Racism

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• 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 (…)

• French Government Vows ’Intractable’ Response to Racist Attacks on Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais
  26 October 2024, by Prince

  Elected Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais last Saturday, Sabah Aib admitted a few days later on Instagram that she had been the victim of racism on social networks. Through the voice of Othman Nasrou, Secretary of State for Citizenship and the Fight against Discrimination, the French government reacted to this matter, stating that it will be "intractable" in the face of racism.
  Of Algerian father and Moroccan mother, Sabah Aib denounced the racist comments she has been the victim of on social (…)

• "The Voice" Coach Amel Bent Speaks Out Against Online Racist Attacks
  7 December 2021, by Sylvanus

  Tired, the singer and coach of "The Voice", Amel Bent, denounces the racist attacks she is the victim of on social networks.
  From Voice kids to the adult version of the talent show, the singer Amel Bent is the victim of racist attacks. "When I take the seat of The Voice and see the comments on Twitter... We still have a long way to go! Not everyone is ready to have a "rebeu" in the seat," she explains in La Face Katché, a show offered by Yahoo.
  Born to a Moroccan mother and an Algerian (…)

• Rising Spanish Star Mina El Hammani Speaks Out Against Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric
  27 February 2022, by Prince

  Moroccan actress Mina El Hammani became famous in Spain at the age of 24, after years of effort and sacrifice, two values instilled in her by her parents. She denounces hate speech towards immigrants, of which she continues to be a victim.
  Born to a Moroccan father who immigrated to Spain and worked in construction, and a mother who worked as a cook at the Moroccan embassy in Madrid, Mina worked hard to land her first role as an extra in "El Príncipe" before getting the important role of (…)

• Moroccan TV Network Reprimanded for Controversial Racial Sketch on Comedy Show
  3 March 2019, by Amine

  The sketch by Abdellah Elberkaoui, in Stand Up, which had sparked a lively controversy on social networks due to its alleged racism, has just earned the SNRT a reprimand from the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) through a decision of the Superior Council for Audiovisual Communication (CSCA): a warning and an obligation to notify the Council’s decision and to publish it in the official bulletin.
  Abdellah Elberkaoui, who during a sketch where he was impersonating a (…)

• Moroccan MP Faces Backlash Over Past Anti-Amazigh Comments
  19 March 2019, by Amine

  A few years ago, the PJD deputy Abouzaid El Mokrie El Idrissi had the very bad idea of making a joke about the alleged stinginess of the Amazighs, especially those from the Souss, without even naming them. It’s to say that there was no need, the prejudice is so common. Thus, he had said (and there is a video) that in Morocco "we have merchants who are known for their great stinginess and who belong to a very specific race, which I will not mention so as not to be accused of racism". The fact (…)

• Seville Mosque Hosts Open House, Counters Far-Right Leader’s Islamophobic Comments
  25 April 2019, by Kamal

  In reaction to the racist remarks of the leader of the far-right party VOX, Santiago Abascal, the officials of the AlHidaya mosque in Seville organized an open house day during which they offered "tea and smiles" to all visitors.
  The arrest in Morocco of the son of an imam has, as one might expect, provoked a very strong reaction from the VOX leader, who questioned the teachings provided by this mosque. "What are the mosques teaching in Seville so that the son of an imam intends to carry (…)

• Morocco Unveils National Report on Racial Discrimination Efforts to Parliament
  3 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  The National Report on the Implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination brought together this Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at the House of Representatives, the Ministry of State, in charge of Human Rights and the Commission of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights.
  This meeting aimed to present the draft National Report in connection with the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial (…)

• Journalist Sparks Controversy with Comments on Immigrant Integration in France
  6 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  The issue of integration in France was at the heart of a program on LCI on Wednesday, September 4. Invited to speak on the matter, the journalist Zineb El Rhazoui stated: "Sometimes, there is not really a willingness to integrate on the part of those who come."
  Invited on LCI to discuss the integration of immigrants in France, the journalist declared: "Foreigners very easily obtain full citizenship, they have the same rights as those who have had French citizenship for centuries."
  And (…)

• McDonald’s Manager Accused of Discriminating Against Moroccan Children in Spanish Enclave
  5 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  At McDonald’s in Melilla, Moroccan minors are unwelcome. They were simply sent away from this establishment, even though they were brought there by a mediator and teacher who works at Médecins du Monde.
  Wanting to treat these students at the end of her class on Wednesday, Nur Houda stopped at McDonald’s with three of them for whom she had placed orders. However, as the children were eagerly waiting to enjoy their meal, they will be "thrown out" by the manager after enduring "degrading (…)