Muslim Brotherhood "Godfather" Qaradawi Associate Designated By US As Al Qaeda Financier.

Muslim Brotherhood "Godfather" Qaradawi Associate Designated By US As Al Qaeda Financier.(GMBR).

The US Department of Treasury has designated an associate of Global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi as an Al Qaeda financier. On December 18 of last year, the Treasury department imposed sanctions on Abd al-Rahman bin ‘Umayr al-Nu’aymi (Aka Umair Al-Nuaimi) who was designated for providing financial support to al-Qa’ida, Asbat al-Ansar, al-Qa’ida in Iraq, and al-Shabaab. According to the Treasury announcement:

In 2013, Nu’aymi ordered the transfer of nearly $600,000 to al-Qa’ida via al-Qa’ida’s representative in Syria, Abu-Khalid al-Suri, and intended to transfer nearly $50,000 more.

Nu’aymi has facilitated significant financial support to al-Qa’ida in Iraq, and served as an interlocutor between al-Qa’ida in Iraq leaders and Qatar-based donors. Nu’aymi reportedly oversaw the transfer of over $2 million per month to al-Qa’ida in Iraq for a period of time. He also served as an interlocutor between these Qatari nationals and al-Qa’ida in Iraq leaders. Between 2003 and 2004, Nu’aymi provided support to the Iraqi insurgency more broadly and served as a conduit for their broadcast materials to media outlets.

Nu’aymi as of mid-2012 provided approximately $250,000 to two U.S.-designated al-Shabaab figures, Mukhtar Robow and Sheikh Hassan Aweys Ali, the latter of whom is also designated by the United Nations (UN). Also in 2012, Nuaymi provided financial support to a charity headed by Yemen-based Abd al-Wahhab Muhammad ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Humayqani, who channeled funding to AQAP.

According to its website, Nu’aymi is the head of Alkarama, described as “a Swiss-based, independent human rights organisation established in 2004 to assist all those in the Arab World subjected to, or at risk of, extra-judicial executions, disappearances, torture and arbitrary detention.” 

On December 24, Nu’aymi issued a statement on the Alkarama website denying the US allegations call them “unfounded accusations that aim to silence me because of my publicly declared opposition to U.S. policies in the Arab world and, in particular in the Gulf area since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.”

In November 2011, our predecessor publication reported that Youssef Qaradawi had arrived in Cairo accompanied by the head of the Karama Organization for Human Rights, Abdel Rahman Naaniny.Read the full story here.