FEMYSO

FEMYSO (Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations) is a group representing 32 Muslim youth organizations across 22 European countries.[1] FEMYSO is a member of the European Students' Union, which considers it the de facto voice of Muslim youth in Europe.[2]

Smear campaign

FEMYSO has been the target of a smear campaign, aimed at linking the group with the Muslim Brotherhood. FEMYSO has categorically denied any such links.[3] In 2023 it was revealed that the campaign, commissioned and financed by the United Arab Emirates, was orchestrated by a Swiss company named "Alp Services" specializing in "dark PR", damaging and often destroying the reputation of hundreds of prominent European Muslims by spreading baseless rumours.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Joseph Hammond (8 November 2021). "European diversity campaign celebrating Hijab ended after French backlash". Religion News Service. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations". European Students' Union. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ^ "FEMYSO responds to false allegations on links to Muslim Brotherhood". FEMYSO. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. ^ David D. Kirkpatrick (March 27, 2023). "The Dirty Secrets of a Smear Campaign". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  5. ^ Wilmer Heck and Andreas Kouwenhoven (July 7, 2023). "Dit schimmige bedrijf vernietigde reputaties van Europese moslims" [This shadowy company destroyed the reputations of European Muslims]. NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved July 7, 2023.