Government-commissioned report says Muslim Brotherhood posing threat to French unity

FILE PHOTO: French police stand in front of the Grand Mosque of Paris as security was reinforced around places of worship within France following days of protests over the war in Gaza, October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron convened senior ministers on Wednesday to address a state-commissioned report that accuses the Muslim Brotherhood of waging a covert campaign via local proxies to subvert France's secular values and institutions.

The report called for action to halt what it called a slow-burning spread of "political Islam" posing a threat to social cohesion, drawing swift criticism from members of the Muslim community and some academics.