The 40th annual meeting of the Muslims of France will not take place due to the concern of potential terror acts targeting the community, Paris Police Chief Patrice Faure said in a Thursday post to X/Twitter.
"At the request of the Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, I have issued an order prohibiting the 40th edition of the Annual Meeting of Muslims of France, from April 3 to April 6 at the Paris–Le Bourget Exhibition Centre," Faure's post read.
He added that the decision comes as a result of heightened tensions within France, as well as an elevated risk of terrorism and public disturbances amid a "large police presence on the streets in the coming days."
The announcement was made after France increased security at sensitive sites across Paris following a foiled bomb attack on Bank of America's offices last weekend, in the wake of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Asked to comment on the situation, Makhlouf Mameche, head of the organization that planned the event, confirmed the banning order and added that the organization would be making a legal appeal against the decision.
French Imam applauds decision
French Imam Hassen Chalghoumi thanked both Faure and Nunez for their "courageous decision" to ban the event, which he described as "the largest Muslim Brotherhood gathering in Europe," in his own X post.
"Faced with security threats and risks of disturbances to public order, this decision demonstrates a true sense of responsibility, clarity, and political courage," Chalghoumi wrote. "Protecting the Republic and its values is a duty. Respect and recognition."
In January, The Jerusalem Post reported that France’s National Assembly had adopted the resolution to “place the Muslim Brotherhood movement on the European list of terrorist organizations,” despite accusations of Islamophobia from left-wing parties.
In mid-March, the Dutch House of Representatives adopted a motion to ban the Muslim Brotherhood from the Netherlands, and in November 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated the group as a foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organization.
Mathilda Heller and Michael Starr contributed to this report.