Aix-en-Provence conference: Abdelrahim Ali presents mechanisms for confronting Brotherhood in Europe, says efforts must be unified for comprehensive confrontation and drying up sources of funding

Based on an official invitation, journalist and writer Abdelrahim Ali, chairman of the board of directors and editorial board of Al-Bawaba News and president of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in Paris (CEMO), participated in a session on “The New Pathway of Democracy” within the conference Economic Meetings in Aix-en-Provence, France, which is being held under the slogan “Renewing Hope” from July 7-9.

The session was attended by Juhana Vartiainen, Mayor of Helsinki, Finland; Marylise Léon, Secretary General of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT); Chloé Morin, political scientist at the Jean Jaurès Foundation; and Ileana Santos, co-founder of Je m’engage pour l’Afrique (JMA; “I am Committed to Africa”).

During his participation, Abdelrahim Ali talked about the idea of dismantling fundamentalist organizations as a starting point for restoring fragile democracies in Europe, as well as the plans of the international organization of the Brotherhood to penetrate institutions in the continent in general and France in particular.

Ali reviewed ways to confront the threat posed by the Brotherhood to institutions in Europe and France, noting that the only solution to this challenge is to dismantle the structure of the organization, reveal its plans and dry up its sources of funding.

He called for declaring a comprehensive confrontation to stop the spread of the organization, which disguises itself, within European political societies and institutions, stressing that Europe will pay a heavy price.

Ali pointed out that after the Brotherhood waged war on Islamic societies in their traditional geography, it then turned to European societies, which the organization calls “dar al-harb” (abode of war).

He also stressed the need to unite efforts to launch a comprehensive confrontation everywhere against the epidemic of extremism and racism in order to prevent it from achieving its goals in the coming years.

Ali emphasized that relying only on attempts to reform and change official laws and vague and inaccurate projects of the so-called “reorganization of French Islam” will cause a vicious circle.