Islamophobia

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• Elderly Suspect Arrested After Shooting and Arson Attempt at Bayonne Mosque
  29 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  While Claude S., an octogenarian, was about to set fire to the door of the Bayonne mosque on Monday, October 28, he was surprised by two men who intervened. He did not hesitate to shoot at them.
  Shots were fired on Monday at the entrance of the Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) mosque. "A man tried to set fire to the door of the Bayonne mosque. Surprised in his attempt by two people, he shot at them. The individual, on leaving, set fire to a vehicle," said the Prefect of the (…)

• Macron Vows to Protect Muslims After Attack on Bayonne Mosque
  29 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  While Emmanuel Macron firmly condemned the attack on the Bayonne mosque and promises that Muslims will be protected, the dignitaries of Islam call on the faithful to be "extremely vigilant".
  "I firmly condemn the odious attack perpetrated in front of the Bayonne mosque," Emmanuel Macron wrote on Twitter on Monday. Similarly, he hammered that "the Republic will never tolerate hatred," before assuring that all Muslims will be protected. "Everything will be done to punish the perpetrators (…)

• Bayonne Mosque Shooting Victims Stable After Surgery, Investigation Continues
  31 October 2019, by Ginette

  The Prefecture of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques has provided some information on the two septuagenarians seriously injured during the attack on the Bayonne mosque. Their lives are no longer in danger.
  The two men, aged 74 and 78, who had been hit, one in the neck, the other in the chest and arm, seem to be leaving the stage of vital prognosis engaged for that of stability, after a surgical intervention.
  The President of the Association of Muslims of the Basque Coast, Abdellatif Boutaty, (…)

• French Senator Sparks Outrage with Controversial Remarks on Veiled School Chaperones
  31 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  In the midst of the debate, on Tuesday, October 29, in the Senate, on the LR bill aimed at banning the wearing of religious symbols by parent chaperones during school outings, the Senator of Moselle, Jean-Louis Masson, did not hesitate to compare the veiled mothers to "Halloween witches". The controversy is raging, the Internet users are unleashed.
  "Is it normal for your child, your grandchildren, who are not used to rubbing shoulders with veiled obscurantism, to be surrounded during (…)

• CNews Shifts Controversial Commentator Eric Zemmour’s Show to Delayed Broadcast
  31 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  The new CNews show, "Face à l’info", with the controversial commentator Eric Zemmour, will no longer be broadcast live, but slightly delayed, the Canal+ Group management said on Tuesday.
  This decision comes from the elected staff of Canal+, who immediately seized the Canal+ Ethics Committee for the application of the measure.
  This aims to "ensure the conditions for perfect editorial control" of the program, broadcast at 7 p.m., whose controversial editorialist, Zemmour, recruited by (…)

• Protesters Rally Against CNews, Citing Islamophobic Climate in France
  1 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  A collective of citizens opposed to the polemicist Eric Zemmour will gather this Saturday in front of the CNews headquarters to call on the channel about its responsibility in the establishment of an Islamophobic climate in France.
  According to the Citizen Collective, "Stop Zemmour", they (the columnists, ed.) are "only a symptom of this hysterical collective Islamophobia". But Eric Zemmour and CNews are the "arrogant symbols" of it.
  This statement by the Collective, recalls the Muslim (…)

• Former Morocco Resident Charged in Bayonne Mosque Attack, Reveals Complex Past
  2 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  The perpetrator of the Bayonne mosque attack had studied and done his military service in Morocco, then under French protectorate. At the time, he had wanted to obtain Moroccan nationality. In his book entitled "France with an Open Heart or Human Misery", he talks about his childhood and his tendency towards Islamophobia.
  Enigmatic character, Claude Sinké who injured two people during the attack on the Bayonne mosque, is the subject of an investigation led by the French authorities.
  The (…)

• Thousands to March in Paris Against Rising Islamophobia, Backed by Left-Wing Groups
  3 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  A call to demonstrate against Islamophobia on Sunday, November 10 in Paris was launched on Friday, November 1, at the initiative of the elected official of Saint-Denis, Madjid Messaoudene, and several associations. This call is strongly supported by the left.
  Among the associations supporting this march, we can mention the Collective against Islamophobia in France (CCIF), the Adama Committee, the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA), the L.E.S. Muslim Platform, the National Union of Students (…)

• French Woman Sentenced to Prison for Online Hate Speech Against Muslims
  3 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  Originally from Nangis (Seine-et-Marne), a woman was sentenced to 4 months in prison with probation by the Melun Correctional Court. The defendant was tried on Thursday for posting a message on Facebook calling for the extermination of Muslims.
  At the age of 53, this bus driver was tried for "public insults on the grounds of origin, race or religion by electronic means, incitement to a crime and incitement to hatred," reports Le Parisien.
  She had, in a message posted on Facebook, called (…)

• Thousands March in Belfort Against Islamophobia and Racism in France
  4 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  Nearly 1,100 people responded to the call of the Association of Muslims of the Territory of Belfort against Islamophobia and racism in Belfort, France, on Saturday, November 2.
  Faced with the galloping rise of Islamophobia in France, Muslim women have decided to raise their voices. "We are French, we pay our taxes and we live like everyone else," the crowd chanted on Saturday, November 2, 2019 in Belfort.
  They were outraged and upset by the recent attacks on veiled women, in particular, (…)