes shocked the west out of more than 6 000 verses of the quran there is one verse that deals with a condescending and disobedient wife it is said that one of the methods of treatment is and beat them how should a homosexual or a lesbian be punished some say they should be thrown from a high place as god did with the people of sodom some say we should burn them throughout history allah has imposed people upon the jews who would punish them for their corruption the last punishment was carried out by hitler through all the things he did to them even though they exaggerated this issue he managed to put them in their place some friends have quoted a hadith that says islam will conquer rome i believe the next conquest will be conducted through dua but of course the muslims must start acting in order to conquer this world although this passage from the prophet isn't specifically referred to in the flash drive documents italy is clearly the ngo's main target the country is home to the largest number of projects 47 in all all funded to the tune of 25 million euros by qatar charity most of them bear the stamp of the union of islamic communities and organizations of italy or ucoi which is ideologically close to the muslim brotherhood an analysis of the dossier points to one area in particular sicily one of the documents is a brochure devoted entirely to the region with 11 projects there funded by qatar charity on page 3 the organization highlights the fact that the island was once under muslim rule as if to justify its support islam came to the island in ad827 and lasted for about 472 years a period during which the region enjoyed stability and progress [Music] the ngo cites the same historical reference on pages 12 and 13 to rationalize its decision to acquire a building in messina it was built in 1910 the owners are of arab descent its architectural design is inspired by its original islamic features this is the building in question who was born in algeria is president of the islamic community of sicily and imam of catania he negotiated its purchase and the islamic community of sicily was the first association to be recognized by qatar charity no i'm not a muslim brother i'm a muslim one activist in northern france has decided to oppose the brotherhood's double speak an engineer born in morocco in 1980 muhammad luizi joined the muslim brotherhood when he was a teenager at the end of the 90s he went to lille to attend college and joined the uoif its leaders took him under their wing and assigned him local duties for 15 years from 1991 to 2006 i was a member of the brotherhood and in october 2006 i decided to leave the organization after realizing that the brothers teaching were meant to turn us young people in the 90s into ideological instruments so i decided to speak out to start a blog write articles and to dig deeper so people could understand so other young people didn't get ensnared by this ideology luizi carries out most of his research on the internet and social media that's how he discovered that the villeneuve desk mosque which he attended for many years and which is run by uoif received the visit of a qatari delegation in 2016 in this photo in the background there's the villeneuve das mosque here you see the rector of the mosque mohammed karat next to him is amar lasfar the current president of muslims of france the former uoif and that man is sheikh hamad bin nasser al-thani the chairman of the board of directors of qatar charity in doha sheikh is more than the highest ranking person in the organization a former minister of the interior he is a leading member of the ruling family and a cousin of amir tamim but luizi is more interested in someone else that one sheikh ahmed mohammed al-hamadi let's say he's the one who distributes the funds for qatar charity in europe according to my sources he holds a qatari diplomatic passport he travels pretty much everywhere in europe and he's the one who meets with members of the muslim brotherhood in each city our collection of documents includes proof that qatar charity wired funds to the villeneuve dusk center a bank receipt for more than 250 000 rials or approximately 60 000 euros al-hamadi appears in a number of photos like this one taken at the annual site in mouluz sometimes in western clothes sometimes in traditional dress [Music] there's even a picture of him preaching at the old mulu's garage mosque he also attended the inauguration of the catania mosque in sicily luizi also found him in a series of 28 programmes filmed in europe in 2015 for a qatari channel propaganda broadcasts promoting political islam one of the uoif leaders el hajamor is overseeing a project to build a mosque there that commemorates the battle of 732 the time of this is an important date in french history since it was the only victory by christians over muslims at the time one by charlemagne the king of the francs it's noted that the conquest was won by the sword today we want our center in poitiers to be a new stage of the muslim conquest but in a different way we hope to make this place a center of dialogue when muslims in a working-class neighborhood want to build a place of worship they don't have this idea in their heads of conquering through mosques but in the mind of the muslim brotherhood the construction of a mosque means making the muslim presence not to say the islamist presence more visible in france and europe i was with an arab broadcaster so the discussion was in arabic and the audience was exclusively arab in muslim history muslims believed that the army of the time were martyrs sopoitier is called the city of martyr's lane [Music] claims he didn't receive any foreign funding however the memory stick contains receipts of two bank transfers in 2012 to the muslim association of poitiers for the martyrs lane mosque one for one million rears the other for 575 000 reals equivalent to a total of nearly 400 000 [Music] euros i see that it was sent to poitiers one million and there it looks so weak no she's using it it looks to me like it was transferred to our account probably what year was that 2012 right so probably it took place honestly i don't remember at all here it says muslim association of poitiers in arabic it can't be this account number at bank popular is a uoif poitier account for the construction of the poitiers mosque we also noticed that qatar charity provided funds to associations that were 99 linked to the muslim brotherhood without necessarily being affiliated yes but it's quite legitimate for you to help associations people whose understanding and reading of islam you approve of i think that's perfectly normal what we all know is that qatar embarked on a huge very well-funded image campaign it invested in the paris saint-germain football club and wanted to help entrepreneurs in poor suburbs it wanted to rebuild its image to distance itself from saudi arabia to say a contextualized islam probably [Music] statements confirm that qatar has a strategy of supporting the muslim brotherhood network in europe and those who are close to it the sudden surge in spending caught the attention of intelligence services in germany at the state office for the protection of the constitution in north rhine westphalia in dusseldorf director bukhart fryer readily shared his thoughts with us we have observed that salafism is out to divide society but also the muslim brothers ostensibly they uphold democracy but we've observed that within the organization there's a push for an islamist state based on the quran and shariah in germany we've noticed for some time now that the muslim brotherhood has become more active we assume that the muslim brotherhood is funded both by private donations and by arab countries we raise awareness of the dangers posed