In Amman, a protest against President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip, February 14, 2025. (Credit: Khalil Mazraawi/AFP)
In late May, France's Interior Ministry published a report titled "Frères musulmans et islamisme politique en France" (The Muslim Brotherhood and Political Islam in France) that has sparked considerable debate. While the report acknowledges the movement’s real but waning influence, the government and segments of the political class have presented it as evidence that the Brotherhood’s “entryism” poses a threat to republican institutions and social cohesion.This framing may come as a surprise, not only because the document itself cautions against exaggerating the phenomenon, but also because the organization and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) movement appear, at least in their 'home' region of Egypt and across the Arab world, to have been in clear decline since the 2013 coup that ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi....
In late May, France's Interior Ministry published a report titled "Frères musulmans et islamisme politique en France" (The Muslim Brotherhood and Political Islam in France) that has sparked considerable debate. While the report acknowledges the movement’s real but waning influence, the government and segments of the political class have presented it as evidence that the Brotherhood’s “entryism” poses a threat to republican institutions and social cohesion.This framing may come as a surprise, not only because the document itself cautions against exaggerating the phenomenon, but also because the organization and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) movement appear, at least in their 'home' region of Egypt and across the Arab world, to have been in clear decline since the 2013 coup that ousted Egyptian President...