French Ministry of the Interior Dissolves the European Institute of Human Sciences

France Bans 'European Institute of Human Sciences' for Promoting 'Armed Jihad'

The French Interior Ministry banned the European Institute of Human Sciences, a training centre for Imams, for promoting radical Islam.

French Ministry of the Interior dissolves the European Institute of Human Sciences

The European Institute of Human Sciences (IESH), which trains imams in France, has been dissolved by the Council of Ministers at the request of Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau. Announcing the decision on Wednesday, Retailleau hailed it as a step against the infiltration of the Brotherhood movement. The government accuses the IESH of promoting radical Islam and legitimizing armed jihad. Founded in 1992 by the former Union of Islamic Organizati…