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Islamic and Cultural League of Romania, included on a list with legal consequences by a court in Cairo

Cristiana Dida

11 November 2026, 14:34

Current Affairs

foto: Facebook / Liga Islamică și Culturală din România

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The Second Court of Appeal of the Cairo Criminal Court, based in Badr, issued a decision placing several European Islamic organizations on a list with legal consequences, including Romania’s Islamic and Cultural League. The ruling was issued in connection with a case handled by Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution.

The list includes the European Muslims Council and affiliated organizations from several countries, including Muslims of France, the Muslim Association of Britain, the Swiss Muslim League, as well as Islamic associations from Germany, Italy and Sweden.

The decision also concerns religious, educational and research institutions operating internationally. These include the European Council for Fatwa and Research, the European Council of Imams and the European Institute of Human Sciences.

The court ordered the publication of the ruling, a measure that triggers the application of the consequences provided for under Egyptian law for the duration of the organizations’ inclusion on the list. Based on the available information, the text of the decision does not specify the exact duration of the measure or its concrete effects on each entity.

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Context: Before the Egyptian decision, the European Parliament discussed “Islamist entryism” and requirements for reviewing funding

A few weeks earlier, the European Parliament debated a strategy against “Islamist entryism” and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network, amid calls from a political group to include it on the EU’s list of terrorist organisations and to halt European funding to entities considered linked to such networks. The debate was accompanied by calls for stricter scrutiny of organisations’ funding and ties, as well as warnings that the measures must not turn civic activism or religious identity into a general criterion for suspicion.