ABU DHABI // The Cabinet has approved a list of terrorist organisations and groups following the implementation of Federal Law No 7 for 2014 on combating terrorist crimes.
The law was issued by President Sheikh Khalifa and the Cabinet’s own resolution on the designation of terrorist organisations that allows the publication of such lists in the media for the purposes of transparency and to raise awareness about these organisations.
The following list of organistations deemed terrorist has been approved by the Cabinet:
The UAE Muslim Brotherhood.
Al Islah (or Da’wat Al-Islah).
Fatah Al Islam (Lebanon).
Associazione Musulmani Italiani (Association of Italian Muslims).
Khalaya Al Jihad Al Emirati (Emirati Jihadist Cells).
Osbat Al Ansar (the League of the Followers) in Lebanon.
The Finnish Islamic Association (Suomen Islam-seurakunta).
Alkarama organisation.
Al Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM or Tanzim al-Qa‘idah fi Bilad al-Maghrib Al-Islami).
The Muslim Association of Sweden (Sveriges muslimska forbund, SMF)
Hizb Al Ummah (The Ommah Party or Nation’s Party) in the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula
Ansar Al Sharia in Libya (ASL, Partisans of Islamic Law).
The Islamic Council Norway (Islamsk Rad Norge, IRN).
Al Qaeda.
Ansar Al Sharia in Tunisia (AST, Partisans of Sharia) in Tunisia.
Islamic Relief UK.
Daesh (ISIL).
Harakat Al Shabaab Al Mujahideen (HSM) in Somalia (Mujahideen Youth Movement)
The Cordoba Foundation (TCF) in Britain.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
Boko Haraam (Jamaatu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad) in Nigeria.
Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) of the Global Muslim Brotherhood.
Jamaat Ansar Al Sharia (Partisans of Sharia) in Yemen.
Al Mourabitoun (The Sentinels) group in Mali.
Tehrik-I-Taliban Pakistan (Taliban Movement of Pakistan).
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) organisation and groups.
Ansar Al Dine (Defenders of the faith) movement in Mali.
Abu Dhar Al-Ghifari Battalion in Syria.
Jamaa Islamic in Egypt (AKA Al-Gama at al-Islamiyya, The Islamic Group, IG).
The Haqqani Network in Pakistan.
Al-Tawheed Brigade (Brigade of Unity, or Monotheism) in Syria.
Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis (ABM, Supporters of the Holy House or Jerusalem) and now rebranded as Wilayat Sinai (Province or state in the Sinai).
Lashkar-i-Taiba (Soldiers, or Army of the Pure, or of the Righteous).
Al Tawhid Wal-Eman battalion (Battaltion of Unity, or Monotheism, and Faith) in Syria.
Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt) group.
The East Turkistan Islamic Movement in Pakistan (ETIM), AKA the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), Turkistan Islamic Movement (TIM).
Katibat al-Khadra in Syria (the Green Battaltion).
Majlis Shura Al-Mujahedeen Fi Aknaf Bayt Al-Maqdis (the Mujahedeen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem, or MSC).
Jaish-e-Mohammed (The Army of Muhammad).
Abu Bakr Al Siddiq Brigade in Syria.
The Houthi Movement in Yemen.
Jaish-e-Mohammed (The Army of Muhammad) in Pakistan and India.
Talha Ibn ‘Ubaid-Allah Compnay in Syria.
Hizbollah Al Hijaz in Saudi Arabia.
Al Mujahideen Al Honoud in Kashmor/ India (The Indian Mujahideen, IM).
Al Sarim Al Battar Brigade in Syria.
Hizbollah in the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus (Caucasus Emirate or Kavkaz and Chechen jihadists).
The Abdullah bin Mubarak Brigade in Syria.
Al Qaeda in Iran.
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).
Qawafil Al-shuhada (Caravans of martyrs).
The Badr Organisation in Iraq.
Abu Sayyaf Organisation in the Philippines.
Abu Omar Brigade in Syria.
Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq in Iraq (The Leagues of the Righteous).
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Ahrar Shoummar Brigade in Syria (Brigade of the free men of the Shoummar Tribe).
Hizbollah Brigades in Iraq.
CANVAS organisation in Belgrade, Serbia.
The Sarya al-Jabal Brigade in Syria.
Liwa Abu al-Fadl Al-Abbas (rigade of Abu al-Fadl Al-Abbas) in Syria.
The Muslim American Society (MAS).
Al Shahba’ Brigade in Syria.
Liwa Al-Youm al-Maw’oud in Iraq (Brigade of Judgement Day).
International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) : Al Ka’kaa’ Bigade in Syria.
Liwa Ammar bin Yasser (Ammar bin Yasser Brigade).
Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe.
Sufyan Al Thawri Brigade.
Ansar al-Islam Group in Iraq (Partisans of Islam).
