CERIF Briefings
Reading notes and reactions to current affairs – a collection of short, well-researched analyses designed to inform decision-makers, researchers, journalists and the general public.
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Contribution
The European Parliament tackles Islamist infiltration
A strong start, work to be continued – a contribution by Dr Tommaso Virgili to the resolution of 8 October 2026.
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Analysis note
The European Parliament and entryism brotherist: the resolution of 8 October 2026
An analysis of the adopted text, the five proposals tabled, and what elements of each are included in the final text.
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Reaction
The European Parliament adopts a resolution against entryism brotherist: an analysis of the vote
Analysis of the breakdown of votes cast on 8 October 2026 on resolution B10-0424/2026: 381 in favour, 167 against, 15 abstentions.
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Reading notes
The impartiality of the British police called into question
Original title: Mixed Messages? Police Impartiality & the National Association of Muslim Police
Staff networks, activism and impartiality: the case of the National Association of Muslim Police
Policy Exchange , London
2026, 120 pp.
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Contribution
FEMYSO and its “European Action Day Against Islamophobia” under the EU flag (English version)
To put an end to the funding of Brotherist networks
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Contribution
FEMYSO and its ‘European Day of Action against Islamophobia’ under the EU banner
To stop funding for the brotherist networks
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Reaction
Who wants to silence Bergeaud-Blackler? (English version)
The Broderismen affair in Denmark: a chronicle of an academic smear campaign
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Who will silence Bergeaud-Blackler? (Danish version)
The Broderismen Affair in Denmark: the story of an academic smear campaign
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Reaction
Who wants to silence Bergeaud-Blackler?
The Broderismen affair in Denmark: chronicle of an academic smear campaign
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Contribution
The veiling of young girls: a psychological perspective
The effect of the early imposition of a requirement to conceal the body on the construction of the self
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Contribution
Muslim Brotherhood: from political defeat to transnational reorganisation
Fifteen years after the Arab Spring: what has been destroyed, what remains, and what is being rebuilt
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Reading notes
Qatargate
The result of more than twenty years of interference, ideological and financial complacency
Groupe Identité et Démocratie, Parlement européen , Brussels
November 2023, 283 pp.
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Reading notes
brotherism sets out to conquer Canada
Original title: Assault on Democratic Values and Principles: How Islamist Entryism Weakens Civil Society and Higher Education in Canada
How Islamist entryism is undermining civil society and higher education in Canada
New York
ISGAP, New York, August 2026, approx. 194 pp.
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Reading notes
Tropical Jihad
Original title: Il Jihad ai Tropici
The alliance between Islamic terrorism and organised crime in Latin America
Paesi Edizioni , Rome
2019, 232 pp.
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The ‘Imam of the West’
Original title: Legitimizing Jihad: Ahmad Musa Jibril at the Boundaries of Law and Radicalism
A jihadist preacher born and educated in the United States, whose audience is Western – and whom Western freedoms protect
Program on Extremism, George Washington University , Washington
October 2025, approx. 43 pp.
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Contribution
When humour trivialises Islamism
The Merwane Benlazar case and the new decision-makers in the public service
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Analysis note
The situation regarding Islamist radicalism in Latin America
A reasoned summary of Maria Zuppello’s research (2019–2024)
Corpus 2019–2024
juillet 2026
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Reading notes
British ‘grooming gangs’ and Islam
Original title: UK grooming gangs and Islam
Eight theological and legal factors presented as conditions that facilitate the sexual exploitation of non-Muslim girls
Christian Concern , London
2025, ~32 pp.
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Reaction
The Islamist Infiltration Act: a well-founded warning
CERIF’s response to the joint opinion piece by more than fifty legal experts (Le Figaro, 12 May 2026) on Article 6 of the draft bill against Islamist entryism.
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How AI is affecting fatwas
Original title: Digital Mediation and Fatwa Authority in Contemporary Islam: A Critical Islamic Legal and Media-Theoretical Framework
Digital mediation and the authority of the fatwa in contemporary Islam: a critical framework combining Islamic law and media studies
Religions (MDPI)
Vol. 17, Art. 350, March 2026
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The Muslim Brotherhood in the West?
