Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe#FEMYSO

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The Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE) was founded by the Muslim Brotherhood in 1989.{{cite book|last1=Jenkins|first1=J|last2=Farr|first2=C|title=Muslim Brotherhood Review: Main Findings (point 31)|date=2015|publisher=Government of UK|location=London|isbn=9781474127127|page=8|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486932/Muslim_Brotherhood_Review_Main_Findings.pdf|access-date=16 February 2018|ref=c_farr_pt31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122132105/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486932/Muslim_Brotherhood_Review_Main_Findings.pdf|archive-date=22 January 2018|quote=Muslim Brotherhood organisations in the UK –including charities –are connected to counterparts elsewhere in Europe. MAB are associated with the Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe (FIOE), established by the Muslim Brotherhood in 1989. FIOE subsequently created the European Council for Fatwa and Research, another pan European Muslim Brotherhood body, intended to providereligious and social guidance to Muslims living in Europe.}} FIOE subsequently created the European Council for Fatwa and Research, a pan European Muslim Brotherhood organisation which provides guidance to Muslims in Europe. According to its website, it has "hundreds of member organizations spread across 28 European States, all subscribing to a common belief in a methodology based on moderation and balance, which represents the tolerance of Islam"{{cite web|url=http://www.fioe.org/ShowPage_en.php?id=1&img=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031051726/http://www.fioe.org/ShowPage_en.php?id=1&img=1|title=About Us|publisher=Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe|archive-date=31 October 2011}} The FIOE has a headquarters office in Brussels and has had some success in positioning itself as a dialog partner for the EU and other important institutions.Steve Merley [http://www.globalmbwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The-Federation-of-Islamic-Organizations-in-Europe.pdf "The Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe"], The NEFA Foundation (1 October 2008). Retrieved 16 April 2016. Funding for the FIOE is derived largely from Gulf sources, including the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation and the Waqf Ministry in Kuwait. In February 2014, the FIOE elected Abdallah Ben Mansour as its new President replacing Chakib Ben Makhlouf.{{cite web|url=http://www.fioe.org/ShowNews_en.php?id=127|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914104452/http://www.fioe.org/ShowNews_en.php?id=127|title= Election of Mr Benmansour as new President of FIOE |publisher=Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe|archive-date=14 September 2014}}

Organization structure

In 2008 according to the EU Observer, FIOE represented some 29 Muslim organisations, mostly Sunni along with more than 1000 local groups among which were Muslim Association of Britain (MAB), Muslims of France (UOIF), and Islamic Community of Germany.

Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe organisation structure in 2018:{{Cite book|url=https://www.msb.se/Upload/Kunskapsbank/Studier/Islamic%20activism%20in%20a%20multicultural%20context.pdf|title=Islamic activism in a multicultural context – ideological continuity or change? MSB1189|last=Aje Carlbom|publisher=Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency|date=March 2018|isbn=9789173838115|page=22 / Figure 2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318054733/https://www.msb.se/Upload/Kunskapsbank/Studier/Islamic%20activism%20in%20a%20multicultural%20context.pdf|archive-date=18 March 2018}}

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Activities

The FIOE was the sponsor of an initiative known as the Muslims of Europe Charter which was signed by more than four hundred Muslim organizations from all European countries and announced in Brussels in January 2008. A FIOE spokesman describe the document as "a message to government and the rest of society, but also directed at Muslims within Europe," "It describes how we should act as positive citizens in the societies in which we live and not be a threat." The document outlined 26 points which aimed at disconnecting links between Islam and violence as well as giving a definition of jihad.Teresa Küchler and Leigh Philips [http://euobserver.com/news/25444 "400 groups sign charter for European Muslims"], euobserver.com (14 January 2008). Retrieved 16 April 2016.

In 2011, it published an eulogy for Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy on its homepage, whom it described as a "prominent thinker".{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/International/European-Islamic-group-praises-Holocaust-denier|title=European Islamic group praises Holocaust-denier - International news - Jerusalem Post|website=www.jpost.com|access-date=2018-12-16}}{{Cite web|url=http://fioe.org/fioe-mourns-prominent-thinker-roger-garaudy|title=Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe {{!}} FIOE mourns the prominent thinker, Roger Garaudy|website=fioe.org|access-date=2018-12-16}}

Ties to Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas

FIOE has been described by Lorenzo Vidino as "de facto, the overarching organization for new Western Muslim Brotherhood groups in Europe."{{cite book|last1=Vidino|first1=Lorenzo|title=The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West|date=25 August 2010|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231151269|page=51|edition=First|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OK_GAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA51}} According to Vidino, the FIOE founders and main members are new Western Muslim Brotherhood organizations such as the Union of Islamic Organisations of France the Islamic Community of Germany, and the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) and that its board members include new Western Brothers such as Ahmed Jaballah and Ibrahim El-Zayat. In 2005, the FIOE President Ahmed Al-Rawi told the Wall Street Journal regarding the relationship of FIOE with the Muslim Brotherhood, "We are interlinked with them with a common point of view," he said. "We have a good close relationship."Ian Johnson, [http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/05363/629642.stm "Islamic group's ties reveal Europe's challenge"], The Wall Street Journal (December 29, 2005). Retrieved 16 April 2016. Ayman Aly, the FIOE Secretary-General, is a senior member of the Guidance Bureau of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood as well as a former adviser to the deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.

According to a US organization, the FIOE also has ties to Hamas and Hamas fund-raising organizations

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20141104183323/http://www.fioe.org/ FIOE web site]
[http://www.methaq.eu/introduction_en.html Muslims of Europe Charter]

Category:1989 establishments in Europe

Category:Islamic organizations established in 1989

Category:Islamic organizations in Europe

Category:Organisations based in Brussels

Category:Organizations affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood