Ali Ghaleb Himmat

Ali Ghaleb Himmat (Arabic علي غالب همت; born June 16, 1938 in Damascus, Syria ) is an Italian businessman. He lives in Campione d' Italia, Italy, near the Youssef Nada. At least 2001 he lived in a luxury villa. He lived like Nada in the late 1970s and the early 1980s in the United States. In 1990 he received the Italian citizenship. His daughter Huda Himmat was deputy chairman of the Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organizations ( FEMYSO ).

Religious activity

According to Ian Johnson, the author of the book The fourth Mosque Himmat belongs to the Egyptian part of the Muslim Brotherhood. It ran from 1973 to 2002, the Islamic Community in Germany.

Himmat was Managing Director and a founder of the company was founded in 1988 al - Taqwa. Al- Taqwa was based in Lugano, and she was accused of having Al Qaeda supported. A former shareholder of Al Taqwa, was Ibrahim El -Zayat, his successor as Chairman of the Islamic Community in Germany. 2005, (BA ) the criminal case on suspicion of participation and / or supporting a criminal organization against the two Nada / Al Taqwa leaders Youssef Nada and Ghaleb Himmat, a Swiss federal prosecutor. The belonging to the right-wing scene Ahmed Huber sat on the board of al - Taqwa.

In April 2008, Himmat was sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison in an Egyptian military court proceedings for membership and support of illegal organizations and money laundering.