by Jules Gomes, Focus on Western Islamism
Seminary’s Dissolution Declared ‘Unprecedented Victory Against the Islamists’
French authorities disbanded the nation’s foremost institution for training imams, citing its legitimization of jihad and Sharia, propagation of hatred against non-Muslims, and long-standing links with the Muslim Brotherhood.
In a decree issued on September 3, 2025, France’s interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, announced the dissolution of the European Institute of Human Sciences (IESH). President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister François Bayrou co-signed the decree.
The five‑page decree asserted that leading Muslim Brotherhood figures have led IESH since its founding in 1990 in Château‑Chinon, central France. It noted that the Brotherhood “advocates a radical Islamist ideology aimed at the advent of a society governed by Islamic law.”
Operating under the auspices of the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE), now the Council of European Muslims (CEM), IESH promotes an ideology that “legitimizes violent acts against people, provokes discrimination, hatred and violence against non‑Muslims, women, homosexuals, and legitimizes holy war,” the decree stated.