Ahmed Huber

Ahmed Huber (25 March 1927 – 15 May 2008), born Albert Friedrich Armand Huber, was a Swiss-German journalist and convert to Islam, who was active in both Islamist and far-right politics, including with Neo-Nazism. He gained international notoriety in 2001, when he was accused by the United States government of funding Al Qaeda's terrorist activities through the Al Taqwa Bank of which he was one of five managers.

Early life and education Albert Friedrich Armand Huber was born in Fribourg, Switzerland, in 1927. Huber was raised in a staunchly Protestant family.

Career Huber was a member of the Swiss Socialist Party and strongly supported Algerian independence during the Algerian War. Whilst covering the conflict as a journalist, he opened contact with rebel groups. Through this connection, he became interested in Islam and embraced the religion. 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.

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

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.