Ahmed Huber

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Ahmed Huber (born 1927) is a Swiss-German banker and journalist, who converted to Islam and is said to be a leading spokesman for the neo-Nazi International.

1 Biography
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Born Albert Friedrich Armand Huber in Freiburg, Switzerland to parents of Protestant religious background. In the late 1950's he became involved the Swiss Socialist Party and assisted anti-French rebels from Algeria that came to Switzerland to purchase weapons. His involvement with the Algerian rebels caused him to develop an interest in Islam. He converted in Geneva at an Islamic center run by the Muslim Brotherhood. However, he was later convinced by Egypt's Swiss ambassador Fathi al-Dhib to abandon the Muslim Brotherhood in favor of moving to Egypt and assisting the regime of Gamal Abdel Nasser. Huber would later marry al-Dhib's daughter.

After spending time in the Middle East, Huber abandoned any favorable opinions he had toward Israel. While in Egypt he met Amin al-Husayni, the former Mufti of Jerusalem and a former associate of German dictator Adolf Hitler. Al-Husayni gave Huber an alternative view on Hitler and the Third Reich, causing him to adopt a very favorable view of the Nazi movement and Hitler. While in Egypt he also befriended Johann von Leers, a former official in the Nazi Propaganda Ministry who had moved to Egypt (finding work as a propaganda official in the Egyptian government) and converted to Islam under the name Umar Amin von Leers.

After returning to Switzerland, he became friends with Swiss banker François Genoud. Genoud was an open Nazi sympathizer and possessed the copyright to the works of Hitler, Goebbels, and Martin Bormann. Genoud was also an associate of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez (better known as Carlos the Jackal). At this time (the 1970's), Huber once again became involved in Swiss politics. He worked with the Swiss Left and the Bern Nonconformists to push for an anti-American and anti-Israel agenda. He was later expelled from the Swiss Socialist Party for "Khomeinism, anti-Feminism, and contact with radical rightists." This was due to his open support for Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa against Salman Rushdie.

Huber later became involved with members of Muslim Brotherhood again. Together with Brotherhood members Youssef Moustafa Nada and Ali Ghalib Himmat he helped establish the Al Taqwa Bank in Switzerland. The Al Taqwa Bank has garnered much controversy in recent years. Investors in Al Taqwa include members of the Kuwaiti royal family as well as members of the family of Osama bin Laden and Qatar-based cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Huber and the Al Taqwa Bank have also been accused by the American government of funding al-Qaeda. Huber denies these charges but has publicly praised Osama bin Laden and the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington ^{[citation needed]}. Al Taqwa Bank was later renamed Nada Management Corporation.

Ahmed Huber has also been a strong proponent of Holocaust denial. He has close relations with such denial figures as Jürgen Graf, a leading Swiss denier, and the Moroccan dissident Ahmed Rami, who runs the Swedish based Radio Islam. In early 2001, Huber collaborated with the American-based Institute for Historical Review to plan to have a conference in Lebanon to bring together both Western and Muslim Holocaust deniers. International pressure, however, forced the Lebanese government to cancel the event. Huber has also been a leading advocate for cooperation between the far right and neo-Nazi groups with Islamist organizations against America and Israel.

[edit] References

Michael, George (2006), The Enemy of My Enemy: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right (University Press of Kansas, ISBN 0-7006-1444-3).