After the dissolutions of organizations fighting Islamophobia such as the Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) and the sidelining of the National Observatory for the Fight Against Islamophobia due to the abandonment of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) by the State, the Forum of Islam in France (FORIF) is reflecting on the creation in France of a new organization to fight anti-Muslim acts.
Meeting on Monday, January 31, the Joint Committee (CMP) was unable to reach an agreement on the draft law aimed at democratizing sport in France. Some deputies opposed an amendment added by Senator of Isère Michel Savin (LR), which provided for extending the law on secularism in schools to sports competitions, by banning the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols.
Eric Zemmour was convicted, on Monday, by the Paris Criminal Court to a fine of 10,000 euros for incitement to hatred. The French commentator, far-right candidate for the French presidential election, had attacked unaccompanied migrant minors, describing them as "thieves", "murderers", "rapists" on television.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has denounced this week "electoral debates" that are too "centered" on Islam in France.
The swearing-in ceremony for trainee lawyers at the École de Formation des Barreaux (EFB) in Paris was marked by an Islamophobic act. The victim is a Muslim lawyer who was asked to remove her veil.
Islamophobic tags and damage were committed at the beginning of the week on a prayer room in La Mure, Isère. An investigation has been opened.
The French government has announced the establishment of a mission to combat anti-religious acts in France due to their increase this year in the country. Proposals are expected by February 2022.
The case pitting engineer Mohamed Amghar against the company Intergraph France was again heard before the Labor Court. The company is accused of racial discrimination and moral harassment.
The Council of Mosques of the Rhône (CMR) reacted on Sunday to the closure of bank accounts of several mosques in the department, which would apparently be targeted by the authorities.
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".
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.
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".