Overview

• Six men were convicted of terrorist criminal association and given two years’ imprisonment to be served at home under electronic monitoring.
• Six additional defendants received penalties that included one year of firm prison for one person and suspended prison terms for five others.
• Four defendants were acquitted of the terrorist association charge, with three of them fined for illegal weapons possession.
• Those sentenced to firm terms include founder Guy Sibra, Île‑de‑France cell head Bernard Sorel, and ex‑soldier Daniel Raimbault, identified as the group’s explosives specialist.
• Court documents detailed proposed attacks such as the so‑called “operation halal,” a planned mosque bombing in Clichy‑la‑Garenne, and plots to kill imams, as the case unfolded during a sharp rise in anti‑Muslim incidents reported in early 2025.