Google and Apple are facing renewed scrutiny from European officials for their
failure to remove—and ban in entirety—the Muslim Brotherhood-sponsored


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Tech & Terrorism: Officials Call For Ban Of ‘Euro Fatwa’ App Created By Muslim
Brotherhood

(New York, N.Y.) – Google and Apple are facing renewed scrutiny from European
officials for theirfailure
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to remove—and ban in entirety—the Muslim Brotherhood-sponsored app, Euro
Fatwa. The intensifying pressure comes after months of  repeated government
warnings that the app contains hate speech and potentially serves as a tool for
Islamist radicalization. Euro Fatwa was developed by the European Council for
Fatwa and Research, an organization founded byYusuf al-Qaradawi
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theologian and the unofficial chief ideologue of theMuslim Brotherhood
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Despite Euro Fatwa’s clear ties to an extremist who has called for the murder
of Americans, gay people, and Jews, Google and Apple have refused to take down
the app. Through verified accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, as well
as his personal websites, Qaradawi releases his writings, speeches, and fatwas
to promote extreme positions justifying violent terrorism, call for the murder
of U.S. citizens in Iraq and for Muslims around the world to travel to Syria to
take up arms.

 

Counter Extremism Project (CEP) senior director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler
admonished
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major tech companies for their inability to sustainably combat online
extremism, including dangerous apps like Euro Fatwa. In a conversation withThe
National, Dr. Schindler said, “Self-regulation has clearly failed and existing
regulations should be strengthened. As long as there is not a more stringent
regulatory framework, including fines that are significant, and far more
transparency in the industry, issues such as the Euro Fatwa App will remain
unresolved.”

 

Previously, CEP spotlighted Qaradawi’s significant presence
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on social media. CEP has alsodocumented
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and organizations with ties to Qaradawi. Qaradawi has declared that the
“abduction and killing of Americans in Iraq is a [religious] obligation” and
defended suicide bombings as “heroic operations of martyrdom.” Qaradawi has
also called for Muslims around the world to become foreign fighters in Syria
and supported “jihad until death” against Israel. Qaradawi-led organizations
have provided ideological and material support to terrorist groups. The U.S.
government designated the Qaradawi-chaired Union of Good charity in 2008 for
providing financial support to Hamas.

 

To read CEP’s Extremism Spotlight on Yusuf al-Qaradawi, please click here
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To read CEP’s resource, Yusuf al-Qaradawi’s Ties To Extremists, please click
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