The Figaro

Articles

• French Media Figure Sparks Controversy with Anti-Muslim Comments on TV
  16 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  Racist and anti-Muslim speech seems to be being liberated in France, especially in the media. After Eric Zemmour and his multiple slips, it is Yves Thréard, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Le Figaro, who is pouring out his hatred on Islam.
  "I hate the Muslim religion [...]. We have the right to hate a religion, we have every right to say it," he said on Monday in the LCI program Le Grand soir. This episode was on the theme: "Veil: is the government ambiguous?"
  "It happened to me, in France, (…)

• French Councilor Sues Le Figaro Over Alleged Islamist Radical Accusations
  19 August 2020, by Sylvanus

  The municipal councilor of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Brahim Charafi, originally from Morocco, is filing a complaint against Le Figaro for accusing him of being an Islamist radical chaplain at the Rouen prison.
  In a press article published on Monday, August 17, 2020, the French newspaper describes Brahim Charafi, an elected official of the Rouen agglomeration, as an Islamist fundamentalist, close to the Muslim Brotherhood, a Muslim chaplain, founder of an Islamic bookstore where (…)