How far has the Muslim Brotherhood infiltrated French society?

3rd July 2025

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How far has the Muslim Brotherhood infiltrated French society?

Dr. Majid Bouden, president of the Association of International Law Lawyers in Paris, revealed the release of recent French security and judicial reports shedding light on the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in the country. He stated that these documents uncovered new information regarding funding networks and ideological attempts to influence certain segments of French society, particularly among immigrants from Muslim cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Speaking in an interview on Extra News channel, Bouden explained that the group is seeking to destabilize French society from within by fostering intellectual and social isolation among young people and certain social groups, pushing them toward withdrawal and the formation of tense, self-contained communities.

He noted that the Brotherhood is working to establish a closed, parallel economy, disconnected from the official economic system and largely based on illegal activities, which are used as a cover to finance their political agenda. He added that the group promotes the idea of the primacy of “Sharia” over republican laws, in open defiance of the state’s values and institutions.

French authorities accuse the group of attempting to create a parallel society within the state, one based on cultural and religious isolation and the imposition of alternative legal references instead of civil law. Security agencies have classified the Muslim Brotherhood as part of the “radical movements threatening the values of the Republic.”

Recently, following intelligence reports on the matter, French authorities have intensified their actions against the group, launching a wide-ranging campaign to combat “Islamist separatism.” This includes monitoring associations linked to the Brotherhood, shutting down certain mosques and educational centers funded from abroad, and reviewing the financial sources of several religious institutions.

Although the group has not been officially banned, it is now under strict surveillance by state agencies, amid growing concerns over its penetration into the fabric of local society and its exploitation of identity and victimhood narratives to justify a closed ideological project at odds with France’s secular values.