According to the Figaro, the meeting was held in the morning and featured the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, his colleague of national education, Elisabeth Borne, and that of sport, Marie Barsacq. After the first meeting, the Eliseo had made known: “Taking into account the importance of the theme and the severity of the ascertained facts, the President asked the Government to formulate New proposals“. From the commissioned relationship a” threat to national cohesion “emerged with the development of “from the bottom” Islamism by the movement of the Muslim brothers.
Under the pressure of the Republicans of the Rassemblement National (RN), who accuse him of showing weakness in the face of Islamism and Algeria-despite the fact that President Tebboune did not grass the Franco-Algerian writer BoumoM Sansal, sentenced on appeal to five years in prison despite the stall situation established by Paris-Macron intends, with the convocation of this defense council, demonstrate not to remain inactive in the fight against the Islamist emergency. It is, always according to Le Figaro, also a way to resume control of an internal question, in an attempt to make you forget the setbacks of its diplomatic strategy with Algeria since 2017.
A recent report of the French secret services had analyzed the activities of the Muslim brothers -Group born in Egypt in 1928 -Sul national territory, defining them potentially problems for social cohesion. The document, presented to the Ministry of the Interior, underlined an alleged strategy of proselytism and a gradual processing process in some communities, with the risk – according to the authors – to encourage the spread of rules inspired by Sharia.
The content of the relationship had rekindled the debate on political Islam in France. The document attributed to the Muslim brothers a “from below” strategy, described as slow and discreet, aimed at influence society through a communication deemed ambiguous. The Federation of Muslims of France was also mentioned, indicated in the report as a point of reference for the movement on French territory. The organization has always rejected the accusations, defining them unfounded and denied any link with foreign political projects or infiltration strategies.
The French Council of Muslim cult (CFCM) also criticized the conclusions of the document, speaking of a “harmful confusion” for the Muslim community. On the political side, the reactions were radical: the leader of the radical left Jean-Luc Mélenchon denounced an growing climate of Islamophobia, while Jordan Bardella, president of the Rassemblement National, asked for the interdiction of the movement of the Muslim brothers in France and a revision of the tax agreement with Qatar, considered one of the main financiers. Recall that the movement has been forbidden In different countries, including Saudi Arabia and Jordan recently.
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