(Yabiladi) The European Institute of Human Sciences (IESH), which trains imams in France, has been dissolved by the Council of Ministers at the request of Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau. Announcing the decision on Wednesday, Retailleau hailed it as a step against “the infiltration of the Brotherhood movement.” The government accuses the IESH of “promoting radical Islam” and “legitimizing armed jihad.”
The move follows the release earlier this year of a report on Islamist infiltration, which warned of a “threat to national cohesion” posed by networks linked to the Muslim Brotherhood in France. Commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron, the report was vigorously defended by Retailleau, though its methodology sparked debate. The minister pointed to a “bottom-up proliferation of Islamism,” particularly through associations, including those involved in religious training.
