DUBAI: Hard-liners detained in the UAE have confessed to forming a secret organization that includes a military wing aimed at establishing an Islamic state, a newspaper reported yesterday.
Members of the banned Al-Islah, or Reform, association, said they planned to topple the UAE regime, Alkhaleej daily said, citing unnamed sources close to the investigation.
“Investigations have revealed that the structure of the organization included committees and local branches in every emirate, as well as consultative and executive councils and a military wing,” said Alkhaleej. The group admitted a plot aimed at “seizing power and establishing a religious state or a Caliphate” — the political system improvised by early Muslims in the 7th century.
The organization had also been acting “in high-level coordination with the organizations of the Muslim Brotherhood in three other Gulf states,” said the report.
“The Muslim Brotherhood in the UAE recently received 10 million dirhams ($2.72 million) from its counterparts in the Gulf, because it is currently going through a tough time,” it added.
Other UAE newspapers reported matching statements also attributed to sources close to the investigation.
UAE hard-liners admit to forming military wing
