(National-UAE) A vice president of the European Parliament has urged a suspension of funding to Islamic Relief while its alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood are investigated.
Nicola Beer wrote to the European Commission and said it was unacceptable for Islamic Relief to receive funding if it has connections to the Muslim Brotherhood.
“European funds must not fall into the hands of organisations that are responsible for anti-Semitism or other hatred,” she said.
The German lawyer, who is a member of the Free Democratic Party and has served as a member of the European Parliament since 2019, asked for an investigation into the co-operation between the Commission’s Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG Echo) and NGOs with links to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.
