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Muslim Brotherhood gathering at Le Bourget: preaching, victimhood and communitarian mobilization

Despite an attempt by the Ministry of the Interior to ban it, political Islam made a major comeback at the Bourget Exhibition Center. For this annual Muslim Brotherhood fair, the first in seven years, calls to mobilize the Muslim electorate, victimhood narratives, denunciations of secularism, and the promotion of the veil and Islamic clothing, including for young girls, drew a large audience.

Muslim Brotherhood | How the Swiss federation became the «Mecca» of the Muslim Brotherhood

Switzerland is, without any equivocation, the epicenter of the Muslim Brotherhood movement in Europe. Earth that hosts several waves of refugees belonging to the Brotherhood since the 1950s, it has become the “Mecca” of the European Muslim Brotherhood. Especially, thanks to the discretion of its banks….

QatarCharityGate | How Qatar bought FIFA’s votes to obtain the organization of 2022 World Cup

The names of Ghanim Bin Saad Al-Saad Al-Kawari, the "Qatari Diar" Group he chairs and Qatar Charity also appear in investigations conducted by the US FBI and the Brazilian judiciary into Qatar's corruption of a number of voters within FIFA, in order to obtain the organisation of the 2022 Football World Cup.

QatarCharityGate | New revelations on political and sports corruption

The political-financial scandal linked to the Qatar Charity foundation is not limited to the financing of the Muslim Brotherhood, mentioned by Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot in their “Qatar Papers”. Our investigation focuses on new aspects of this scandal related to sports embezzlement and political corruption. Exclusive revelations.

QatarCharityGate | Interview with Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot

After having previously written two books about the less brilliant aspects of Qatari politics, entitled “Qatar, The Secrets of The Safe” (Michel Lafon, 2013) and “Our Very Dear Emirs” (Michel Lafon, 2016), Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot return with a hard-hitting book entitled “Qatar Papers”.

Luxembourg | The new financial hub of the Muslim Brotherhood

After London and Geneva, recent revelations have brought to light that a new financial nerve centre is being coveted by the nebulous financier linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. It concerns Luxembourg, another European country which subscribes to banking secrecy.

Terrorism | How ISIS Adapts its Intelligence Service to Post-Caliphate Era à l’ère post-califat

While it is clear that the fire is still smoldering under the ashes of the Islamic State Organization (ISIS), one of the major questions facing counter-terrorism experts is the survival strategy that the ISIS will adopt following the collapse of the proto-state of the Caliphate in Iraq and Syria. The ISIS’s intelligence service known as the AMNI is at the heart of this survival strategy...