Ahmed Huber

Whilst covering the conflict as a journalist, he opened contact with rebel groups.

[1] Returning to Switzerland, he made contact with François Genoud the rightist financier in anti-Israeli activities.

[2] An outspoken admirer of Ayatollah Khomeini, he declared the Iranian leader to be the "living continuation of Adolf Hitler" as part of his attempts to link the European far right to radical Islamism.

[3] Having forged links with the Muslim Brotherhood, Huber became involved in the management of the Al Taqwa Bank in Switzerland.

[4] Huber was a figure in Holocaust denial, provided funding to Jürgen Graf and Ahmed Rami and maintained close links with the Institute for Historical Review, involved in their ultimately failed attempt to host an international Holocaust Denial Conference in Lebanon in 2001.

Huber in 1986