Islamophobia

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• Austria Scraps Controversial Online Map of Muslim Organizations Amid Backlash
  6 June 2021, by Jérôme

  The Austrian authorities have finally withdrawn the digital "Islam Landkarte (Islamic map)". This decision follows the wave of criticism poured on the government, particularly Chancellor Kurz who has repeatedly denounced what he calls "political Islam".
  These criticisms come from Islamic groups, after the government proceeded to launch a website set up by the "Documentation Center for Political Islam", which makes available the names and locations of more than 620 mosques, associations (…)

• Belgian ’Islamophobic Attack’ on Muslim Family Revealed as Prank, No Charges Filed
  13 June 2021, by Sylvanus

  The Islamophobic attack in Lierneux, Belgium, last August was a hoax. This is what the investigation into this case reveals. No offense, no legal proceedings.
  Three masked assailants had terrorized a Muslim family from Brussels in August 2020 in Lierneux. Animal entrails, blood-covered crucifixes. Enough to frighten the victims. After the attack, a complaint had been filed and an investigation had been opened. The investigators discovered that the attackers were not far-right militants, (…)

• Islamophobic Graffiti Targets Imam Training Institute in Martigues, France
  5 July 2021, by Sylvanus

  In Martigues, the walls, windows and trash cans of the Dar Ennour Institute were covered on Sunday, July 4, 2021 with Islamophobic tags. An investigation is underway.
  Another Islamophobic act. "Muslim = pig", "Arab out", "Allah = shit" or even "Save the Whites"... These are the Islamophobic inscriptions discovered on the walls of the Dar Ennour Institute, an annex of the Al-Ghazali Institute of the Grand Mosque of Paris, which has been training 18 imams since last February. The authors of (…)

• Belgian Politicians Clash Over Burkini Policy and Women-Only Hours at New Brussels Pool
  6 July 2021, by Sylvanus

  In Belgium, the authorization of the wearing of the burkini and the establishment of time slots for women in the new temporary pool in Anderlecht are dividing political leaders.
  The authorization of the burkini and the establishment of time slots (every Saturday between 11 a.m. and noon) for women in the new temporary pool in Anderlecht are creating tensions. "Burkini allowed and hours reserved for women. The communitarian madness continues," commented on Twitter Georges-Louis Bouchez, a (…)

• Islamophobic Incidents Rise in France Despite Overall Drop in Racist Acts
  9 July 2021, by Jérôme

  France experienced a resurgence of Islamophobia in 2020, while racist acts declined. This emerges from the annual report of the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH) on the fight against racism published on Thursday.
  A notable fact in this report is the significant drop in racist acts, noted from the figures of the Central Territorial Intelligence Service, a body attached to the national police and the Ministry of the Interior, reports AFP, adding that in France, racist (…)

• Islamophobic Attacks in France Surge 52% in 2020, Human Rights Commission Reports
  10 August 2021, by Ginette

  Violence targeting Muslims increased by 52% in France in 2020, according to the latest report from the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH).
  This CNCDH report is based on an observation and a note from the Central Territorial Intelligence Service which establishes "a context favoring the stigmatization of Muslims".
  In view of this note, "the CNCDH expresses its very strong concern in the face of drifts, in the political field as well as in certain media and on social (…)

• Saint-Denis Mayor’s Chief of Staff Fired Over Islamophobic Comment About Veiled Poll Worker
  30 August 2021, by Armel

  Frédéric Bonnot, the current chief of staff of the mayor of Saint-Denis, will officially be dismissed from his duties this Tuesday, August 31. He had privately described a veiled assessor in a polling station in Saint-Denis as a "bat".
  The controversy dates back to June 20, reports France bleu, specifying that Frédéric Bonnot, chief of staff of the PS mayor of Saint-Denis, Mathieu Hanotin, had compared a veiled woman to a "bat".
  During the first round of the regional and departmental (…)

• French Far-Right Figure Zemmour Accused of Misrepresenting Quran in Islam Debate
  7 October 2021, by Armel

  "During his latest debate with philosopher Michel Onfray, the potential French presidential candidate allowed himself to invent a fallacious version of Quranic verse 5:32, claiming that the Quran legitimizes the assassination of any person who would contravene the law of Allah or offend Allah," the CFCM said in its statement.
  Condemning these repeated attacks, the Council took care to recall that "the Quran qualifies any assassination as a crime against humanity and considers any (…)

• French Government Dissolves Anti-Islamophobia Group Over Hate Speech Allegations
  20 October 2021, by Sylvanus

  Meeting in a cabinet meeting this Wednesday, October 20, the French government dissolved the association "Coordination against Racism and Islamophobia" based in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon for its alleged hateful and anti-Semitic character.
  "The association ’Coordination against Racism and Islamophobia’ has been dissolved in the Council of Ministers, in accordance with the instructions of the President of the Republic," Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on his Twitter account. According (…)

• Mosque and Turkish Associations in Eastern France Vandalized with Nationalist Symbols
  8 November 2021, by Armel

  Individuals tagged Lorraine crosses on the walls of a mosque in Pontarlier and those of two Turkish associations during the night from Saturday to Sunday. The officials denounced a "provocation".
  This is the Philippe Grenier mosque and the headquarters of the Association of Turks of Pontarlier, victims of an Islamophobic act through the use of a symbol traditionally attributed to Gaullism and the Resistance, reports the Besançon prosecutor’s office.
  In total, six Lorraine crosses were (…)