Prohibit separatist preachers and speeches, better monitor certain schools, associations or clubs and raise awareness among elected officials and educators: a senatorial report published on Thursday proposes around forty measures to curb an "Islamist radicalization" which it considers more and more threatening. "Islamist radicalization" is "a reality" today in an increasing number of districts, underlines this text, the fruit of nearly 70 interviews conducted by senators.
The "supporters of Islamism are trying today to take control of Islam in France" to "establish the 'caliphate', that is to say the reign of God on earth", and feed in certain cities dangerous "separatism", stresses the report, without however detailing or quantifying these acts.
"We must act quickly"
According to the rapporteur of the text, Senator LR du Val-d'Oise Jacqueline Eustache-Brinio, "we must act quickly" because "today in France, apart from the west, all regions are affected". "Otherwise, she predicts, in a few years, neighborhoods, whole swathes of territory will leave the Republic".
In February, Emmanuel Macron also warned against "Islamist separatism", and announced measures against "foreign influences" on Islam in France (funding of mosques, imams). In addition to the jihadists, the main actors in the wave of attacks which has left more than 250 dead in France since 2015, the commission also breaks down rigorous movements which claim to be non-violent, in particular the Salafists (nearly 40,000 estimated in France) or the Muslim Brotherhood (50,000), stating that they did not wish to testify before it.
Salafists and Muslim Brothers targeted
It particularly targets the Collective against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) or the Muslims of France (ex-UOIF), deemed "close to the Muslim Brotherhood". An accusation denied by the management of the CCIF, which claims to have "no connection" with the latter or "political Islam", and ensures that it is working only to "identify the violence and discrimination experienced by Muslims in our country ".
The ban on territory from the framework ideologues of the Muslim Brotherhood is one of the 44 measures recommended by the report to combat Islamist radicalization within the state, associations, schools and in sport. The commission, "very reserved" on the attempts of the State to organize the Islam of France, advocates the reestablishment of the interministerial mission of vigilance and fight against sectarian aberrations (Miviludes).
It also advocates for better detection of "deviant" behavior or discourse, by boosting territorial intelligence and the cult police, and better training for elected officials and local officials.