Union of Islamic Organisations of France (L’Union des Organisations Islamiques de France, UOIF).
Ebad ar-Rahman Brigade (Brigade of Soldiers of Allah) in Syria.
Jabhat Al Nusra (Al-Nusra Front) in Syria.
Muslim Association of Britain (MAB).
Omar Ibn al-Khattab Battalion in Syria.
Harakat Ahrar ash-Sham Al Islami (Islamic Movement of the Free Men of the Levant).
Islamic Society of Germany (Islamische Gemeinschaft Deutschland).
Al Shayma’ Battaltion in Syria.
Jaysh Al Islam in Palestine (The Army of Islam in Palestine)
The Islamic Society in Denmark (Det Islamiske Trossamfund, DIT).
Katibat Al-Haqq (Brigade of the Righteous).
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades.
The League of Muslims in Belgium (La Ligue des Mussulmans de Belgique, LMB)
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The flights
Etihad, Emirates and Singapore Airlines fly direct from the UAE to Singapore from Dh2,265 return including taxes. The flight takes about 7 hours.
The hotel
Rooms at the M Social Singapore cost from SG $179 (Dh488) per night including taxes.
The tour
Makan Makan Walking group tours costs from SG $90 (Dh245) per person for about three hours. Tailor-made tours can be arranged. For details go to www.woknstroll.com.sg
Mercer, the investment consulting arm of US services company Marsh & McLennan, expects its wealth division to at least double its assets under management (AUM) in the Middle East as wealth in the region continues to grow despite economic headwinds, a company official said.
Mercer Wealth, which globally has $160 billion in AUM, plans to boost its AUM in the region to $2-$3bn in the next 2-3 years from the present $1bn, said Yasir AbuShaban, a Dubai-based principal with Mercer Wealth.
“Within the next two to three years, we are looking at reaching $2 to $3 billion as a conservative estimate and we do see an opportunity to do so,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Mercer does not directly make investments, but allocates clients’ money they have discretion to, to professional asset managers. They also provide advice to clients.
“We have buying power. We can negotiate on their (client’s) behalf with asset managers to provide them lower fees than they otherwise would have to get on their own,” he added.
Mercer Wealth’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and insurance companies among others.
From its office in Dubai, Mercer also looks after Africa, India and Turkey, where they also see opportunity for growth.
Wealth creation in Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew 8.5 per cent to $8.1 trillion last year from $7.5tn in 2015, higher than last year’s global average of 6 per cent and the second-highest growth in a region after Asia-Pacific which grew 9.9 per cent, according to consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In the region, where wealth grew just 1.9 per cent in 2015 compared with 2014, a pickup in oil prices has helped in wealth generation.
BCG is forecasting MEA wealth will rise to $12tn by 2021, growing at an annual average of 8 per cent.
Drivers of wealth generation in the region will be split evenly between new wealth creation and growth of performance of existing assets, according to BCG.
Another general trend in the region is clients’ looking for a comprehensive approach to investing, according to Mr AbuShaban.
“Institutional investors or some of the families are seeing a slowdown in the available capital they have to invest and in that sense they are looking at optimizing the way they manage their portfolios and making sure they are not investing haphazardly and different parts of their investment are working together,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Some clients also have a higher appetite for risk, given the low interest-rate environment that does not provide enough yield for some institutional investors. These clients are keen to invest in illiquid assets, such as private equity and infrastructure.
“What we have seen is a desire for higher returns in what has been a low-return environment specifically in various fixed income or bonds,” he said.
“In this environment, we have seen a de facto increase in the risk that clients are taking in things like illiquid investments, private equity investments, infrastructure and private debt, those kind of investments were higher illiquidity results in incrementally higher returns.”
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the largest sovereign wealth funds, said in its 2016 report that has gradually increased its exposure in direct private equity and private credit transactions, mainly in Asian markets and especially in China and India. The authority’s private equity department focused on structured equities owing to “their defensive characteristics.”
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Tightening the screw on rogue recruiters
The UAE overhauled the procedure to recruit housemaids and domestic workers with a law in 2017 to protect low-income labour from being exploited.
Only recruitment companies authorised by the government are permitted as part of Tadbeer, a network of labour ministry-regulated centres.
A contract must be drawn up for domestic workers, the wages and job offer clearly stating the nature of work.
The contract stating the wages, work entailed and accommodation must be sent to the employee in their home country before they depart for the UAE.
The contract will be signed by the employer and employee when the domestic worker arrives in the UAE.
Only recruitment agencies registered with the ministry can undertake recruitment and employment applications for domestic workers.
Penalties for illegal recruitment in the UAE include fines of up to Dh100,000 and imprisonment
But agents not authorised by the government sidestep the law by illegally getting women into the country on visit visas.
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