The Council of State validated Friday the dissolution by the government of the Collective against Islamophobia (CCIF) and Baraka City, which took place at the end of 2020.
Founded in 2010, the Baraka City association was one of the structures in the crosshairs of the authorities since the assassination of Professor Samuel Paty, because of his supposed connections with radical Islam.
"Political and repressive arbitrariness" according to the CCIF
"This decision, both in terms of its target and its motives, marks a major turning point in the institutionalization of political and repressive arbitrariness in France," reacted the CCIF in a press release consulted by AFP.
The CCIF sees it as an “administrative drift” of the government opening “the way to the offense of opinion”.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin for his part welcomed in a tweet the decision of the highest administrative court, believing that the fight against Islamist ideology had taken "a decisive step".
FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMISM: A CRUCIAL STEP
In two important decisions, the Council of State ruled in favor of the government and confirmed the merits of the dissolution of Baraka City and the CCIF.
The fight against Islamist ideology is reaching a decisive stage.
- Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) September 24, 2021
A defamation complaint was also filed by the CCIF against Gérald Darmanin in December 2020 before the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR).
The minister had described the collective as an "Islamist pharmacy" working "against the Republic" and against which it was necessary "to stop being naive".
Society
Attack in Conflans: The NGO BarakaCity targeted for "apology" of terrorism by the Ministry of the Interior
Politics
Conflans attack: Why the Collective against Islamophobia is in the government's sights
Religion
Board of state
Gerald Darmanin
Society
Islam