Murabitun World Movement

[[File:Saq1.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Abdalqadir as-Sufi {{lived|1930|2021}}]]
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The '''Murabitun World Movement'''<ref>Chitwood, Ken. (2017). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318517008_Murabitun_World_Movement Murabitun World Movement]. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0_286-1. ([http://link-springer-com-s.vpn.whu.edu.cn:9440/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0_286-1 Springer])</ref> or '''al-Muraabitoon''' (''Soldiers of Liberation'')<ref name="salafi">Internet Archive; Salafi Marihaj, 2005: [https://archive.org/stream/AlKhutootAlAreedahAnExpositionRefutationOfTheSourcesOfShiism/Al-Muraabitoon%20Movement_djvu.txt Deviant Sects].</ref> is an extremist [[right-wing]] [[Islamic]] sect,<ref name="scotos">Scotland on Sunday; Denis Campbell, November 4, 1995: [https://www.scribd.com/doc/76981731/The-Shadowy-World-of-the-Murabitun-Sect The Shadowy World of the Murabitun Sect]</ref> and cult movement,<ref name="salafi"/> with a history of [[antisemitism]].<ref name="scotos" /> It was founded in [[Spain]] by actor, noted [[Holocaust denier]] and antisemite {{wpl|Abdalqadir as-Sufi|Ian Dallas}} in 1971.<ref name="scotos" /> The sect had followers numbering 10,000 in 21 countries worldwide as of 2018.<ref name="aarhus">Aarhus University; Nils Bubandt, November 13, 2018: [http://sufism.au.dk/research/murabitun%3Aglobalsufismandworldtransformation/ Murabitun: Global Sufism and World Transformation].</ref><ref>Oscar Perez Ventura, [http://www.ieee.es/en/Galerias/fichero/docs_opinion/2012/DIEEEO74-2012__Movimientos_Islamistas_en_Espana_O.Perez_Ventura.pdf Movimientos Islamistas en Espana: el Movimiento Munidal Murabitun, conversos al Islam en Al-Andalus, Instituto Espanol de Estudios Estrategos], 2012, p. 8</ref> It has a presence in the [[UK]], [[Italy]], [[Germany]], [[South Africa]], and [[Mexico]] and elsewhere.<ref name="bidoun">Bidoun; Alexander Provan, 2010: [https://www.bidoun.org/articles/the-golden-compass The Golden Compass: Islam versus global capitalism]. ([http://archive.is/VApSf archive snapshot])</ref> It is one of the most politically active of modern [[Sufi]] sects, and its proponents are highly active on the internet.<ref name="aarhus"/>

==Antisemitism==
A 1999 book by a Spanish journalist titled, ''The Mosque of Babel: The Sufi Nazism from the United Kingdom to the Autonomous Community of Andalucia'',<ref>[Spanish: La mezquita de Babel: El nazismo sufita desde el Reino Unido a la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía]</ref> argued that the Murabitun sect used Islam as a cover for [[neo-Nazism]] led by a man who professes an admiration for [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref name="refworld">Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Mexico: A group named Murabitun (or possible alternate spellings) based in Spain, its affiliations with ETA (Euzkadi ta Akatazuna) and other groups in the Middle East; its presence in Chiapas, and its links with the Zapatistas, 28 February 2002, MEX38247.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be7020.html [accessed 12 April 2019]</ref> The author describes the Murabitun as follows:
{{cquote|Disguised as neo-converts of Islam, hide a sincretic neo-nazi movement between the teachings of historic Sufism and the most aggressive [[nazism]].{{efn|Spanish: disfrazados de neo-conversos al Islam, esconden un movimiento neo-nazi sincrético entre las enseñanzas del sufismo histórico y el nazismo más agresivo}}|||''The Mosque of Babel''}}

In its 1996 report on the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Jewish]] policy group 'Antisemitism and Xenophobia Today' (AXT) noted that the sect engaged in antisemitic activity.<ref name="refworld" />

{{cquote|Al Murabitun (Soldiers of Liberation) is an international group of converts to Islam with bases in Norwich and Inverness. The group, which in the past has published in the name of People Against Interest Debt, is antisemitic and its leaflets have alleged Jewish conspiracies.|||AXT Dec. 1996.<ref name="refworld" />}}

In the United Kingdom, the sect had links to the [[National Front]], a [[far-right]] British political party with a history of antisemitism.<ref name="scotos" />

