Islamophobia

Articles

• French Senate Votes to Deny Residence Permits for Rejecting ’Republican Principles’
  9 April 2021, by Ginette

  This LR amendment by Roger Karoutchi was voted on in first reading during the examination of the bill against "separatism" last week, even if the government has warned against a risk of unconstitutionality. But for Les Républicains, this amendment makes perfect sense. "Someone who wants to separate from the Republic, it is the Republic that separates from him," defended the LR senator Jérôme Bascher.
  Marlène Schiappa, Minister Delegate for Citizenship, has "reservations" about the (…)

• Arson Attack on Nantes Mosque Days Before Ramadan, Police Investigate
  10 April 2021, by Jérôme

  The door of the mosque in Nantes was the target of a fire, on Thursday night. This criminal act, which occurs a few days before the start of Ramadan, did not cause any casualties, but damage is to be deplored.
  It is one of the three entrance doors of the mosque located north of Nantes that caught fire on Friday, April 9, reports Lemuslimpost, which sees it as a rather symbolic act, because committed a few days before the start of Ramadan. The fire started from three garbage cans full of (…)

• UN Condemns Rise in Anti-Muslim Attacks Across French Cities
  16 April 2021, by Jérôme

  The cities of Nantes and Rennes, in western France, have been the scene of acts of violence against Muslims in recent days. The High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Angel Moratinos, expresses his indignation at these extremely serious acts.
  In Rennes, the exterior walls of an Islamic cultural center were covered with anti-Muslim graffiti last Sunday, while the door of the Rennes mosque was destroyed by arson.
  The Le Mans mosque would have completed (…)

• Islamophobic Graffiti Discovered at Mosque Construction Site Near Bordeaux
  23 April 2021, by Jérôme

  During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, Islamophobic inscriptions were found on the construction site of the new mosque in Talence. This act has outraged the entire Muslim community, which calls on justice to find and condemn those responsible.
  It is with great frustration that Muslims found this Wednesday Islamophobic tags on the walls of the construction site of the new mosque in Thouars de Talence, south of Bordeaux. Once again, an act of racist violence is taking place in the (…)

• French Court Upholds Muslim Woman’s Right to Wear Headscarf at Work
  30 April 2021, by Jonas

  The Court of Cassation on April 14 confirmed the appeal judgment that had ordered the Camaïeu brand to pay 10,000 euros in damages to Nadia, an employee dismissed for wearing a headscarf at work. This confirmation ruling is, according to the CCIF, a notable advance in the defense of freedoms within private companies.
  Welcoming this verdict, the Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF), through a press release signed by its liquidator, Jean-Jacques Megaïdes, indicated that the (…)

• Muslim Man Assaulted in Suspected Hate Crime in Dole, France
  1 May 2021, by Jonas

  According to Laetitia, she noticed and saw from her kitchen the aggressor taking photos in the area while the children were playing on the terrace. That’s when her husband went out and tried to see the pictures taken by the stranger. This elderly man who becomes the aggressor of Adil seconds later, gets angry and shouts furiously: "aaah, bicot, you’re going under the hood today!", details Laeticia, who says she was shocked that her husband was insistently called "bicot".
  "It shocked me. (…)

• Students Face Sanctions for False Islamophobia Claims Against Grenoble Professors
  10 May 2021, by Sylvanus

  The Minister of Higher Education, Frédérique Vidal, calls for the sanctioning of students who accused two professors at the Institute of Political Studies (IEP) of Islamophobia. The report she had commissioned on this matter indicates that the teachers were defamed.
  "The students involved, by defaming their professors on social networks, by attacking their honor and consequently the reputation of the IEP, have behaved in an unacceptable way. They will have to be sanctioned," said (…)

• UK Conservative Party Faces Allegations of Rising Islamophobia, Report Finds
  26 May 2021, by Jérôme

  In a report published on discrimination within the Conservative party, the party is facing a problem of growing Islamophobia. This problem is also likely to tarnish the image of the Tories across the Channel.
  The independent report on discrimination within the British Conservative party, published on Tuesday, concluded that the party is at the heart of a problem of Islamophobia both nationally and locally. In this document, around 1,418 complaints of discrimination were analyzed. These (…)

• Nazi and Islamophobic Graffiti Defaces Student Housing in Lyon Suburb
  31 May 2021, by Sylvanus

  In Bron, the walls of a student residence were covered with Nazi and Islamophobic tags last Friday. A day earlier, xenophobic inscriptions had been found on the campaign posters of Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, a candidate (PS) in the regional elections in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
  "Islam assassin" or "Muslims out". Insulting tags against Islam and Muslims were discovered last Friday on the walls of the Arcole student residence, in the city of Bron, at the heart of the Lyon metropolis (…)

• Brussels Transit Authority Accepts Court Ruling on Headscarf Ban, Pledges Policy Review
  3 June 2021, by Ginette

  The management committee of the Société des transports intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB), meeting on Monday evening, decided, after a tight vote, to take note of the recent judgment handed down by the labor court, which considers that the STIB had discriminated against a job applicant wearing a veil because of her religious beliefs.
  "The STIB has always been a pioneer in diversity. It is because we want to continue in this direction that the Management Committee has decided not to appeal (…)