The director of the suspected radical mosque, along with three others, was arrested in northern France this week on charges of fraud and embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of euros in cash.
Warab A, 49, director of the Al Huda Mosque in Grand Sint, two of his two sisters and the mosque’s treasurer, were detained by local police Wednesday as part of the agency’s anti-fraud operation. Committee.
Ouarab allegedly tried to get a firearm from an officer when he was arrested.
According to French broadcaster CNews, at least €350,000 (£297,738 / $363,181) in foreign currency was embezzled by the mosque, which, according to researchers, is said to follow ultra-conservative Salafi Islamic ideology.
Investigators said the four arrested also earned around €70,000 (£59,569 / $72,649) from social security benefits scams. 46 and 47.
It was reported that the Al-Huda Mosque, which also houses an unauthorized school for reading the Qur’an, was bought with stolen money.
Berlin police raid more Islamists accused of fake funds for coronavirus aid https://t.co/P7OKPDHZhA
– Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) 24 June 2020
This is the latest case in which radical Muslims have been accused of fraud and financial crimes in recent years.
For example, during the Wuhan virus pandemic, there were several reports of Islamists using coronavirus schemes to deceive Western governments, such as when German police in Berin raided the homes of several extremists in May 2020 in connection with allegations of fraud.
Among them is a man under investigation for cases of preparation for the terrorist attack on the Berlin Marathon.
Investigators said the Islamists were seeking money for emergency financial assistance to businesses affected by the coronavirus and related restrictions placed on German residents. Some seek help for businesses that don’t really work.
Just a month later, Berlin police raided more Islamists suspected of aid fraud. Some of the suspects are linked to the Ibrahim al-Khalil Mosque, one of the main Salafist gathering places in the German capital.
A mosque in France was closed for six months after authorities accused the mosque of “inciting hatred” and “inciting jihad”. https://t.co/96cfIpPnxo
– Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) 29 December 2021
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