Unidentified persons vandalized dozens of Muslim graves in Mulhouse, France through uprooting graves flowers and destroying their tombstones, amid calls for the authorities to quickly arrest those involved and bring them to justice to stop such hateful practices.
News reports said that the number of attacks targeting mosques in various cities in France has risen sharply over the past few months, which the Muslim community leaders attributed to the recent increase in hate speech against Muslims.
Press reports said that France has shut down one-third of 89 inspected mosques since November 2020 over radicalization allegations without providing clear evidence, in what analysts considered an ongoing drive against Muslims and their worship places.
A Louvre-led government initiative will open 18 Islamic art exhibitions in 18 French cities simultaneously, in the hopes of disseminating Islamophobia and emphasizing that Islamic culture has been an integral part of France’s culture since the Middle Ages.
An opinion poll revealed that 72% of French people believe that France’s historical identity will be threatened if Islam becomes its largest religion. Analysts attributed this result to the spread of Islamophobia and the rhetoric of the far-right.
International media have highlighted a women’s football team in France, which is struggling against a ban imposed by the French Federation on Hijab in stadiums, in violation of the FIFA’s ban lift, and despite the absence of an official law to justify the ban. https://youtu.be/fy1OaOrR7jQ
The French National Assembly adopted the controversial anti-separatism bill, which its critics see as targeting French Muslims, the largest Muslim community in Europe, while the government believes that it will battle extremism and address separatist tendencies.
Imam of the Saint-Chamond Grand Mosque in France was dismissed at the behest of Interior Minister on the grounds that the verse and hadith the former recited in the Eid al-Adha prayer sermon were deemed “contrary to the values of the Republic.”
The dean of the Grand Mosque of Paris presented a Quran to the French teenager, Mila, who sparked a great debate on the Internet after criticizing Islam and the Qur'an. The dean stressed that using dialogue and discussion is the way to correct concepts about Islam.
French newspaper "Mediapart", revealed disturbing details about a terrorist plot that a right-wing extremist group planned against Muslims in France in 2018, but surprisingly, all the suspects in this crime were released from prisons after less than 3 years! https://youtu.be/aw_riUuY5KQ
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