Citizenship

Tunisian group sues French-Tunisian imam for ‘high treason’ over visit to Israel Watchdog demands Hassen Chalghoumi loses citizenship after ‘undermining the prestige of the Tunisian state’

(Middle East Eye) A Tunisian organisation has filed a legal complaint against French-Tunisian imam Hassen Chalghoumi and called for him to be stripped of his Tunisian citizenship following his recent visit to Israel in the midst of its onslaught on Gaza. Chalghoumi, the […]

Clerics & Preachers

European Muslim leaders visit Yad Vashem in Jerusalem The group laid a wreath and lit an eternal flame in honor of the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its allies during the Holocaust.

(JNS) A group of European imams and senior Muslim leaders visited Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust remembrance center on Tuesday, where they laid a wreath in honor of the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust. The delegation — visiting the Jewish state […]

Academics & Education

French Islamic school shuts after raid as Macron takes hard line on Muslim Brotherhood IESH has seen its assets frozen and hard drives taken

(National-UAE) France’s European Institute of Social Sciences (IESH), historically linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, has voluntarily disbanded after government accusations of alleged terrorism links and illicit financing, an insider has told the National. The announcement comes as President Emmanuel Macron intensifies his […]

Clerics & Preachers

Group of Europe-based imams visits Israel, bearing ‘message of peace’ Delegation meets President Herzog; will spend a week touring the country, and meeting military, political and religious authorities, victims of October 7

(Times of Israel) When Imam Youssef Masbeh introduced himself to President Isaac Herzog on Monday, he could not help but start singing a special chant in Arabic, offering a reinterpretation of the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah. Masbeh, who has served as a […]

Academics & Education

Macron moves to shut down suspected Muslim Brotherhood institutions in France French president under pressure from political allies to toughen his stance on group

(National-UAE) The French government on Monday said it would take new measures to tackle the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence in France, including the disbanding of endowment funds and a new asset-freeze mechanism. An official 74-page report on the Muslim Brotherhood “required more ambitious […]

Law Enforcement

French court upholds life sentence for man linked to jihadist murder of police couple The Paris Special Criminal Court on Saturday upheld a life sentence for a man found guilty of being complicit in the 2016 murder of two police officers in front of their three-year-old child.

(France 24) A French court on Saturday upheld a life sentence for a man convicted for his part in the 2016 killing of a police couple at their home in front of their young child. In 2023, Mohamed Lamine Aberouz, a Franco-Moroccan, […]

Demonstrations

Brussels mayor told of pro-terror content of Samidoun’s Resistance Festival prior to event This comes despite Mayor Spinette of Saint-Gilles claiming that 'the information in our possession did not allow for a priori prohibition without jeopardizing freedom of expression.'

(Jerusalem Post) The mayor of the Brussels municipality in which Samidoun’s reenactment of the October 7 massacre took place had been informed before the day of the event’s expected nature, despite claiming there was no indication that such scenes would occur. This […]

Demonstrations

‘Stop bombing Iran’: Pro-regime protests take place in London, Paris, Berlin The Bronx Anti-War Coalition has planned a 'solidarity with Iran' rally for New York's Times Square on Monday.

(Jerusalem Post) Against the backdrop of the current war, multiple pro-Iranian regime rallies have taken place in major cities worldwide, with demonstrators expressing support for the Islamic Republic and condemnation of Israel. Pro-Palestine protesters rallied in London’s Parliament Square on Saturday shouting […]

Children & Teens

French Muslim teens sentenced to 7, 9 years in prison for gang raping Jewish girl Two French Muslim teenagers who raped a 12-year-old Jewish girl in 2024 have been sentenced to seven and nine years in prison.

(Jerusalem Post) Two French Muslim teenagers who raped a 12-year-old Jewish girl in 2024 have been sentenced to seven years and nine years in prison, respectively. The sentence was handed down on Friday in Nanterre juvenile court, following a three-day trial. These […]

Children & Teens

France’s Afghan migration crisis: Even left-wing official breaks ranks A senior official with communist roots says what many fear: Afghan immigration is tearing at the fabric of French society.

(European Conservative) The alarming warnings about mass migration are no longer limited to right-wing circles. A former French prefect responsible for equal opportunities, who comes from the left, is alarmed by the massive influx of migrants from Afghanistan, which he believes threatens […]

Children & Teens

French Muslim teenagers tried in court over antisemitic gang rape of 12-year-old girl The boys, aged between 13 and 14, are charged with gang rape, sexual assault, violence, extortion and death threats as well as capturing, recording, or transmitting intimate images.

