French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Wednesday announced the dissolution of anti-racist group Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF). “In accordance with the instructions of the President of the Republic, the CCIF was dissolved in the Council of Ministers. For several years, the CCIF had consistently carried out Islamist propaganda, as detailed in the decree …
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A Somali migrant who had to flee his country due to violence has been forced to live on the streets after two European countries refused to grant him asylum. Ahmed Muhammed, who is using a different name due to security concerns, told Anadolu Agency his asylum request was rejected by France after two years of …
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A bus driver’s religious deed was seen as a radical act. He’s trying to prove that he’s a regular Muslim. In 2017, a Muslim bus driver performed one of his daily prayers while his vehicle was empty. He was tasked with carrying the flight crew of the French national carrier, Air France. As the crew …
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France’s interior minister on Sunday condemned the defacing of the walls of a mosque in the western city of Rennes with Islamophobic graffiti, days before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “Attacks against Muslims are attacks against the [French] Republic,” said Gerald Darmanin during a visit to the mosque. Noting that President …
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Paris prosecutors have they had asked judges to drop a case accusing senior members of the French armed forces of complicity in a massacre of Tutsis during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The call to drop the 15-year-old case on Monday came after a major report in March over France’s role in the genocide. Survivors of …
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Against a regular drumbeat of anti-Muslim rhetoric by the country’s political class, Muslims increasingly bear the brunt as places of worship become unsafe. A Turkish mosque in the Alpine community of Albertville in France was subjected to an arson attack on Tuesday. The announcement was made by the Milli Gorus Islamic Confederation (CIMG) on their …
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The premises of Al Ghazali Institute of the Grand Mosque of Paris was defaced with Islamophobic and racist inscriptions on Sunday. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin condemned the act as “unacceptable degradation” and assured to find the perpetrators of these acts. The incident took place at the institute’s campus in the southern city of Martigues, close …
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An under-construction mosque in the French city of Strasbourg recently received a letter including death threats and insults, an official of the country’s Islamic community said. The letter, which was received on Tuesday, titled “Declaration of War,” and argued that Islam has no place in France. The anonymous note said Muslims of France will have …
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French police have received a daily average of about 49 reports of rapes involving minors in 2021, according to a report by RTL news. Law enforcement agencies also reported an average of 68 cases daily of sexual assault and sexual harassment of minors. More than 200 police and gendarmerie personnel are trained to handle the …
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A priest in France sexually abused 2 children Cases of harassment by priests are on the rise in France. An investigation was launched against a priest on the grounds that he sexually assaulted 2 more children. In France, Reims Prosecutor Matthieu Bourrette announced that two people were sexually abused by the same priest in their …
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