Islamophobia

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• Muslim Mother Speaks Out After Removal from French Regional Council Meeting
  17 October 2019, by Ginette

  She was accompanying a group of children to the Bourgogne Franche-Comté Regional Council last Friday, but she had to leave the room with her son following the questioning of the elected member of the Rassemblement national, Julien Odoul.
  According to the Collective against Islamophobia, Fatima is around 35 years old and wears a veil that only reveals her face. She recounts that her presence was not originally planned at the Bourgogne Franche-Comté Regional Council and that she had to give (…)

• Muslim Woman to Sue French Far-Right Politician Over Veil Incident
  18 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  Humiliated for her veil on October 11 by an elected member of the Rassemblement national (RN), Fatima has decided to take the matter to court.
  According to the details provided by Sana Ben Hadj Younes, the lawyer for the young woman, "it is a complaint against the deputy for violence committed in a group by persons holding public authority on a minor and an adult with racial characteristics," filed with the Dijon prosecutor’s office.
  In addition, "a second complaint will be filed with (…)

• Macron Warns Against Conflating Immigration and Radicalization in France
  17 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  Emmanuel Macron, who has refrained from making a public statement on the heated debates that stigmatize Muslims in France, could no longer hold back. The French President, who did not plan a public speech on the issue, according to Saphirnews, was forced to sound the alarm.
  France Info in particular collected information from the Elysée last Wednesday, according to which the President warned against "the amalgamation between the issues of immigration, radicalization, communitarianism and (…)

• Muslim Police Officers in France Face Scrutiny After Paris Attack
  18 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  The situation of French police officers of the Muslim faith is worrying since the attack on the Paris Police Headquarters. A kind of paranoia has set in and, against the young recruits in particular, the risk of a "witch hunt" weighs.
  The situation going through the French police is not enviable, especially as regards the agents of the Muslim faith.
  All the ingredients are in place to make life difficult for these police officers since two weeks ago when the Paris Police Headquarters (…)

• Fashion Retailer Fined €10,000 for Religious Discrimination Against Veiled Employee
  18 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  The ready-to-wear company, Camaïeu, was condemned by the Toulouse Court of Appeal to pay its former employee 10,000 euros for "discrimination based on religious beliefs".
  The company that employed Narimène, a young woman of Maghrebi origin, demanded that she remove the veil she had started wearing upon returning from parental leave. She refused. A few days later, she was fired.
  According to lepoint.fr, the dismissal of the employee was unfortunately validated by the Toulouse Labor (…)

• LCI Journalists Warned After Controversial Veil Remarks Spark Outrage
  19 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  As the sequence of the Islam slip-up on the "Le Grand soir" show on Monday continues to fuel controversy, another LCI journalist has compared the veil to "SS uniforms". This was enough for the Television Directorate to raise its voice in an attempt to discipline its journalists.
  LCI journalists must now control the airtime by avoiding controversial subjects. This is what the Directorate has decided. Indeed, in an internal memo dated Wednesday, October 16, Valérie Nataf, Director of LCI, (…)

• Eric Zemmour to Appeal Hate Speech Conviction to European Court of Human Rights
  19 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  Commentator Eric Zemmour wants to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). He had been convicted of incitement to religious hatred after his appearance on the show "C à vous" on September 6, 2016.
  The conviction of commentator Éric Zemmour follows the confirmation of the Court of Appeal’s ruling on September 17. Indeed, the Court of Appeal’s ruling stated that his remarks were an implicit incitement to hatred.
  This is how the French justice system had convicted him to a (…)

• French Man Faces Legal Action for Criticizing "Islamophobic Climate" in Online Post
  21 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  The French State has decided to file a complaint against a man from Drôme who declared that France "is heading straight for the abyss, towards the unspeakable, towards apartheid". In this regard, the Drôme Prefecture has seized the Public Prosecutor.
  "Don’t be passive, choose the right side of French history, because you see, our country is heading straight for the abyss, towards the unspeakable, towards apartheid!"
  This is how Hakim Madi, a man involved in local political and (…)

• Muslim Women in France Face Growing Pressure Over Hijab Amid Renewed Debates
  21 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  Aged 19 to 55, Sarah, Zouna, Sabrina, Hind, Safia and Inès*, from various backgrounds in France, recount slices of life on wearing the veil, at a time when the debates around this issue are returning and intensifying.
  It is Le Parisien who went to meet these women who wear the Islamic veil.
  "As a woman, we already have to be vigilant. With the veil, it’s doubled. [...]. But with each controversy, the veil is heavier to bear," says Sarah, 19, a student in a Psychology Bachelor’s degree (…)

• Hundreds of Women Rally in Paris Against Rising Islamophobia
  21 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  The Place de la République in Paris was the scene last Saturday of a large demonstration that brought together several hundred women. The aim was for them to denounce the Islamophobic climate that is gaining ground in France.
  Behind this large-scale demonstration is a collective of mothers from the Yvelines (Paris region).
  A few days ago, Fatima E., a veiled mother, was accosted by an extreme-right elected official within the Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
  Through this (…)