(Jerusalem Post) The trial of three French Muslim teenagers charged with the antisemitic gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl began in juvenile court in Nanterre. Two boys aged 13 and 14 are charged with gang rape, sexual assault, violence, extortion, death […]

Government & Politics

French experts recommend Palestinian state recognition as option to ‘appease’ French Muslims The report stated that the recognition could also serve as a symbolic gesture aimed at bridging the growing divide between France's Jewish and Muslim communities.

(Jerusalem Post) An experts’ report, commissioned by the French Ministry of Interior, recommended that France formally recognize the state of Palestine in order to “appease” Muslim voters and calm internal tensions, as part of a broader report on the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence […]

Academics & Education

As election wrangling heats up, French pols draw on old foe: headscarves Politicians including presidential contenders are backing expanded controls on hijabs, abayas and burkinis — part of ongoing bids to woo voters concerned about France's tradition of laïcité, or secularism.

(Courthouse News) In modern French politics, little is certain. But there is one constant: The debate over the veil — the headscarf that Muslim women might wear in various forms — will always resurface. With the presidential election approaching in 2027 and […]

Academics & Education

Islam-critical academics hounded into silence in France with help from a complicit left A major report has shone a light on the 'professional denigration' and 'moral harassment' of French academics working on Islamism.

(European Conservative) Less than a fortnight after Emmanuel Macron downplayed the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood and suggested an official report on Islamist infiltration could result in “conspiracy theories or paranoia,” a major report has shone a light on the “professional denigration” […]

Children & Teens

Islamists recruit at-risk children from French emergency shelters The overwhelmed and poorly trained staff leave the field open to recruiters of all kinds, such as preachers close to the Muslim Brotherhood.

(European Conservative) Amid a rise in militant Muslim fundamentalism, French facilities for vulnerable children appear to be deliberately targeted by Islamist recruiters, who see them as perfect candidates for radicalisation. This concern comes after reports highlighting other numerous shortcomings of the child […]

Government & Politics

Qatar under Israeli attack for supporting radical Islam at CPAC conference in Hungary Chikli referred to the financing that radical Islamic organizations tied to the Brotherhood are getting from EU institutions and declared: 'Europe is financing its own death.'

(Jerusalem Post) Israeli speakers participating in the fourth CPAC conference in the Hungarian capital, gathering leaders of patriotic and sovereigntist parties from Europe and the Americas, harshly attacked Qatar for its massive support of spreading radical Islam in the West and intentionally […]

Children & Teens

French PM blasts predecessor’s proposal to ban headscarves for most children Gabriel Attal, who now heads the French president’s centrist political party, floated banning headscarves for women younger than 15.

(Politico) French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday delivered a scathing critique of his predecessor and centrist ally Gabriel Attal’s proposal to ban Muslim headscarves for minors under 15. Attal, the leader of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance political party, publicly floated the […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

French Muslims feel unsafe from ‘constant suspicion’: Muslim group The French Council of the Muslim Faith urges ‘lucid assessment’ of ‘threat’ to Muslims, ‘better identification of the actors’ spreading it

(Anadolu) The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) on Wednesday warned that Muslim citizens in France feel increasingly exposed to “constant suspicion,” following the publication of excerpts from a government-commissioned report on political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood. “Many Muslim citizens […]

Government & Politics

Furious Macron dressed down ministers after botched leak of Muslim Brotherhood report The tirade was a clear warning to Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.

(Politico) A visibly angry Emmanuel Macron blasted his ministers during a defense cabinet meeting Wednesday after a botched release of a report into the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in France, according to a high-ranking government official. A second official, who, like […]

Government & Politics

Leaked Muslim Brotherhood report criticized as ‘alarmist’ by academics and civil society The document alleges that the Egypt-based Islamist organization is attempting to influence policymakers as part of the group’s long-held goal of establishing a state governed by Islamic law.

(Politico) Academics and representatives from France’s Muslim community are denouncing a leaked government report on the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the country and across Europe. The report, commissioned [by] the French government last year, alleges that the Egypt-based Islamist organization […]

Academics & Education

France finally admits Muslim Brotherhood threat after decades of silence An Islamic network grew in plain sight while the elites looked the other way.

(European Conservative) For decades, mass immigration from the Muslim world was observed in France with a mix of ideological condescension and institutional passivity. Under the pretext of diversity and tolerance, growing signs of radicalization and Islamist infiltration were ignored — if not […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups tried to influence EU: report French authorities allege the Islamist group has gone to great lengths to push its fundamentalist agenda in France and throughout Europe.

(Politico) A bombshell report from the French authorities alleges that organizations with links to the Muslim Brotherhood have been attempting to influence European Union institutions through “significant lobbying activities.” A version of the document seen by POLITICO before its official publication says […]