90% of men and 86% of women are in favor of the ban. By age group, support reaches 92% among those aged 50 and over, compared to 80% among those under 35. In socio-professional terms, 89% of executives support the ban, compared to 85% of “non-working” individuals.

The issue also appears to transcend political divisions: unsurprisingly, banning the Muslim Brotherhood is supported by 95% of far-right voters, 92% of center-right voters, and 91% of Macron’s supporters. On the left, the ban also receives wide support: 90% among Greens, 84% among Socialist Party voters, and 75% among La France Insoumise.

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Note that in a previous IFOP poll conducted for “Écran de veille” in March 2022 (during the presidential campaign), 69% of respondents supported banning the Muslim Brotherhood in France.

The 19-point increase in less than three years is explained by a series of high-profile cases that have raised public awareness of the threat posed by the Brotherhood.

Among these cases is the December 2024 trial that confirmed the involvement of Brotherhood-affiliated associations in the hate campaign that led to the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty (in October 2020). These include the Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF, dissolved in October 2020) and the “Sheikh Yassine Committee,” whose founder, Abdelhakim Sefrioui, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Scandals over funding granted by the European Commission to Brotherhood-linked organizations—and the use of European public funds to finance Brotherhood campaigns promoting the Islamic veil or denigrating the French secular model—have also contributed to the French public’s growing awareness of the Brotherhood’s anti-republican agenda.