Islamophobia

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• Swastikas Found on Mosque Construction Site in Amboise, France
  8 January 2019, by Said

  Swastikas were discovered on Monday morning on the wall of the future mosque in Amboise (Indre-et-Loire), currently under construction.
  According to France Bleu, five Nazi crosses were painted on the perimeter wall and barriers of the mosque construction site in Amboise. The alert had been given by a neighbor who claims that the crosses were not yet written at 8:30 a.m. when he left for work.
  The Turkish cultural association will file a complaint and the sub-prefect went to the site to (…)

• Report: Anti-Muslim Incidents in France Drop 17% in 2018
  14 February 2019, by Said

  Anti-Muslim acts are declining in France, according to the latest report published by the Observatory of Islamophobia, attached to the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM).
  Thus, during the year 2018, 100 anti-Muslim acts occurred in France, compared to 121 the previous year. In detail, according to the president of the observatory Abdallah Zekri, there were 43 acts and 57 threats.
  However, this decline must be put into perspective since many people do not file complaints against (…)

• Man Sentenced to 2 Years for Racist Attack on Muslim Woman on Train
  18 February 2019, by Amine

  Sean Devlin was found guilty of verbally and physically assaulting Malika Touirtou, a 63-year-old Moroccan-American woman, on a train, before shouting that she had a bomb in her bag. He allegedly beat her up. A judge has just sentenced him, among other things, to 2 years in prison.
  It all started when Sean Devlin, 36, heard Malika Touirtou speaking Arabic on the phone to her brother. It was during Ramadan and she was returning from the tarawih prayer. He would then have accosted her and (…)

• Far-Right Pundit Zemmour Links Immigration to Anti-Semitism in France
  21 February 2019, by Said

  The polemicist Eric Zemmour’s anti-Muslim crusade, who has already been convicted in the past for incitement to racial hatred, continues, and this time he directly targets Moroccans.
  Speaking on the LCI channel, Zemmour claimed that the rise of anti-Semitism in France is the fruit of Islamic culture. "We were told that Islam was a religion of peace and love, whereas we know well that this anti-Semitism is the product of an Islamic culture that goes back a long way. I would prefer the (…)

• Muslim Family in Belgium Finds Pig’s Head Outside Home in Suspected Hate Crime
  17 October 2019, by Ginette

  "Knowing that we are Muslims, this is a racist act, in my opinion," regrets a member of the Lahcen family, who reported the incident on Facebook. The cooked pig’s head had been placed as if to bother the family.
  According to Canal zoom, which reports the information, a neighbor is said to have come to apologize after the discovery. While she acknowledges having eaten pork during a private party, she claims to ignore the identity of the person who committed the reprehensible act.
  A (…)

• I apologize, but I don’t have enough information to write an accurate and compelling headline based on the limited content provided. The summary and first paragraph are empty, leaving me without sufficient context about the story to create a proper journalistic headline. To write an effective headline, I would need more details about the specific situation involving the Muslim policewoman in France and the nature of the "double jeopardy" she faces. Without this context, any headline I generate would be speculative and potentially misleading.
  17 November 2019, by Bladi.net
• French Mayor Bans 8-Year-Old from School Canteen Over Meatless Diet
  8 December 2019, by Bladi.net

  The young Kamil, aged 8, was excluded from the canteen by the mayor of Pont-de-Chéruy, France, simply because he does not eat meat.
  Alain Tuduri, the mayor of the municipality, has banned him from the canteen from the start of January.
  The mayor has in the past been confronted with several cases. He was sentenced in 2015 to three months’ suspended imprisonment and a fine of €7,000 for favoritism and in 2009 to 18 months’ suspended imprisonment for discrimination.
  The politician had (…)

• Mosque in Southern France Targeted by Multiple Vandalism Attacks
  16 December 2022, by Ginette

  In less than two weeks, the mosque in the town of Saint-Juéry, near Albi (Tarn), has been vandalized three times.
  Last week, the glass door of the mosque was damaged by stones thrown against the facade in the middle of the night. The car of Mohamed Chaoui, vice-president of the Franco-Moroccan Union of Albigeois, responsible for this place, was also vandalized, reports La Dépêche.
  The mosque in Saint-Juéry has been the target of Islamophobic acts on several occasions. In January 2015, (…)

• Veiled Actress Hajar Brown Speaks Out on Racism and Islamophobia in Entertainment Industry
  10 February 2023, by Prince

  Moroccan-origin actress and influencer Hajar Brown shares the racist and Islamophobic discrimination she continues to face, during castings or on the street.
  Hajar Brown, 27, is participating in the Mulleres na cima conference, organized by the Araguaney Puente de Culturas Foundation, the USC and the city of Santiago de Compostela. The one who was revealed in the SKAM series, before becoming a model and influencer on social networks, spoke on this occasion about the racist situations she (…)

• TF1 Anchor Allegedly Blocks Report Featuring Hijab-Wearing Woman, Sparks Controversy
  21 February 2019, by Said

  The presenter of the TF1 television news, Jean-Pierre Pernaut, is said to have refused to broadcast in the 1 p.m. edition a report in which a woman wearing a headscarf appears.
  The revelation was made by the Canard Enchaîné, which claims that the journalist categorically refused to broadcast the report. "There will be no veiled women in my news!" Jean-Pierre Pernaut is said to have told his team.
  "For his TF1 news, Jean-Pierre Pernaut notes that a report is devoted to the draft law (…)