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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2026/2868(RSP))

On the need for an EU strategy to counter Islamist entryism and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network

B-10-2026-0430

on behalf of the PfE Group · Rapporteur: Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Fabrice Leggeri, António Tânger Corrêa, Tom Vandendriessche, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Matthieu Valet

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A motion for a resolution calling for an EU strategy against Islamist entryism and the Muslim Brotherhood network. It asks the Council to add the Muslim Brotherhood to the EU terrorist list and demands an end to EU funding for linked organisations. It urges the Commission to review anti-money-laundering rules, AMLA to monitor Muslim Brotherhood-linked entities, and member states to tighten scrutiny of halal certification and Islamic finance. It calls on member states to adapt migration and asylum policies, restrict Islamist dress in public spaces and schools, regulate imams, close illegal mosques and revoke protection status for those promoting anti-democratic ideologies. It demands a ban on EU cooperation with ENAR and FEMYSO, security screening for civil society guests, and removal of ENAR from the EU Transparency Register. It asks Europol to integrate Islamist entryism into its intelligence products and calls for a multidisciplinary strategy with intelligence-sharing among security services, local authorities and financial intelligence units.

Key points

  1. Pays tribute to victims of Islamic terrorism and to politicians, academics, journalists and public figures living under police protection for exposing Islamist entryism.
  2. Calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative to propose, and the Council to include, the Muslim Brotherhood in the EU terrorist list at the next review.
  3. Demands immediate and permanent suspension of EU budget support to any organisation linked to Islamic networks, including the Muslim Brotherhood and Diyanet, and to the Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University.
  4. Calls on the Commission to assess whether the EU AML/CFT framework can intercept, trace and block foreign funding of Islamist organisations.
  5. Urges AMLA to monitor Muslim Brotherhood-linked organisations and calls for stronger scrutiny of halal certification and Islamic finance funding and links with non-EU actors.
  6. Urges member states to evaluate the consequences of mass immigration from Muslim-majority countries and adapt migration and asylum policies to prevent parallel societies.
  7. Supports member states' laws restricting Islamist dress in public spaces and schools, calls for scrutiny of schools promoting entryism, and asks EU bodies to stop promoting Islamic dress in communications.
  8. Calls for attention to informal Islamic education of minors outside mainstream supervision and for protection of those who leave or renounce a religion, including dissolution of organisations threatening them.
  9. Calls for a toolbox against abuse of fundamental rights, including withdrawal of public funding, criminal enforcement, suspension or prohibition of organisations and, where applicable, revocation of citizenship.
  10. Demands a ban on EU cooperation, funding and platforming of organisations with documented Islamist links, explicitly FEMYSO and ENAR, and removal of ENAR from the EU Transparency Register.
  11. Urges member states to revoke refugee or protection status and benefits, and return individuals promoting ideologies contrary to European values, and to crack down on clandestine mosques.
  12. Calls for national registers for imams, zero-tolerance audited budgets for religious entities, pre-authorisation of foreign funding, accelerated returns of flagged preachers, and Europol integration of entryism into TE-SAT.

Who is affected

  • Muslim Brotherhood network and Diyanet: EU funding suspension and possible inclusion in the EU terrorist list.
  • ENAR and FEMYSO: ban on EU institutional cooperation, funding and platforming; ENAR removal from Transparency Register.
  • Member states: adapt migration, asylum, education and urban planning rules and regulate imams and religious funding.
  • Refugees and individuals with international protection: possible revocation of status and benefits for promoting anti-democratic ideologies.
  • Halal certification and Islamic finance sectors: strengthened scrutiny of funding and financial flows.

Figures and deadlines

  • Muslim Brotherhood founded in 1928.
  • Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University has participated in Erasmus+ since 2022.
  • Commission stated in March 2026 that an internal investigation alone was not sufficient to exclude an entity from EU funding.
  • Commission coordinator on combating anti-Muslim hatred participated in a FEMYSO event at the European Parliament on 22 December 2025.
  • European Parliament Bureau meeting on 6 July 2026 reportedly decided to exclude FEMYSO from Parliament's activities.
  • EU anti-racism strategy 2026-2030 addresses anti-Muslim hatred alongside other forms of racism.
  • Étienne Delarcher's investigation covered 70 French mosques.
  • Fondapol published an analysis in 2025 on practical manifestations of Islamist entryism.

Legal basis: Treaty on European Union, Articles 2 and 3.