Barakacity

Barakacity

Formation	2008
Founder	Idriss Sihamedi
Dissolved	28 October 2020
Type	NGO
Location	Évry-Courcouronnes, France
Official language	Arabic, French
Website	barakacity.com

Barakacity was a Muslim non-governmental organization founded by Idriss Sihamedi and others in 2008; while it started in France, the organization had international reach. Its founders were characterised as Salafists. Its Facebook page had 715,000 followers and was popular among young Muslim believers.[1] According to interior minister Gérald Darmanin, Barakacity was Islamist and had links to the Muslim Brotherhood.[2]

It was dissolved in November 2020 by French authorities in the aftermath of the murder of Samuel Paty for "spreading radical ideas" using Facebook and Twitter.[3][4] This was around the same time as the Pantin mosque was closed.[5][6] After the dissolution, the chairman of the NGO appealed to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for being granted asylum in Turkey.[7][8]

References

1. "Enseignant tué : qu'est-ce que "Barakacity", dans le viseur des autorités ?". RTL.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-10.
2. "Gérald Darmanin annonce la dissolution de l'association BarakaCity". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-10.
3. "France dissolves Muslim NGO BarakaCity". Middle East Eye.
4. "France dissolves Muslim charity BarakaCity". www.aa.com.tr.
5. "French mosque accused of radicalism to reopen earlier". www.aa.com.tr.
6. "Le Conseil d'Etat confirme la dissolution de BarakaCity et la fermeture de la mosquée de Pantin". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
7. "Le Président de BarakaCity demande l'asile à Ankara, l'occasion pour Erdogan d'être le "défenseur de l'islam sunnite"?". Les Observateurs (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-10.
8. "Darmanin a notifié au Collectif contre l'islamophobie sa dissolution". RTL Info (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-10.