[3] The first AMAL facilities, including a mosque with 2000-seat capacity, three classrooms, a butcher's shop and a bookstore, was established at 41, rue Neppert 68100 in Mulhouse, where it is currently located.

[4][6][7] The construction of the Mosque al-Nour as well as the whole center relies on Muslim donations only, being France a secular state that does not authorize financial support to religions and cults.

L’Alsace quoted Nasser El Kady, AMAL Vice-president in charge of monitoring the construction works, as declaring that the project supporters have collected over €8 million since 2009.

[4] The collection of donations has taken place primarily through the project website, and has benefited from the public support of prominent sponsors, such as Yusuf al-Qaradawi.

[6][failed verification] Moreover, in a 2013 piece published by L’Opinion French journalist Nathalie Segaune voiced concerns about the public support to the project by Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a well-known preacher whose strong ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and to extremist organizations costed him the possibility to access the U.S. (1999), the UK (2008) and France (2012).

[12][13][14][tone] Finally, the Consortium Against Terrorist Finance (CATF) described Qatar's efforts to fund mosques and cultural institutes across Europe and worldwide as part of the Gulf country's struggle to compete with Saudi Arabia in spreading Salafism and "claiming new territory.