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Av Johan Lundberg 2011-07-01 kl. 21:39

Här kan man se en intervju med Mohammed Sawalha, som är Ship to Gazas koordinator i London. Och här kan man läsa en transkription av ett fem år gammalt engelskt tv-program om islamistisk propaganda under välgörenhetens täckmantel. I det senare programmet förekommer samme Mohammed Sawalha, där i egenskap av samordnare av Hamas militära och politiska strategi:

From London, Sawalha is said to have master minded much of Hamas' political and military strategy. Wanted by Israel, he fled to London in 1990. PAZ: Sawalha was one of the senior activists in the dawah portals of Hamas. He was involved, let's say, with the background of the finance, the logistic assistance. WARE: But he was in Hamas? Dr REUVEN PAZ Former Head, Research Division Israel General Security Service He was, he was a member, he was an activist of Hamas, that's for sure. WARE: In London, Sawalha is alleged to have directed funds, both for Hamas' armed wing, and for spreading its missionary dawah. Then, in January 1993, an operation Sawalha was involved in went badly wrong. Hamas would be forced to reorganise its funding arrangements. Reconstruction WARE: A senior Hamas man from America flew into London for instructions from Sawalha. Sawalha's visitor was en route to the Palestinian territories. The two men travelled to Sawalha's home. His visitor's name was Mohammed Salah. Salah's mission was to distribute funds. Sawalha told him who to meet in the Palestinian territories. PAZ: Mohammed Sawalha told Mohammed Salah to look as a respectable businessman, where to hide the suitcase, to take not to fancy hotel, etc, etc, and to be very cautious. WARE: With Sawalha's agreement Salah began distributing about a quarter of a million dollars to local Hamas operatives. Some was ear marked for military activities. Some for missionary dawah. More money was in the pipe line from his bank in Chicago. But the Israeli's had been tracking him. Stopped at a check point as he left Gaza, Salah was arrested. March 1993 WARE: Salah ended up doing nearly 5 years in an Israeli jail, where the Israeli's got a lot out of him about Mohammed Sawalha in London, and Hamas' funding operation. During one interrogation, Salah was taped without his knowledge. Audio recording of Salah's interrogation WARE: Salah refers to Sawalha as Abu Abada Reconstruction SALAH: I made a stop in London to meet with Abu Abada, who is more knowledge about the West Bank's operational activities. See, the operational and the dawah. INTERROGATOR: I didn't understand. One more time. Do you mean that Abu Abada is to be in charge of the dawah and of the movement. SALAH: Yes. WARE: Although Abu Abada, Mohammed Sawalha, was known to MI5, the authorities let him operate freely here. PAZ: Maybe even in London, I would say, he became more important for Hamas than during the period he was in the territories. WARE: In London Hamas and the Islamic charity world were linking up. Mohammed Sawalha had become friendly with the man who was to become boss of Interpal, Essam Yusef. Intelligence sources say that in 1992 they had a visitor from the West Bank. His name was Doctor Mahmoud Ramahi, a senior member of Hamas. (---)

Doctor Qaradawi's followers in London, like the fugitive Hamas commander Mohammed Sawalha, were there to greet him. Al-Jazeera Television WARE: His following in the Middle East is so big that Sheikh Qaradawi has his own talk show on Al Jazeera. He makes no bones about the relationship between charity and politics. 2001 QARADAWI: I don't like this word "donations." I like to call it jihad with money. (---)

The fugitive Hamas commander, Mohammed Sawalha, is perhaps, the most influential Muslim brother in Britain today. He organised the recent Islam expo in London, his latest act of missionary dawah to promote what he describes as the real Islam. But, what exactly does Mohammed Sawalha mean by "real Islam", and how can we explore this without asking him about his background and his real beliefs? Well, we can't, because he won't discuss them. And for all the organiser's warm words about this exhibition promoting dialogue and understanding, in fact the Muslim Brotherhood is exercising tight control. They won't even let us in there. But we found a way in to find Interpal's managing trustee, along with Muslim leaders, and some politicians. The Muslim Brotherhood movement already dominates many Islamic groups here. Islam Expo was a further attempt by the movement to position itself as mainstream. Its followers are foot soldiers to the most influential dawah missionary of political Islam today, Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi. But it is only to Middle East audiences that the Brotherhood's spiritual leader, the Sheikh of the Mujahideen, unveils his prophetic dream. Europe, as he sees it, Islam's next frontier. 1999 YUSUF QARADAWI: So Constantinople has been conquered and now the second part of the prophecy remains, which is the conquest of Rome. This means that Islam will return to Europe once again. Perhaps the next conquest will be the conquest of dawah and ideas. There's no need for conquest to be with the sword. We might conquer these countries without armies. We want armies of dawah preachers and teachers. WARE: Islam is undergoing a huge revival, here and everywhere, and it is the Muslim Brotherhood who are leading it. Welcome to the dawah of political Islam.

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