Why the Muslim Brotherhood is a threat to Israel and Europe By Ayoob Kara

Palestinian supporters of Hamas shout slogans during a demonstration in support of the Muslim Brotherhood, after Friday prayers in Ramallah

JNS : The question is no longer whether the organization is dangerous. The question is whether free societies will find the courage to defend themselves

For years, policymakers in Israel and across Europe have tried to separate the Muslim Brotherhood’s political facade from its extremist foundation. They hoped that engaging with the Brotherhood’s “moderate” vocabulary could foster stability, integrate Muslim communities and serve as a firewall against violent radicalism.

But events unfolding in Europe—supported by multiple intelligence reports from France, Belgium and the European Parliament—now expose this strategy as dangerously misguided. The Brotherhood is not an alternative to extremism. It is the ideological engine that drives it.

On Nov. 23, more than 70 European and international experts gathered in front of the International Criminal Court in The Hague to deliver a unified message: that the Muslim Brotherhood represents a global threat to peace and security. Their warning was grounded not in speculation but in hard intelligence and the experience of European cities that have faced waves of radicalization, antisemitism and terror.

For Israel and Europe alike, the danger is not theoretical; it is urgent and evolving. To understand the threat, one must first understand the Brotherhood’s worldview.

It is built on a single premise: that Islam is not merely a religion, but is a political system destined to replace all others. Its long-term objective—articulated openly by senior officials and documented in European intelligence memos—is to reshape societies from within through a “civilizational-jihadist process,” as noted by former Dutch politician Henry Van Bommel.

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