Islamic Jihad movement has refused a Qatari offer to move office from Syria to Doha, stressing that the movement is sticking to its stance which rejects the interference in Syria’s internal affairs.

Islamic Jihad movement has refused a Qatari offer to move office from Syria to Doha, stressing that the movement is sticking to its stance which rejects the interference in Syria’s internal affairs.

Lebanese daily as-Safir cited a source within the movement as saying that the Islamic Jihad was clinging to its relation with the Syrian regime which put all its capabilities at the hand of the movement.
The source said that the movement refuses targeting and killing of civilians.

About the Qatari offer, the daily said that there were mediators who have granted the movement an offer in which Doha would host the Secretary General Ramadan Abdullah Shallah and the prominent figures in the Islamic Jihad.
However the source said that the Qatari move was not a result of Syria events, noting that Doha has tried to boost relations with the movement, and had hosted Shallah who stayed cautious from these efforts.

The source added that at first Qatar had offered the movement a financial contribution following the Israeli offense on Gaza in the year of 2008.
Doha then told the movement that it was ready to host a representative for the movement and grant him an office, as-Safir said according to the source.

“This offer was granted following Gaza war, and they (Qatari officials) asked us to nominate the movement representative, but the secretary general was cautious, considering the offer an attempt to bring the Islamic Jihad gradually to unknown issues later,” the source said.

He added that the some Qatari associations had promised the movement to support its charitable and health projects in Gaza strip, in addition to projects of free training for the Jihad’s media figures in al-Jazeera channel.