While Emmanuel Macron firmly condemned the attack on the Bayonne mosque and promises that Muslims will be protected, the dignitaries of Islam call on the faithful to be "extremely vigilant".
In solitary confinement, the repeat offender robber, Redoine Faïd, detained in one of the most secure prisons in France since his arrest in October 2018, confided in the Journal du Dimanche.
The issue of the veil and secularism was the subject of a vast IFOP poll commissioned by the Journal du Dimanche. This survey shows that a majority of French people say they are distrustful of Islam.
Morocco is safer for tourists than France, Germany and the United Kingdom, according to the ranking on tourism competitiveness by the World Economic Forum and the World Bank.
While Claude S., an octogenarian, was about to set fire to the door of the Bayonne mosque on Monday, October 28, he was surprised by two men who intervened. He did not hesitate to shoot at them.
The Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC) proceeded, on Sunday, October 27, 2019, at the Grenoble train station, to the arrest of a 19-year-old Algerian. Armed with two kitchen knives, he was constantly shouting: "Allahu akbar".
The weekend of October 26 and 27 saw demonstrations organized in several cities in France, to denounce the rise of "hatred against Muslims". In Paris, it was the Place de la Nation that was stormed by the demonstrators.
Emmanuel Macron received the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) this Monday. This meeting between Emmanuel Macron and the CFCM is taking place as the Senate is due to examine on Tuesday, October 29, a bill from the Republicans, who wish to ban the wearing of religious symbols by parents accompanying their children on school outings.
Of Moroccan origin, Malika, a young Muslim woman has decided to support the cause of people who are victims of Islamophobia. Having already suffered the contempt of others at university for wearing the veil, this young sociology graduate now has to fight to find a job.
The workshop on Islamophobia, which was to be organized on Saturday by the Franco-Muslim Cultural Association of Val-d’Oise (ACFMV), was canceled by the Val-d’Oise Prefecture in France. This decision was made because it considers that the mosque was not the appropriate place to hold this event.
The man, actively sought after the discovery of his wife’s body riddled with knife wounds on Monday afternoon in Lormont, in the suburbs of Bordeaux (Gironde), was finally arrested and taken into custody.
While he was awaiting the birth of his third child, the life of Amir Sahraoui, a delivery driver, took a turn after a construction site accident that left him unfit. Impoverished, he is unable to seek the help of a lawyer to obtain compensation.