Racism

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• Racist remarks: 30,000 euros in fines requested against Bernard Casoni
  16 November 2024, by Said

  The former coach of US Orléans, Bernard Casoni, was absent during his trial for public insult with a racist character which was held on Thursday, November 14 at the Orléans Judicial Court.
  The prosecution requested a 30,000 euro fine, including 20,000 with a suspended sentence, for remarks made during a press conference a year ago. He had declared: "They are no more stupid than Maghrebians".
  This sentence was strongly condemned by the civil parties present at the trial. "It is a (…)

• Muslim Woman Assaulted and Subjected to Racist Abuse in French Town
  30 November 2024, by Prince

  Due to her veil, Aziza H., 43, was, on Monday, the victim of aggression and racist insults in Gardanne, by two women aged between 40 and 50.
  The two women hurled racist insults at Aziza H. as she was going to her physiotherapist in Gardanne. Choice excerpts: "Look at the veiled woman parading," "She benefits from social assistance while we are dying of hunger," "We have to kill her like the Palestinians." Wounded in her self-esteem, the mother of the family says she "turned around to tell (…)

• French Comedian Speaks Out on Growing Pressure on Muslims in France
  4 December 2024, by Said

  Comedian Malik Bentalha has expressed his growing concern about the situation of Muslims in France.
  In an interview with the podcast Culture. Knock. Out (C.K.O), he confided his discomfort in the face of what he perceives as increasing social and media pressure. "Being Muslim in France is becoming more and more complicated," he said, pointing to an excessive media focus on Islam.
  To illustrate his point, Bentalha recounted a revealing anecdote: "At one point, I was watching, I had (…)

• Muslim Woman Assaulted in French Supermarket, CFCM Condemns Attack
  8 December 2024, by Sylvanus

  The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) reacts to "the racist and anti-Muslim aggression suffered by a 42-year-old woman with a disability, wearing a veil and recently weakened by chemotherapy treatment." The Muslim organization also denounces the fact that some media and politicians "seem to have a variable indignation depending on the skin color, origin or religion of the victims."
  In a press release, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) "expresses its deep indignation at (…)

• Study Finds Veiled Women Face Severe Job Discrimination in France
  12 December 2024, by Said

  A study by the National Observatory of Discrimination and Equality in Higher Education (Ondes), published this week, highlights a major obstacle to employment in France: wearing the veil.
  The Ondes researchers simulated applications for BTS Accounting and Management and found significant discrimination. Candidates wearing the veil saw their chances of getting an interview decrease by more than 80%. This penalty applies regardless of their origin, whether French or Maghrebi. The mere fact (…)

• Racist Graffiti Targeting Muslims Discovered in French Town of Hyères
  8 January, by Prince

  Racist tags targeting the Muslim community were found on the facades of several businesses and an association, as well as on sidewalks in neighborhoods of Hyères, in the Var department. Two complaints have been filed.
  These racist messages addressed to the Muslim community and written in black paint in early December on facades or sidewalks are still visible in the city at the beginning of the year. A merchant on the Cours de Strasbourg found the first racist tag on the sidewalk in front (…)

• Former Soccer Coach Fined for Racist Comment About Maghrebian Players
  10 January, by Said

  Bernard Casoni, former coach of US Orléans, was sentenced this Thursday, January 9 by the Orléans judicial court to a fine of 25,000 euros, including 15,000 suspended.
  This decision follows the remarks made by the coach during a pre-match press conference, where he had declared about his players: "They are no more stupid than Maghrebians". A sentence that had sparked a strong controversy and led to the opening of an investigation for public insult with a racist character.
  Absent during (…)

• Moroccan Nightclub’s Anti-Gay Event Sparks Outrage in Spanish Resort Town
  11 January, by Prince

  The Fatima Ino club, a Moroccan discotheque, plans to organize an event on January 18 in Torremolinos from which it has expressly excluded homosexuals. A discrimination that has sparked a heated controversy in the city.
  It was the mayor of Torremolinos, Margarita del Cid, who published on Thursday on her social networks a screenshot of the regulations of the Fatima Ino club for the event, reports El Pais. "No fights, drugs, caps, flip-flops... and p*," can be read on the poster. It is (…)

• Angers Doctor Faces Charges of Racism and Violence Against Moroccan Patient
  28 January, by Sylvanus

  Accused of racist remarks and physical violence against a Moroccan patient, a general practitioner practicing in Angers is the subject of a criminal complaint for racism. He also appears before the disciplinary chamber of the regional order of physicians of the Pays de la Loire in Nantes, supported by the departmental council of the order of physicians of Maine-et-Loire.
  The case dates back to November 16, 2023. Fatima X, "who came to request the renewal of a prescription for her diabetic (…)

• Racist Comments Flood Social Media After Moroccan Man’s Fatal Train Accident in Spain
  1 February, by Prince

  The dissemination of a video showing a 25-year-old Moroccan man being electrocuted on a high-speed train (AVE) wagon at the Lleida-Pyrenees station has sparked a wave of racism on social networks.
  The incident occurred last Tuesday. The young Moroccan climbed onto a high-speed train wagon at the Lleida-Pyrenees station and was electrocuted by touching the catenary, reports Infobae. A few hours later, an Internet user posted on the social network X the video showing the victim agonizing (…)