On 8 October the European Parliament adopted a resolution (381–167) calling for tighter funding controls, scrutiny of institutional partnerships and an assessment of whether Muslim Brotherhood-linked individuals or groups meet the criteria for the EU terrorist list, framing the issue as “entryism” that places religious norms above democratic law.

The piece stresses that the vote is not an immediate ban but a demand for transparency: public money and official access should be subject to due diligence, while suspicion must not become guilt by association and diverse Muslim voices should not be monopolised by any single network.

It concludes that Europe should convert the resolution into careful practice—review funding, examine partnerships and apply legal thresholds consistently—while protecting the religious freedom of ordinary Muslim citizens from collective suspicion.

The European Parliament was right last week to demand a more coordinated response to Muslim Brotherhood networks. Its resolution, adopted on 8 October by 381 votes to 167, calls for stronger funding controls, closer scrutiny of institutional partnerships and an assessment of whether Brotherhood-linked individuals and organisations qualify for inclusion on the EU’s terrorist list. These are legitimate questions for a democracy to ask—and questions Europe should not evade.

The significance of the vote lies not in an immediate ban, which it does not deliver, but in its insistence on accountability. Public money, institutional........

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