France, May 21 -- A government report on the Muslim Brotherhood in France will be presented at a Defence Council meeting - chaired by President Emmanuel Macron - on Wednesday. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said the report warns of "a very clear threat" to the country.

The 73-page document was commissioned in May 2024 to examine "political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood movement".

Prepared by two senior civil servants,the report remains classified at the lowest level of French national security, confidentiel-defense-however excerpts were published on Tuesday by the rightwing dailyLe Figaro.

According to the extracts, about 7 percent of France's 2,800 Muslim places of worship are linked to the movement. On Fridays, roughly 91,000 ...