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Algeria Gate/Agencies: Multiple international journalistic investigations and European reports have exposed the United Arab Emirates’ systematic role in fuelling Islamophobia. Through the financing of terrorist groups and the orchestration of hostile campaigns against Islam and Muslims in the West, Abu Dhabi seeks to pressure European governments into adopting stricter policies toward Muslim communities while positioning itself as the only acceptable model of “moderate Islam.”

FairSquare Report Reveals UAE Links to Reform UK and Western Far-Right Parties

A recent report by the human rights organisation FairSquare highlights how the UAE, in its campaign against Islam and movements advocating political Islam, supports terrorist groups and maintains dubious relations with Europe’s most radical far-right parties.

Authored by FairSquare research director Alex Carlin and titled The Reform Party and the United Arab Emirates: A Threat to British Politics, the report examines the growing ties between Abu Dhabi and the British far-right party Reform UK. It places these connections within a broader Emirati strategy of forging alliances with the Western far right and influencing the policies of democratic nations.

The report notes a clear political convergence between the UAE and Reform UK. Party leader Nigel Farage had previously criticised the Emirates in 2023 as “an absolute monarchy with a deplorable human rights record.” At the same time, several senior figures from the movement have settled in the UAE.

Emirati Media Influence and Destabilising Tactics in Britain

The FairSquare report also exposes the role of British media outlets and public figures in promoting Emirati narratives. It cites GB News as an example of a media organisation that has shown strong willingness to disseminate these messages. According to the findings, the UAE has combined coercive diplomacy with illicit and destabilising tactics inside Britain to advance its political objectives.

Secret Support for Far-Right Leaders Across Europe

The same strategy extends beyond the United Kingdom. In France, Abu Dhabi provided clandestine support to Marine Le Pen—known for her hostility toward Islam—through secret meetings.

Following their normalisation with the Zionist occupation under the Abraham Accords, the UAE has exploited Western fears to claim that Islamic political movements constitute a form of ideological extremism rooted in Islam itself.

Promoting Islamophobia Through Influence Networks and Targeting Muslim Scholars

British researcher Andreas Krieg has documented how the UAE systematically associates Islam with terrorism in Europe and actively promotes Islamophobia through its influence networks. He has criticised what he describes as Emirati interference in spreading anti-Islamic discourse within European circles.

The UAE has further advanced this agenda by casting doubt on imams and Muslim scholars. On 9 March 2015, the then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi declared that “German society must remain vigilant about the people who preach in mosques and about their teachings.”

Intelligence Operations and the Alp Services Scandal

European investigations have revealed coordination between the Swiss company Alp Services and Emirati intelligence services. According to leaked information, UAE intelligence paid more than €5.5 million to the firm to compile dossiers on over 1,000 individuals across Europe and to illegally transmit the names of activists to Emirati agencies. The goal was to discredit these individuals and brand them as terrorists by linking them to extremist groups, thereby fostering widespread distrust of Muslims and Islam.

UAE Lobbying Campaigns to Distort the Image of Muslim Communities

A previous report by European Eye revealed that the UAE finances lobbying groups across Europe to shape policies and improve its own image. The report accused Abu Dhabi—one of the world’s biggest spenders on lobbying—of launching a multilingual website designed to obstruct and distort the image of Muslim communities in Europe.

Through these interconnected efforts—financing, media influence, far-right alliances, intelligence operations and lobbying—the United Arab Emirates continues to exacerbate Islamophobia while presenting itself as a partner of the West in the fight against extremism.

Algeria Gate: Having arrived at BFM TV on August 24th 2026 from CNews, Sonia Mabrouk already finds herself, less than three weeks after her debut on the channel, at the center of an internal controversy that is taking an increasingly heated turn.

The Unions Accuse Her Program of Complacency Toward the Far Right

In a statement released on Thursday, September 10th, the National Union of Journalists (SNJ) and the CGT of RMC-BFM strongly attacked the journalist and the editorial line of her daily program 100 % Mabrouk. The two organizations particularly reproach her for having allowed MEP Sarah Knafo to develop, without real contradiction, an argument distinguishing “native” French people from “branch” French people during an interview broadcast on 7 September; an expression the unions qualify as racist and far-right, judging that it occupied a disproportionate place within the 45-minute interview.

