Ali Ghaleb Himmat Explained
Himmat, Ali Ghaleb |
Birth Date: | 16 June 1938 |
Birth Place: | Damascus, Syria |
Occupation: | Businessperson |
Ali Ghaleb Himmat (Arabic: علي غالب همت; born 16 June 1938 in Damascus, Syria) is an Italian businessman who lives in Campione d'Italia, Italy, near Youssef Nada.[1] [2]
Personal life
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Himmat and Nada lived in the United States.[3] In 1990 he received Italian citizenship.[4]
His daughter Huda Himmat was deputy chair of the Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organizations (FEMYSO).[4]
Business activities
Himmat was managing director and co-founder of al Taqwa Bank, a company founded in Lugano in 1988.[3] [5]
Religious activities
According to Ian Denis Johnson, author of the book A Mosque in Munich, Himmat is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe.[1] From 1973 to 2002 Himmat ran the Islamic Community of Germany (IGD).[6] [7] Ibrahim El-Zayat, a former shareholder of the al Taqwa Bank, succeeded Himmat as Chairman of the IGD.[8]
Accusations of criminal activity
In early 2005, Al Taqwa Bank was accused of supporting al Qaeda.[9] [10] In 2005 the Attorney General of Switzerland canceled the criminal proceedings against the two Al Taqwa leaders Youssef Nada and Ghaleb Himmat.[9]
Himmat was removed from the UNSCR 1267 sanctions list on 10 August 2009.[11]
In April 2008 an Egyptian military court sentenced Himmat in absentia to ten years in prison for money laundering and supporting a banned organization.[12] [13] On 26 July 2012, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi pardoned Himmat along with other Muslim Brotherhood officials sentenced by the Mubarak regime.
Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110808122640/http://www.freitag.de/buch-der-woche/die-vierte-moschee/die-parallelen-sind-frappierend Frappierende Parallelen
- http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32003R0866:EN:HTML Commission Regulation (EC) No. 866/2003 of 19 May 2003 amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden
- "Capitalism's Achilles heel: dirty money and how to renew the free-market system" Raymond W. Baker, Verlag John Wiley and Sons, 2005. . Page 125 in Google books [broken link]
- http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Women,-equality-and-Islam:-Rethinking-the-faith-to-meet-the-expectations-of-modern-man-17768.html Women, equality and Islam: Rethinking the faith to meet the expectations of modern man
- http://www.economist.com/node/11057111 Brothers at bay – Egypt's government battles with the Muslim Brotherhood
- Web site: Über uns . 2017-07-01 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20060216113340/http://i-g-d.com/alles/uber%2Bunss2.htm . February 16, 2006 . IGD Webseite.
- http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-20660202.html Guter Muslim
- http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/spiegelspecial/d-56323061.html Wendiger Weltmann
- http://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/Home/Archiv/Verdacht_gegen_Al_Taqwa_nicht_erhaertet.html?cid=4537874 Verdacht gegen Al Taqwa nicht erhärtet
- http://www.swissinfo.ch/ita/multimedia/video/Telegiornale.html?cid=4512796 Nada scagionato
- Web site: SC9730. U.N. Security Council. 10 August 2009. 16 November 2012.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6718001.stm Egyptian Brethren appear in court
- https://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/04/15/egypt-military-court-convicts-opposition-leaders Egypt: Military Court Convicts Opposition Leaders