Islamophobia

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• Ghent’s Multilingual Low Emission Zone Posters Spark Political Debate
  20 January 2020, by Ginette

  The far-right party, Vlaams Belang, has just filed a complaint against the municipality of Ghent regarding posters that would not respect the linguistic legislation in force. The posters in question inform the Turkish and Arabic-speaking communities about the low emission zone.
  The cabinet of Alderman Tine Heye refutes these accusations and explains that it is an exceptional campaign addressed to a specific target and which scrupulously respects the linguistic legislation. But what is it (…)

• Islamic Scholar Rachid Benzine Addresses Muslim Integration and Radicalization in France
  23 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  The Franco-Moroccan Rachid Benzine, a lecturer at the Institute of Political Studies in Aix-en-Provence and the Faculty of Theology in Paris, expresses his views on Islam in France, Islamophobia and radicalization.
  Islam in France, Islamophobia, radicalization... Rachid Benzine addressed these issues in an interview he gave to the monthly magazine BAB, published by MAP. According to the lecturer at the Institute of Political Studies in Aix-en-Provence and the Faculty of Theology in Paris, (…)

• French Teen Faces Backlash, Files Complaint After Controversial Islam Comments Go Viral
  24 January 2020, by Bladi.net

  The publication of this incriminating video was made, following a failed attempt at flirting, according to the words of the lesbian teenager. Once rejected, the flirter, a Muslim, uttered a host of insults, often of a homophobic nature, some of which invoked "Allah", the victim continues.
  On the spur of the moment, the teenager made the video, posted on her Instagram account on Saturday, January 18. In this video, she declared her hatred for the Quran: "There is only hatred in it. Islam, (…)

• Journalist Warns Senate: Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrating French Islamic Organizations
  26 January 2020, by Bladi.net

  The journalist, Zineb El Rhazoui, heard by the Senate inquiry commission on Islamic radicalization, felt that the terrorist organization "the Muslim Brotherhood" is indeed at the gates of power.
  The human rights activist did not stroke the Muslim Association for an Islam of France (AMIF) in the right direction. She strongly criticized it, arguing that it is infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood. According to the journalist, the AMIF, as the representative body of Islam in France, will (…)

• Racist and Xenophobic Incidents in France More Than Double in 2019, Interior Ministry Reports
  27 January 2020, by Bladi.net

  The French Ministry of the Interior unveiled, on Sunday, January 26, the 2019 assessment of racist and xenophobic acts. Their number has exploded in one year.
  The number of racist and xenophobic acts has soared in France in 2019, with 1,142 recorded incidents, compared to 496 in 2018, an increase of 130%, the Ministry of the Interior announced on Sunday, January 26. These acts mainly fall under the "threats" category.
  On the side of anti-Muslim acts, their number in 2019, "relatively (…)

• French Politician Royal Criticizes Teen at Center of Islam Controversy
  4 February 2020, by Ginette

  The young Mila, bombarded with insults and death threats on social media for insulting Islam, continues to fuel the debate on respect for religions. Former French Minister of the Environment, Ségolène Royal, was very critical on Sunday of the high school student, but considers that one cannot talk about secularism on statements made by a 15-year-old.
  Ségolène Royal does not want the young Mila, "a teenager who lacks respect," to be "erected as a paragon of freedom of expression". "There (…)

• French Muslim Council Chief Condemns Threats Over Islam Criticism
  10 February 2020, by Ginette

  The remarks made by the high school student Mila continue to provoke reactions in the ranks of opinion leaders. Mohammed Moussaoui, the new president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), said he "accepts that Islam be criticized", but refuses that this "leads to the stigmatization of Muslims".
  In an op-ed published on the Marianne website, Mohammed Moussaoui writes that "some Muslims go astray in thinking they are defending the dignity of their religion through threat, (…)

• Controversy Erupts as Teen’s Anti-Islam Video Goes Viral, Sparking Debate on Religion and Race
  9 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  On CNews, Rose Ameziane, president of the Mouvement-Territoires, reacted to the video of Mila, a young high school student who strongly criticized Islam.
  "By insulting Islam, we target Arabs and Blacks," said Rose Ameziane, president of the Mouvement-Territoires, on the CNews channel, to comment on the video, which went viral on social media, of a young high school student who attacked the Muslim religion.
  "You can’t be racist about a religion. Islam is a religion. I said what I thought (…)

• Controversial Anti-Islamophobia Film Pulled from Major Paris Cinema Amid Far-Right Backlash
  10 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  "Soumaya" was censored by Le Grand Rex, the Parisian cinema. And for good reason, the film denounces Islamophobia.
  "Le Grand Rex is a commercial and family cinema. It is not intended to broadcast political or confessional films." This is how the Parisian cinema justifies its refusal to screen the preview of the film "Soumaya", directed by Waheed Khan and Ubaydah Abu-Usayd, with Soraya Hachoumi, Sarah Perriez, Khalid Berkouz. This decision by the Parisian cinema follows a campaign of (…)

• Belgium Sees Sharp Rise in Online Hate Speech, Anti-Racism Group Reports
  23 February 2020, by Ginette

  About 400 reports of incitement to hatred were recorded on social networks in 2019, compared to 318 in 2018. These data were published by the Movement against Racism, Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia (Mrax), which is concerned about the speed at which the phenomenon is growing in Belgium.
  According to the president of Mrax, "the year 2019 saw an increase in complaints for incitement to hatred, especially on social networks". Carlos Crespo, however, noted that "these reports concern the (…)