Original title: The Muslim Brotherhood in the West? Evidence from a Canadian Tax Authority Investigation
Lessons from a Canadian tax authority investigation
Program on Extremism, George Washington University , Washington
January 2025
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Organisations of Muslim Brotherhood in Germany
Original title: Report: Muslim Brotherhood Organizations in Germany
Mapping a network, its leadership, its funding and its European contacts
Israel
May 2026, approx. 50 pp.
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When Islamism enters the British police force
Original title: From Past Prejudices to Present Policies: Confronting anti-Muslim hatred and Promoting Human Rights
A critical review of the manifesto by the National Association of Muslim Police, which calls for the abolition of the terms ‘Islamist’ and ‘jihadist’ from police vocabulary and describes the IDF as a ‘Zionist terrorist group’. Following Andrew Gilligan’s investigation in The Spectator (5 June 2026).
National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP) , United Kingdom
20 July 2025, 39 pp.
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The head of German domestic intelligence warns of infiltration by Islamists
Sinan Selen warns members of the Bundestag behind closed doors: the Muslim Brotherhood are attempting to infiltrate political parties in order to transform the state and society
BILD , Berlin
Exclusive article, 3 June 2026, 14:31
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Worlds apart: the attitudes of British Muslims towards the Iranian conflict
Original title: Worlds Apart: British Muslim Attitudes on the Iran Conflict
A March 2026 poll measures the gap in geopolitical perceptions between British Muslims and the rest of the UK population in the wake of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran
Policy Exchange , London
Research Note, March 2026, 10 pp.
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From gatekeepers to ideologues
Original title: From Watchdogs to Ideologues: How Politicized UN Rapporteurs Are Subverting Human Rights
How the UN’s politicised special rapporteurs undermine human rights
UN Watch , Geneva
May 2026, 104 pp.
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Analysis note
The Islamic Relief Germany case
How the German government funded an organisation for seven years that it knew was linked to Muslim Brotherhood
CERIF
25 May 2026, 7 a.m.
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Reading notes
Islamopopulism Part 2
Original title: Islamopopulism Part 2: The Muslim Vote, Vote Palestine and Muslim independents in their own words
The Muslim vote, Vote Palestine and independent candidates in their own words
Policy Exchange , London
2026, 82 pp. - ISBN 978-1-918832-01-3
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Analysis note
How the National Assembly and the Senate discuss (and do not discuss) Islamism
Semantic Analysis Note – Islamism, Islamophobia, brotherism: three words, three worlds
CERIF
10 May 2026, 19 pp.
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Reading notes
NOTE D'ANALYSE DU CERIF - N° 2026/01
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The strategic entryism of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States
Original title: The Muslim Brotherhood's Strategic Entryism into the United States: A Systemic Analysis
A systemic analysis
ISGAP , New York
1st edition 2025, 265 pp. - ISBN 978-1-940186-32-0
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Understanding Islamopopulism – Part 1
Original title: Understanding Islamopopulism: British Muslim Political Movements
Concerning views
Policy Exchange , London
2026, 32 pp. - ISBN 978-1-918832-00-6
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A false compromise
Original title: A False Compromise – Why a Definition of "Anti-Muslim Hostility" is as Bad as a Definition of "Islamophobia," Possibly Worse
Why a definition of ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ is just as bad, if not worse, than a definition of ‘Islamophobia’
Policy Exchange , London
January 2026, 22 pp.
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Political Islam: a hybrid threat to Europe
Original title: Politischer Islam - eine hybride Bedrohung Europas
The “civilisational jihad” of Muslim Brotherhood
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft , Baden-Baden
1st edition 2026, 228 pp. - ISBN 978-3-7560-4077-3
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Reaction
To label without taking action
The Belgian secret services’ inability to deal with the threat brotherist
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Reading notes
Understanding Islamopopulism – Views of Concern
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