The Bondi Beach attack is the latest reminder that the Islamist threat is not an abstraction but a reinventing global reality.
At the base of this radicalism remains the matrix of the Muslim Brotherhood.
As I highlighted in Diário de Notícias on September 24, this organization, founded in 1928, is a transnational political project that articulates doctrine and financing in an ecosystem of global influence.
Its opposition to the State of Israel and the legitimization of armed jihad fuel operational arms such as Hamas, counting on the strategic multiplier of Al Jazeera and the logistical support of Erdogan’s Turkey.
The consequences of this penetration into Europe are critical. The official French CIPDR report (May 2025) warns of the Brotherhood’s infiltration of mosques and educational structures, eroding secularism. In line, the European Parliament (2024) denounced the role of Qatar and Turkey in financing Islamist agendas.
This subversion gained new momentum with movements such as the Global Intifada and Palestine Action.
In the United Kingdom, the response was clear: in July 2025, the government banned Palestine Action as a terrorist organization, clarifying that the sabotage of defense infrastructure is not activism, but an attack on national security.
In Europe, the border between freedom of expression and incitement to violence is blurred by sectors of the radical left.
By adopting terms like “Intifada”, they import violent codes that dehumanize the adversary, attract individuals of a marginal nature and create an environment that is permissive for close-range terrorism.
The doctrine of Militant Democracy recalls that fundamental rights cannot serve to destroy the constitutional order.
Distinguishing humanitarian support from instrumentalization by networks that use solidarity for money laundering and logistical support is a legal imperative.
Combating this threat requires identifying extremist organizations and cooperating with moderate Muslim communities. The challenge is to detect subversive and silent penetration in neighborhood associations, cultural centers, madrassas and places of worship. It is in these spaces, without state supervision, that consciences are shaped and the identity alienation that serves recruitment is fed.
This strategic surveillance involves monitoring opaque financing from the Gulf, analyzing bilingual speeches, which promise integration with authorities but preaching isolationism in religious contexts, and monitoring connections between civic movements and local party platforms.
The infiltration of solidarity networks creates the ideal breeding ground for subversion. Only a coordinated response, which combines financial intelligence and legal rigor against incitement to violence, will make it possible to sustain democratic values and stop an agenda that uses freedom to destroy the very space where it flourishes.
Strategy, Security and Defense Analyst