Islamists Commandeer Official French Forum Created to Fight Islamism
A newly launched Muslim “dialogue forum” established by the French government to fight political Islamism and promote an Islam “faithful to the values of the Republic” has been infiltrated by Muslim Brotherhood operatives opposed to the domestication of Islam in France.
Islamists Commandeer Official French Forum Created to Fight Islamism
Soeren Kern | Focus on Western Islamism | March 9, 2023
A newly launched Muslim “dialogue forum” established by the French government to fight political Islamism and promote an Islam “faithful to the values of the Republic” has been infiltrated by Muslim Brotherhood operatives opposed to the domestication of Islam in France.
The French Islam Forum (Forum de l’Islam de France, FORIF) was launched by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin in February 2022 to “renew the methods of dialogue” between the government and “actors and associations representing the Muslim faith.” A key feature of the forum is its bottom-up format, which seeks to promote dialogue with Muslim clergy and laypersons at the grassroots level and bypass the so-called consular Islam (l’islam consulaire) favored by Muslim umbrella groups controlled by foreign governments.
