Islamophobia

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• Cosmetics Executive Suspended for Islamophobic Tweets Against TV Personality
  1 March 2019, by Said

  The Marketing Director of the Nocibé cosmetics chain was suspended yesterday following his Islamophobic tweets posted in response to Yassine Belattar’s decision to resign from the LCI news channel for his open support for Éric Zemmour.
  Alain Bizeul, that’s his name, had strongly reacted on February 19 on his personal Twitter account by commenting on the decision of the Franco-Moroccan. "Good riddance you Islamist scum. You make my day," he had written on Twitter in reaction to this (…)

• Muslim Graves Vandalized in French Cemetery During Ramadan
  14 May 2019, by Bladi.net

  New Islamophobic act in France where Muslim graves have again been desecrated in the Draguignan cemetery, in the Var department. This is all the more unfortunate as Muslims have been observing the Ramadan fast for about ten days.
  In a statement, the National Observatory against Islamophobia (ONCI) condemned this odious and highly reprehensible act. Its president, Abdallah Zekri, strongly condemned the desecration of the Muslim cemetery. "We are witnessing in 2019 the desecration of (…)

• French Comedian Resigns from Government Council over Veil Controversy
  19 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  The French humorist of Moroccan origin, Yassine Belattar, seems very affected by the controversy over the veil, which has taken on a certain magnitude in France in recent weeks.
  To the French President, the artist has addressed his letter of resignation from the Council of Cities, where he had been sitting since May 2018. This is an institution set up by Emmanuel Macron, which includes "major national economic, social, cultural and sports actors, committed to the priority neighborhoods", (…)

• Far-Right Spokesperson Confronted by Comedian Over Civil War ’Fantasy’
  17 February 2021, by Sylvanus

  Comedian Yassine Belattar once again faced Thaïs d’Escufon, spokesperson for Génération identitaire, an extreme-right movement whose dissolution procedure has recently been initiated. The Franco-Moroccan believes that his interlocutor fantasizes about "the idea of a civil war".
  "Firstly, who are you scaring? And secondly, who do you think you are? If today you want to wear armor like in the Middle Ages, have a sword, and behead the Saracens, you can do that too," launched the 38-year-old (…)

• Far-Right French Politician Faces Legal Action Over Controversial Christchurch Tweet
  19 March 2019, by Said

  Her message will not go unpunished. The French far-right elected official Catherine Blein will be prosecuted in court following her message on Twitter: "Shooting in New Zealand, an eye for an eye..."
  Deleted since, this message sparked a strong controversy on social networks, prompting the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM, via the National Observatory against Islamophobia) to mandate the lawyer at the Nîmes bar Khadija Aoudia to file a complaint with the Public Prosecutor against (…)

• Islamophobic Graffiti Targets Religious Sites in Rennes, France
  16 April 2019, by Said

  Among the inscriptions discovered: "88 Nic the Mus", a smiley with the inscription "Go Home" and a third tag with the symbols of the three monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) under which one can read: "No thank you".
  According to AFP, these tags were discovered by Muslim worshippers and officials on Monday morning and work was already underway yesterday afternoon (after the police report) to erase them.
  "The tags simultaneously targeted three places of worship in a (…)

• French Mayor Cleared of Hate Speech Charges Over Muslim Student Comments
  6 June 2019, by Marcel

  The Mayor of the French commune of Béziers, Robert Ménard, escaped a conviction by the French justice system on Tuesday, June 4, 2019.
  2,000 euros in fines. The penalty that Robert Ménard, Mayor of Béziers, narrowly escaped for "incitement to hatred and discrimination". This was on Tuesday, June 4, at the Court of Cassation in Paris. The International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (Licra), the Movement against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples (Mrap), the League of Human (…)

• Béziers Mosque Files Complaint After Online Calls for Arson Following Teacher’s Murder
  22 October 2020, by Ginette

  The officials of the Grand Mosque of Béziers filed a complaint against X following the call issued by Internet users to burn the mosque the day after the assassination of teacher Samuel Paty in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.
  According to information provided by the police, Internet users called for the burning of the Grand Mosque of Béziers. "Do you want to pay tribute to this teacher? Go burn the mosque in Béziers. Get the message across that we’ve had enough," could be read on Facebook. But (…)

• Muslim Couple Faces Racist Backlash Over New Montpellier Restaurant Opening
  11 April, by Sylvanus

  Barely had he announced the opening of his restaurant in the Plan Cabanes neighborhood of Montpellier when a Muslim couple became the target of racist and Islamophobic insults.
  The announcement of the opening of the restaurant "L’Océan fish", a seafood restaurant, sparked racist and Islamophobic comments on social media due to the image posted on Monday, April 7 on the Facebook page of the local media La Gazette de Montpellier. Taken inside the seafood restaurant, this image shows the (…)

• France Dissolves Controversial Muslim Rights Group Amid Islamism Concerns
  4 December 2020, by Ginette

  The French government announced, on Wednesday, in the Council of Ministers, the dissolution of the Collective against Islamophobia (CCIF). According to the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, this organization has been "carrying out Islamist propaganda for several years".
  Before the decision of the Council of Ministers, the CCIF had already announced a few days earlier its "voluntary dissolution", adding that its assets had been "transferred to partner associations that will be (…)