FEMYSO
{{Short description|European Muslim student organization}}
FEMYSO (Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations) is a group representing 32 Muslim youth organizations across 22 European countries.{{cite news |title=European diversity campaign celebrating Hijab ended after French backlash |author=Joseph Hammond |url=https://religionnews.com/2021/11/08/european-diversity-campaign-celebrating-hijab-ended-after-french-backlash/ |publisher=Religion News Service |date=8 November 2021 |accessdate=7 July 2023}} FEMYSO is a member of the European Students' Union, which considers it the de facto voice of Muslim youth in Europe.{{cite web |title=Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations |author= |url=https://esu-online.org/members/femyso/ |publisher=European Students' Union |accessdate=7 July 2023}}
Smear campaign
FEMYSO has been linked with the Muslim Brotherhood. FEMYSO has categorically denied any such links.{{cite web |title=FEMYSO responds to false allegations on links to Muslim Brotherhood |author= |url=https://femyso.org/femyso-responds-to-false-allegations-on-links-to-muslim-brotherhood/ |publisher={{No self link |FEMYSO}} |date=8 March 2019 |accessdate=7 July 2023}} In 2023 it was revealed that the campaign, commissioned and financed by the United Arab Emirates, was orchestrated by a Swiss company named "Alp Services" specializing in "dark PR", damaging and often destroying the reputation of hundreds of prominent European Muslims by spreading baseless rumours.{{cite magazine |author=David D. Kirkpatrick |title=The Dirty Secrets of a Smear Campaign |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/03/the-dirty-secrets-of-a-smear-campaign |date=March 27, 2023 |accessdate=July 7, 2023}}{{cite news |title=Dit schimmige bedrijf vernietigde reputaties van Europese moslims |language=nl |trans-title=This shadowy company destroyed the reputations of European Muslims |author=Wilmer Heck and Andreas Kouwenhoven |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/07/07/dit-schimmige-bedrijf-vernietigde-met-succes-de-reputaties-van-europese-moslims-a4169074 |newspaper=NRC Handelsblad |date=July 7, 2023 |accessdate=July 7, 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.femyso.org/}}
Category:European student organizations