(Middle East Eye) The French government dissolved on Wednesday French Muslim charity BarakaCity, government officials said, amid high tensions in the country following the murder of a teacher earlier this month.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed on Twitter that the NGO was shut down during a Council of Ministers meeting on Wednesday.
Darmanin justified the move over the NGO’s alleged ties to the “radical Islamist movement” and its “revelling in justifying terrorist acts” — accusations BarakaCity has rejected.
Details outlined in the decree shared by Darmanin accused BarakaCity and its founder Idriss Sihamedi of “disseminating … hateful, discriminatory and violent ideas” via its social media accounts.
