Islamophobia

Articles

• Muslim Woman Alleges Discrimination After Bank Demands Veil Removal
  27 November 2020, by Jérôme

  Leila, a customer of Société Générale, was forced by an employee of the Hénin-Beaumont branch to remove her veil. Even if security reasons were invoked by the bank, the woman sees Islamophobia in it and decides to file a complaint.
  In the entrance airlock of Société Générale, Leila, a mother, is forced to remove her veil. Thus, "as long as I don’t take off my veil, she refused to let me in..." reports the mother, who, at the insistence of the employee, finally removed her hijab.
  She did (…)

• New York Times Reporter Criticizes French Stance on Religious Caricatures
  3 December 2020, by Bladi.net

  A journalist from the New York Times spoke about the French model, particularly on secularism and caricatures. He criticized the recent statements of Emmanuel Macron on the issue.
  In an interview with France Culture, the newspaper’s correspondent in France, Adam Nossiter, said that these caricatures so dear to the French president represent "an insult" to Muslims in France. "They are asked to suffer in silence, to be martyrs, for the cause of freedom of expression. But isn’t that asking (…)

• Law Professor Under Investigation for Inflammatory Remarks About Islam and Judaism
  14 December 2020, by Jérôme

  Following the complaint filed by the League of Human Rights, reporting the "anti-Semitic and Islamophobic" remarks of a law professor at the University of Aix-Marseille, an investigation will be opened. This is what the Aix-Marseille prosecutor’s office has indicated.
  "There is no freedom of conscience in Islam. If you are born to a Muslim father, you are a Muslim for life. A kind of sexually transmitted religion, I never understood. It’s like Judaism, it’s the same, it’s through the (…)

• French Lawyers’ Union Condemns Dissolution of Anti-Islamophobia Group as Threat to Democracy
  16 December 2020, by Ginette

  The dissolution by a government decree, on December 2, of the Collective against Islamophobia in France (CCIF), continues to provoke reactions within civil society. The Union of French Lawyers (SAF), between indignation and disappointment, denounces a "serious attack on fundamental freedoms and democracy".
  The SAF is part of the logic of all those who are outraged by the dissolution of the CCIF. "The reading of the dissolution decree shows that the government is actually punishing a (…)

• Suspended Belgian Teacher Reinstated After Controversy Over Muhammad Cartoon in Class
  19 December 2020, by Bladi.net

  The citizenship education professor suspended for showing a caricature of the naked prophet Mohammad to 10-year-old students was reinstated last Thursday, announced the Molenbeek-Saint-Jean college. However, he will receive support from the educational cell of the municipality and the mobile teams of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
  In his defense, his lawyer, Jean Bourtembourg, stated that the professor invited his colleagues to an objective debate if they could confuse him. In the (…)

• Muslim Leaders Condemn French Government’s Crackdown on Islamic Organizations
  20 December 2020, by Jérôme

  "If we remain silent, the country we love and to which we are attached, will fall even more into the trap of racism and hatred, to the sole benefit of the far right and terrorists." This is the alarm cry of more than 70 municipal elected officials against the "racist, unconstitutional and counterproductive" actions taken by the French government.
  Thus, reports Mediapart, the French government has searched the homes of Muslim personalities, educational associations, charitable (…)

• Muslim Nuclear Plant Worker Reinstated After Winning Discrimination Case
  26 December 2020, by Jérôme

  A Muslim technician who worked at a nuclear power plant in Nogent-sur-Seine, in the Aude, won his case against the Ministry of Ecological Transition. He will be reinstated and receive a compensation of 1500€.
  Amir, who had been working since May 2018 for an EDF subcontractor, was dismissed in January 2019. After an initial administrative appeal in March 2019, he was informed that he would be registered in the File for the Prevention of Threats to Public Security and that he would be known (…)

• Belgian Government Funding of Anti-Islamophobia Group Sparks Controversy
  13 January 2021, by Ginette

  Flemish nationalist MP Theo Francken (N-VA) spoke out about the 20,000 euros the federal government is granting as subsidies to the Collective Against Islamophobia in Belgium. He says he is "shocked" by this kind of arrangement and is calling for its temporary suspension and a more thorough investigation by the State Security Service.
  Will the CCIB suffer the same fate as the Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF), which was dissolved following the assassination of teacher (…)

• Human Rights Watch: France’s Anti-Terror Measures Violate Rights, Alienate Muslims
  17 January 2021, by Ginette

  The latest report on human rights in the world published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) states that there has been a flagrant violation of these rights in France. According to HRW, under the pretext of fighting terrorism, in the aftermath of the assassination of Samuel Paty in October 2020, the government has allowed itself to engage in serious excesses.
  The organization’s executive director, Kenneth Roth, said in an interview with AFP that the organization’s members are very "concerned (…)

• NGOs File UN Complaint Against France for Alleged Anti-Muslim Discrimination
  20 January 2021, by Sylvanus

  About thirty NGOs are attacking France before the United Nations Human Rights Council for Islamophobia and discrimination against Muslims.
  In total, 36 organizations from 13 countries have filed a medico-legal complaint against France with the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). In unison, they are asking it to open official infringement proceedings against the French government, which they accuse of actions and policies towards the Muslim community. They also ask the UNHRC to (…)