A list of parties, structures, and movements
that Were believed to be a part of "banned ideological international
groups" was made public by the Interior Ministry in an order. Among
others, there are groups like the Islamic State, the global Muslim Brotherhood,
Al-Qaida, Boko Haram, or movements connected to Shiite networks like the Houthi
in Yemen. The structures connected to the Hezbollah movement that operates in
the Gulf states are also present.
According to a directive signed on February 9
by the Minister of the Interior, Fakridine Mahamoud, 69 organisations operating
globally as members of "banned ideological international groups" are
now forbidden from entering Comoros.
The Islamic State group, the global Muslim
Brotherhood, Al-Qaida, Boko Haram, movements connected to Shiite networks like
the Houthi in Yemen, and all groups connected to the Hezbollah movement
operating in Gulf states are just a few of the names on this list.
Moreover, It has been stated that
"Comoros should make a strong signal in their will to combat banned
ideologies in all of its manifestations, it's financing, and take on all the
structures which are engaged in financing criminal operations."
Notably, the Interior Minister recently hosted
and conducted a workshop in Moroni to generate ideas for the early
implementation of the Money Laundering Law.
Targeted entities have settled in the Middle
East and have established branches and powerful networks not only in Europe and
Africa but also in some Asian nations and even in the Gulf of Aden region near
the Indian Ocean. This blacklist, the first made public by the Comorian
authorities, includes the Aqmi group (Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb), the
Al-Qaida organisation in the Arabian Peninsula (Aqpa), and Al-Shabaabi,
suspected of supporting and supplying groups operating in the Mozambique Canal
in Cabo Delgado.