The SNJ and the CGT more broadly denounce interviews judged too little contradictory, also citing the one granted to Bruno Retailleau, as well as a presence judged too significant of speakers classified as far-right. According to their own count, personalities from this current would represent 25.5 % of the interventions in Sonia Mabrouk’s program between August 28th and September 8th, compared with 11.8 % in the program of Alain Marschall and Olivier Truchot, and 4.6 % in that of Apolline de Malherbe. The unions finally regret the absence of a left-wing columnist who would balance the regular presence of Robert Ménard on the set.

A Direct Riposte from the Journalist

Sonia Mabrouk did not take long to react. On Friday, September 11th, on the social network X, she firmly responded to the accusations, declaring that she would not let herself be smeared. The management of BFM TV for its part took up her defense, affirming that Sonia Mabrouk respected pluralism, while recalling that a continuous news channel adapts permanently to current events and that its programming is liable to evolve.

An Audience That Struggles to Take Off

In terms of audience figures, Sonia Mabrouk’s beginnings in her new slot, between 6:45 p.m. and 9 p.m., remain difficult. Since her arrival at the end of August, her program has stagnated in third place in this time slot, far behind Face à l’info on CNews and its equivalent on LCI, despite heavyweight guests intended to relaunch the dynamic. Competition also remains very strong in access prime time, where Pascal Praud retains his leadership and David Pujadas maintains his position on LCI.

A Transfer Already Closely Scrutinized

This tense climate fits into the continuity of the debates that accompanied, from the announcement of her transfer, the arrival of this former CNews figure on BFM TV. Unions of the channel had already criticized, ahead of her debut, the profile of her first guests, seeing in it a shift of the editorial line of the access slot toward more politically marked personalities.

Algeria Gate: Major global media outlets widely reported Algeria’s decision to sever diplomatic relations with the Emirates after exhausting all means capable of preserving the bilateral relations, which caused a media earthquake as major newspapers devoted analytical articles to Algeria’s sovereign and unprecedented decision in the Arab world.

Under the headline “Algeria announces the severance of its diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates,” the French newspaper Le Figaro commented on the Algerian sovereign decision by saying that Algeria, “which accuses Abu Dhabi of interfering in its affairs,” according to its description, announced “the severance of its diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates,” citing the announcement by Algerian television which confirmed that the rupture came after exhausting all means capable of preserving the bilateral relations.

It added that the decision came “after several years of tensions during which Algeria consistently accused Abu Dhabi of interfering in its affairs,” according to its claims.

For its part, the Qatari website Al Jazeera titled its article “Algeria announces the severance of diplomatic relations with the Emirates.” Al Jazeera recalled the statement of the Algerian Foreign Ministry, which affirmed that Algeria, “in the face of the increase in provocative or hostile actions emanating from the United Arab Emirates, showed a great deal of self-restraint and a high sense of responsibility and, proceeding from the spirit of full respect for the principles governing relations between states, spared no effort in drawing the attention of the Emirati side and warning it of the grave consequences that could result from its regrettable and unjustified behaviors.”

And after exhausting all means capable of preserving the bilateral relations, the Foreign Ministry adds, “the Algerian government decided, this day, to sever diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates.”

The Russian Al-Mujaz in turn commented with a tweet titled “Algeria announces the severance of diplomatic relations with the Emirates,” as did the newspaper Asharq for news, commenting on the decision by reporting the Algerian Foreign Ministry’s statement regarding the severance of diplomatic relations with Abu Dhabi.

The official Saudi News account on X wrote: “Algeria’s patience has run out,” pointing to a striking excerpt from the Algerian Foreign Ministry’s statement which stated: “We have shown a great deal of self-restraint and a high sense of responsibility in the face of the increase in provocative or hostile actions emanating from the United Arab Emirates.”

The Arabic Euronews newspaper highlighted that the decision came after months of deterioration in relations between the two countries, recalling that Algeria had begun in February 2026 procedures to terminate the air services agreement signed with Abu Dhabi in 2013, considering that the step reflected the escalation of the dispute between the two countries.