by the muslim brotherhood among the public and also politicians and specifically of the ways it undermines democracy at its roots i recommend banning donations from abroad because that allows foreign governments to influence religious elements that are active here [Music] does qatar charity exert influence over the entities it funds if so how the museum of the civilizations of islam in the swiss city of la shodofon in the canton of nushatel was financed by qatar charity it opened its doors in 2016. its director is nadia kamu the idea for this museum came about 17 years ago driven by a desire to create something enjoyable and at the same time a place where people can go to seek answers at the time of its inauguration kamu made a list of donors public they were primarily from the gulf she didn't hide the fact that some of the funds were funneled through qatar charity these people can't send money directly but can give it to a local organization qatar charity once transferred a small sum we didn't have any choice it was either that or we didn't get our money we don't know them nadia kamu and her husband mohammed kamu here on the right operate a dozen associations cultural centers and religious centers in french-speaking switzerland and in the canton of ticino they are influential islamic figures in their country the flash drive documents show that nadia kamu downplays her ties to qatar charity in 2014 she signed a contract with its director yusuf al-kuwaari to renovate the building that houses the museum in total 14 bank receipts not only for payments to the cultural institute that hosts the museum but also to another cultural center in lausanne and to an association in lugano in toccino these two establishments are run by her husband between 2011 and 2013 qatar charity wired nearly three million swiss francs or more than two and a half million euros for initiatives headed by the husband and wife team are you familiar with this document it's an application an application for funds signed by by me yes yes it's for the new project besides they didn't agree to finance it they want us to start and then they'll decide here's a bunch of wire transfers that's your institute and they are very large sums they gave you quite a lot of money as i told you they're not the ones who financed us it was individuals these people wrote checks made donations and it was up to qatar charity to transfer them to us they did that and sometimes with difficulty i might add it was the london office that decided it they said yes first we need a contract we didn't want to sign because there were conditions they signed a contract with them and they have to fulfill all the conditions the conditions are displaying the qatar flag etc inviting three or four of their people to every meeting and so on they also need to approve certain expansion projects for example in other words they want to control the entities they find it's not that they impose but they influence a little yes they try to exert influence thanks to the camuses qatar charities influence has spread beyond the borders of switzerland into france this is what journalist antoine peyon discovered in a memo written by the french domestic intelligence agency the memo describes how french customs carried out an inspection on a high-speed train from zurich to paris on april 30th 2007. that mr mohamed carmus was questioned and that he was found to be carrying 50 000 euros in cash said the 50 000 euros were given to him in geneva by a man named ahmed ahmedi this benefactor acts as a liaison for the prestigious egyptian sheikh yusuf al-karadawi the sum was intended for the european institute of human sciences in mievra which trains imams mr camus also said he considered the money transfer to be a normal almost routine procedure lastly the memo indicates that he belongs to the muslim brotherhood and that he is even believed to be a member of the anada movement in tunisia a sentence at the bottom of the memo states that his spouse nadia camus fully supports her husband's objectives [Music] the european institute of human sciences is based in shatushino in burgundy france inaugurated in 1992 and founded by the uoif the centre trains future imams by offering them residential programmes in arabic quran and theology studies it's a unique facility in france [Music] zuhaya mahmoud ran the institute for 30 years until 2018 and was in charge of receiving payments from qatar charity [Music] the number of financial entanglements between qatar charity and its benefactors increased between 2014 and 2017 a period when qatar's neighbours were ramping up pressure on the country qatar is at the epicenter of a diplomatic earthquake saudi arabia egypt the united arab emirates and bahrain have severed diplomatic ties with the small country they accuse it of supporting terrorism beginning tomorrow airline companies in the region will suspend flights to and from qatar the objective is to financially strangle the emirate the political and economic blockade of qatar began on june 5th 2017 a move justified by qatar's alleged support of islamist groups but the state was also paying for its unchecked growth a strategy it had pursued in order to achieve independence from saudi arabia qatar charity closed down its mayfair office in london in 2018 and its local officials left the country but in fact qatar charity uk didn't really disappear it changed its name to nectar trust a few months ago and it no longer has a london office as if to erase all ties with the parent company [Music] the pressure on doha since 2017 has been intense saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt all cited qatar's support of the muslim brotherhood as one of the reasons for the blockade [Music] we decided to visit the organization's headquarters ourselves equipped with a hidden camera since our requests to the qatari authorities had fallen on deaf ears i'm his assistant we're french journalists do you want to film here do you have a permit do you have the document can i take this is he busy he's in a meeting i can't disturb him you invest in a lot of mosque in europe and we fall before them because [Music] after this charities stopped responding to our requests in response to international pressure the emirate has now toned down its efforts to expand its influence including in the area of religion i checked a few informations and it seems that qatar financed muslim brotherhood branches in europe it's not what qatar say my answer is no qatar does not support the muslim brotherhood in europe you are talking under the assumption that the muslim brotherhood is one entity what is the muslim brotherhood in tunisia you have a nahuwa do you have i mean you officially the different european countries have official ties with tunisia do they have problems dealing with another party i don't think so going back to your question any involvement of qatar in europe in terms of any contributions this is totally legal and i'm pretty sure it's under the sight of the respective governments so it exists i'm not sure i mean it depends case by case so qatar could be i mean through some of the legal entities could be contributing to some cultural centers and so on and so forth but then the way you phrase it sounds very suspicious while it's very legal and in the light what this means is that the west should face up to its own responsibilities to be sure qatar charities funding channels were complex and opaque but if qatar like other arab states before it became involved in funding islam on european soil it was merely filling a void [Music] if european countries hope to counter this strategy of religious influence they must provide their citizens of muslim faith with the means of practicing their [Music] religion [Music]