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• Palestinian Exile Under House Arrest in France for 4 Years Without Conviction
  10 December 2019, by Bladi.net

  Under house arrest for 4 years without any judicial conviction, the political exile and Doctor of Pharmacy, originally from Palestine, Mohamed Al Ashram, is also subject to an expulsion order. He is accused of having made "virulent remarks against France and the West".
  "No materially constituted element is present in his file. On the basis of anonymous assertions and unsigned, undated, unheaded documents from prefecture agents, Mr. Al Ashram is condemned to life imprisonment," thundered (…)

• Arsenal Star Özil Sparks China Backlash Over Uyghur Muslim Comments
  16 December 2019, by Bladi.net

  The German international of Turkish origin, Mesut Özil, has strongly condemned the repression of the Muslim minority in China. He thus provoked the anger of the authorities and the disappointment of Chinese viewers, resulting in the withdrawal of the broadcast of the English Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester City from the Chinese public channel CCTV.
  On social networks, Mesut Özil did not mince his words. He openly criticized the Chinese government for the repression and (…)

• French Politician Sparks Controversy with Anti-Muslim Comments on Paris Transit Strike
  17 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  Agnès Cerighelli, a municipal councilor in opposition in the Yvelines town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, believes that Muslims are responsible for the continuation of the strike at the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) because they want to prevent Christians from properly celebrating the Christmas holiday.
  "The RATP agents are mostly Arab-Muslims" who "despise Christmas and consider users as cattle". Agnès Cerighelli expresses her anger on Twitter. According to this elected (…)

• Hundreds March in Bayonne, Demanding Mosque Attack Be Labeled as Terrorism
  17 December 2019, by Ginette

  Several hundred demonstrators marched on Sunday to support the victims of the attack perpetrated against the Bayonne mosque. They demand that this act be formally recognized as a terrorist attack.
  It is in Bayonne, in the Basque country, that this march took place. On banners we can read messages of solidarity but also those calling for collective awareness so that this tragedy is not buried, writes Saphirnews.
  This march organized nearly two months after the attack aims to denounce (…)

• Muslim Engineer Sues French Firm for Forcing Him to Use ’French’ Name for 20 Years
  17 December 2019, by Ginette

  Mohamed Amghar is seeking compensation from the labor court for discrimination and moral harassment. For 20 years, his employers forced him to be called Antoine.
  Between 1997 and 2017, the engineer found himself in an embarrassing situation. No one knew what name to call him. Mohamed or Antoine? Now 63 years old, this Franco-Algerian accuses the management of Intergraph France, a software company based in Rungis (Val-de-Marne), of having imposed this borrowed first name, with a more (…)

• Vandals Target Belgian Mosque on New Year’s Eve, Damaging Entrance
  3 January 2020, by Bladi.net

  The Al-Ihsaan mosque in Leuven (Flemish Brabant) was the target of an act of vandalism on the night of December 31 to January 1.
  Built in 2016 after three years of work, the premises of the Leuven mosque were damaged. The perpetrators tagged the main entrance, before breaking the glass door with a brick found inside the building.
  The worshippers, who came for the morning prayer on January 1 at 6 a.m., discovered the act of vandalism and immediately informed the police.
  Upon arrival at (…)

• Moroccan Ambassador to Vatican: Islamophobia Used as Political Tool
  9 January 2020, by Ginette

  It is in an interview given to the daily Al Massae that the ambassador addressed the issues related to Islamophobia, which, for her, remains an "alibi". On the question of what her role as a diplomat in a state like the Vatican, which in terms of trade, political and other relations, has nothing to exchange with Morocco, Rajae Mekkaoui believes that "the principles of tolerance and coexistence between civilizations, cultures and religions" are sufficient reasons to collaborate.
  Rajae (…)

• French Mayor Files Complaint Over Councilman’s Anti-Muslim Remarks During Racism Debate
  14 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  While the elected officials were adopting a motion against Islamophobia and racism in the municipal council, an elected official made a rather surprising statement. Michel Faïsse, 81, an opposition elected official, had held Muslims responsible for the deaths, victims of attacks in France.
  It was one statement too many for an elected official. "Muslims are responsible for the deaths, victims of attacks in France," Michel Faïsse had declared on December 11, at a time when the majority of (…)

• Belgian Customs Officer Suspended Over Controversial YouTube Videos
  14 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  The Federal Public Service Finances has suspended a Belgian customs officer, who has been in office for a week, for posting anti-Muslim, homophobic and conspiracy videos on YouTube.
  He defines himself as an "independent Christian preacher". With his Youtube channel, he shares sermons and exegeses of the Bible, reports RTBF. However, one of the videos of the newly recruited customs officer was the origin of the opening of an internal file by his superiors at the federal public service. (…)

• Nantes Islamist Leader Released After Serving Terrorism Sentence
  18 January 2020, by Bladi.net

  Mohamed Achamlane, self-proclaimed emir of Moroccan origin, born in Nantes in November 1977, who was serving a 9-year prison sentence, has just regained his freedom. Arrested for criminal conspiracy in connection with a terrorist enterprise, this Nantes Islamist "targeted" the Hyper Cacher.
  The arrest of Mohamed Achamlane, who lived in a town near Nantes, dates back to July 2015. Then 37 years old, he had been sentenced to 9 years in prison for "criminal conspiracy in connection with a (…)