==Organization==
The sect was founded in the early 1970s by a Scotsman and ex-actor named Ian Dallas, who styles himself as "Abdalqadir as-Sufi".<ref name="salafi"/> As a new religious sect, the Murabitun is almost entirely composed of converts.<ref>Bubandt, N.O. 2009, "Gold for a Golden Age: Sacred Money and Islamic Emancipation in a Global Sufi Order", Social Analysis, vol. 53 nr. 1, s. 103-122.</ref> The sect is divided into areas, each styled as a {{wpl|ribat|''ribāṭ''}} and headed by an Amir.<ref name="salafi"/> The Diwan Press is affiliated with the sect, and publishes books written by members.<ref>[https://www.diwanpress.com/about-us/ Diwan Press: Classical and Contemporary Books on Islam and Sufism]</ref>

===Key people===
* {{wpl|Abdalqadir as-Sufi}} (born Ian Dallas, founder)<ref name="scotos" />
* Uthmaan Abdul-Majeed (Amir of London)<ref name="salafi"/>
* Taariq Abdullaah (Amir of [[Scotland]])<ref name="salafi"/>
* Fazlun Khaalid (Amir of Birimingham)<ref name="salafi"/>
* Idrees Mears (Amir of Norwich)<ref name="salafi"/>
* Yasin Dutton (scholar)<ref name="salafi"/>

====Uthmaan al-Itaalee====
Uthmaan al-Itaalee was a member of the Murabitun who left after members of the sect attempted to assassinate him and his family.<ref name="salafi"/> He wrote a book titled; ''Ian Dallas, The Shaykh Who Has No Clothes'' in which he repudiates the sect and its teachings.<ref>Scribd. [https://www.scribd.com/document/336827693/Ian-Dallas-The-Shaykh-Who-Has-No-Clothes-Sidy-Othman-The-Italian-pdf Ian Dallas — The Shaykh Who Has No Clothes]. Retrieved April 2019.</ref>

====Umar Ibrahim Vadillo====
Umar Ibrahim Vadillo is an influential member of the sect,<ref name="bidoun" /> who is responsible for promotion of the Islamic gold dinar and silver dirham, which underpin the sect's views on ''zakat''. He has written extensively on the subject, and is the director of a [[Money#Cryptocurrency|crypto]] related company called E-dinar.<ref>https://lessknowninfo.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/umar-ibrahim-vadillo/</ref> Umar has also designed many of the gold and silver coinage produced by the sect.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/document/118411417/Professor-Umar-Ibrahim-Vadillo Professor Umar Ibrahim Vadillo (biography and summary)].</ref> In 2003 he published a book titled; ''The Esoteric Deviation in Islam'' on the subject of Islam and the "new religion of [[capitalism]]".<ref>Umar Ibrahim Vadillo; 2003, The Esoteric Deviation in Islam. ISBN-13: 978-0620305693</ref>

==''Zakat''==
{{cquote|The group claims that the revival of the dinar will precipitate the collapse of the world economy and create the foundations for a pious world transformation.<ref name="aarhus"/>}}

It is "possibly the only religious sect in history whose defining article of [[faith]] is a financial theory."<ref>[https://www.wired.com/2002/01/egold/ In Gold We Trust. From gun-wielding libertarians to radical Muslims, an unlikely global cabal is plotting financial revolution. And they're putting their money where the Web is.] by Julian Dibbell (01.01.02; 12:00 pm) ''Wired''.</ref> Their principle tenet is in restoring ''zakat'' (Islamic obligatory alms-giving), but requiring that the ''zakat'' be in the form of [[gold]] (e.g., {{wpl|modern gold dinar}}) or silver. According to the sect, only the gold dinar is a [[halal]] currency.<ref name="aarhus"/>

==See also==
*[[Abd ul-Rahman Lomax]], a former member
*[[Gold standard (economics)]]
*[[Pious fraud]]

==External links==
*{{wpa|Murabitun World Movement}}
*GF Haddad; [http://www.sunnah.org/publication/salafi/vadillo/murabitun.htm The Murabitun & Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani]: Refutation of Umar Vadillo’s ''The Esoteric Deviation in Islam''
*[http://www.ieee.es/en/temas/terrorismo-internacional/2012/DIEEEO74-2012.html Murabitun World Movement] in the IEEE international terrorism database.

==Notes==
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[[Category:Anti-Christian bigotry]]
[[Category:Antisemitism]]
[[Category:Islamic extremism]]
[[Category:Spain]]
[[Category:Islamic fundamentalism]]
[[Category:Islamism]]
[[Category:Racism]]
[[Category:Fascism]]

Categories: Anti-Christian bigotry, Antisemitism, Islamic extremism, Spain, Islamic fundamentalism, Islamism, Racism, Fascism