| Barakacity | |
| Native Name Lang: | required ISO 639-1 code of the above native language |
| Formation: | 2008 |
| Founder: | Idriss Sihamedi |
| Dissolved: | 28 October 2020 |
| Type: | NGO |
| Location City: | Évry-Courcouronnes |
| Location Country: | France |
| Language: | Arabic, French |
| Website: | barakacity.com |
Barakacity was a Muslim non-governmental organization active in France which was founded by Idriss Sihamedi and others in 2008, had international reach. Its founders were characterised as Salafists. Its Facebook page had 715,000 followers and was popular among young Muslim believers.[1] According to interior minister Gérald Darmanin, Barakacity was Islamist and had links to the Muslim Brotherhood.[2]
It was dissolved in November 2020 by French authorities in the aftermath of the murder of Samuel Paty for "spreading radical ideas" using Facebook and Twitter.[3] [4] This was around the same time as the Pantin mosque was closed.[5] [6] After the dissolution, the chairman of the NGO appealed to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for being granted asylum in Turkey.[7] [8]