France dissolves Muslim NGO BarakaCity The organisation has rejected accusations of inciting terrorism, says it will fight the decision 'until the very end'

October 28, 2020 and   

(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.

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