Barakacity was a Muslim

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active in France which was founded by Idriss Sihamedi and others in 2008, had international reach. Its founders were characterised as Salafists. Its

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page had 715,000 followers and was popular among young Muslim believers. According to interior minister Gérald Darmanin, Barakacity was Islamist and had links to the

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. It was dissolved in November 2020 by French authorities in the aftermath of the

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for "spreading radical ideas" using Facebook and

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. This was around the same time as the Pantin mosque was closed. After the dissolution, the chairman of the NGO appealed to

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for being granted asylum in Turkey.

References

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