The Times reveals the involvement of a Qatari bank in the financing of terrorism in Britain

A British-owned bank that provides financial services to several organizations linked to extremist and terrorist groups and organizations, including the Muslim Brotherhood, has revealed that a British-owned bank, in collaboration with the Center for the Response of Extremism and Terrorism at the Henry Jackson Society, , And the investigation showed that some customers of the bank «Al Rayyan» country have accounts in Western banks frozen or closed, as part of a security campaign to combat terrorism.

Al Rayyan Bank provides banking facilities for 15 controversial organizations operating in Britain, including four organizations and associations that have closed accounts with banks, including HSBC, Barclays, NatWest and Lloyds TSB. , According to the portal «eye» news.

The newspaper said that among the customers of the bank «Al Rayyan» a fund for relief and development banned in the United States, as a terrorist entity, and groups promoting the militants, and noted that the CEO of the bank until last April, Sultan Chaudhry, was director for seven years until 2016, Of a world religious institute whose speakers and teachers included child marriage advocates.

Al Rayan Bank in Birmingham is alleged to provide Sharia-compliant banking services to more than 85,000 customers and has a branch in Knightsbridge near Harrods. The bank's controlling shareholder, Qatari Enterprises, one of its directors Adel Mustaphaoui, vice president of the Paris St Germain football club.

The UK Charity Committee is being investigated with four groups dealing with Al Rayan Bank, two with the UK media watchdog, and the other accountants are British organizations closely linked to the Brotherhood's goals.

According to the newspaper, the former ambassador to several countries in the Middle East, Sir John Jenkins, accused Qatar of systematically promoting militant issues.

Among the organizations that have dealt with Qatar's Al Rayyan Bank, Nectar Trust, which since 2014 received more than £ 37 million from a charity based in Qatar and banned by Saudi Arabia and several countries as a terrorist organization listed on terrorism, Which was transferred from Nectar Trust through its account in Al Rayyan, was used to fund projects linked to the Muslim Brotherhood group, amounting to millions of pounds sterling in Britain and France, according to an investigation by French journalists recently.

Before his appointment as Secretary of State last week, British Conservative MP Zack Goldsmith said Doha's shameful support for extremists in the Middle East was well documented. "If Qatar uses its vast wealth and global reach to facilitate extremism here in the UK , The government must act quickly and decisively. "He stressed that intensive Qatari investments in the UK should not make them immune to scrutiny.

• The Committee for the Control of Charitable Associations in Britain is being investigated with four groups dealing with Al Rayan Bank of Qatar.