Islamophobia

Articles

• Moroccan Teacher and Family Face Deportation from France over Visa Issues
  20 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  A Moroccan family, living in France for six years, risks expulsion to Morocco for not renewing their residence permit.
  Sofiane Dahir, a Moroccan national, his wife and their three children, are under threat of expulsion. The contract of this family man has not been renewed and his application for a residence permit in France has been refused, including on appeal, according to France 3.
  The obligation to leave France would have been pronounced by the new prefect of the Corsican Republic, (…)

• Pécresse Calls for Ban on Foreign Funding of French Mosques
  25 February 2020, by Ginette

  The president of the Île-de-France region proposes to "put an end to the foreign financing of mosques", in an interview with the Journal du dimanche (JDD) of February 23. She believes that the rule in force for political parties should be applied to places of worship.
  "Neither a foreign state, nor a foreign person, unless he resides in France, has the right to finance a mosque." Valérie Pécresse believes that on the "financing of places of worship, we must go further" than the series of (…)

• Elderly Man Faces Trial for Islamophobic Vandalism Against Veiled Women in Strasbourg
  27 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  A 73-year-old man is being prosecuted in Strasbourg for having punctured the tires of veiled women and left the message "No hijab" on their vehicle.
  The author of these Islamophobic acts of vandalism was recently identified, following a police investigation, announces the Collective against Islamophobia in France. The man punctured the tires of several cars belonging to women wearing a headscarf, in a commercial parking lot in Strasbourg, and stuck a note with the mention "No Hijab", (…)

• Controversial Columnist Sparks Outrage with Anti-Islam Tweet
  13 March 2020, by Bladi.net

  The columnist of "L’heure des pros", Zineb El Rhazoui, once again distinguished herself on social networks, letting herself be overwhelmed by her hatred of Islam and Muslims.
  On her Twitter account, the former collaborator of Charlie Hebdo, published an Islamophobic tweet: "Yes @NasNacera, death to Islam and to all the gods, death to the religions that bother us and death to the idiots as said #Cabu! Seize all the prosecutors of France and Navarre! Allah only frightens those who believe (…)

• Islamophobic Graffiti Targets Mosque in Saint-Étienne Amid COVID-19 Crisis
  17 April 2020, by Bladi.net

  The officials of the Montreynaud mosque, managed by the Turkish Cultural Association of Saint-Étienne (ACTS), expressed their consternation in the evening of Tuesday, April 14, upon discovering an Islamophobic inscription.
  An Islamophobic tag was discovered on the entrance door of the Montreynaud mosque, managed by the Turkish Cultural Association of Saint-Étienne (ACTS).
  "Die Arabe C-19". This is the message found by the officials of this place of worship during this confinement (…)

• French Muslim Council Demands Apology for Professor’s False Claim About Ramadan Rituals
  13 May 2020, by Bladi.net

  The remarks of Pascal Astagneau on "spitting as a ritual during Ramadan" were denounced by the National Observatory for the Fight against Islamophobia of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM). Through a press release, the Observatory was outraged and demanded public apologies from the professor.
  The National Observatory for the Fight against Islamophobia was outraged by the remarks of Professor Pascal Astagneau who claimed, on May 11, 2020, that spitting "is linked" to a Muslim (…)

• Far-Right Activists Acquitted in 2012 Poitiers Mosque Occupation Case
  20 June 2020, by Bladi.net

  Eight years after the facts, the Poitiers Court of Appeal acquitted this Friday five activists of "Génération Identitaire". The far-right group had occupied the construction site of the Poitiers mosque in 2012.
  The Poitiers court pronounced the acquittal, forgetting to suspend the statute of limitations for incitement to racial hatred following the first conviction. Due to this procedural error, the court decided to downgrade the serious damage to minor damage. The statute of limitations (…)

• Hundreds Rally in Brussels Against Headscarf Ban in Universities
  7 July 2020, by Ginette

  The march against the ban on wearing the veil in higher education institutions in Brussels took place on Sunday afternoon at the Mont des Arts. The protesters, who came in the hundreds, according to the organizers, denounced through slogans the decision of the Constitutional Court upholding a higher education institution’s intention to ban its students from wearing signs showing their philosophical or religious affiliation.
  While the National Security Council has only authorized a (…)

• Muslim Soldier Alleges Discrimination in French Army, Sparking Controversy
  5 August 2020, by Sylvanus

  A young convert to Islam claimed that he is a victim of Islamophobia in the French Army.
  At the end of his studies in a humanitarian school, Quentin seized the opportunity to pursue a career in the Army. A recruiter offered him to become a trainer for young people in academic difficulty in the overseas departments and territories. Quentin says he spent three months in southern France where he received purely military training.
  However, he was far from imagining the nightmare he was (…)

• Muslim Leaders Call for Increased Mosque Security After Criminal Acts in France
  14 August 2020, by Ginette

  The CFCM "strongly denounced and condemned" this criminal act, and expressed its "full support and solidarity" with the worshippers and the leaders of the mosque. Mohamed Moussaoui, the president of the CFCM, calls on mosque leaders to contact the prefectural security contacts to secure their premises.
  In a statement, the Council indicated that "the annual budget set aside by the State for the security of Muslim places of worship has not been exhausted" and that they have the possibility (…)