Paris police ban annual French Muslim event over 'major terrorist risk' from far-right groups

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Paris police ban annual French Muslim event over ‘major terrorist risk’ from far-right groups

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The Annual Gathering of the Muslims of France, which was supposed to run from Friday to Monday, has been banned due to a "major terrorist risk" that it might be targeted by "small far-right groups", Paris police said. The ban order noted that the event was "taking place in a particularly tense international and national context".

Issued on: 03/04/2026 - 08:47
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By: FRANCE 24


File photo of a protester holding a placard reading, "We are Muslims and proud of it," taken during a rally against Islamophobia in Paris on May 11, 2025. © Geoffroy Van der Hasselt, AFP (File)

The Paris police on Thursday banned an annual gathering of French Muslims north of the capital, citing a "major terrorist risk" that it might be targeted. ... The Annual Gathering of the Muslims of France had been due to take place at Bourget, just north of Paris, from Friday until Monday.

The order banning it issued by the Paris police said there was a risk that "small far-right groups" might try to disrupt the event. ... But the police order said the event was "taking place in a particularly tense international and national context".

The gathering was "exposed to a significant terrorist risk targeting the Muslim community", it added. ... The order cited a foiled bid last weekend to bomb the Bank of America building in Paris – an event, it said, that underlined the seriousness of the threat inside France.

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