Grand-Est: arson attack on mosque, suspect taken to court
Last Thursday, the Ulu Camii mosque in Haguenau (in the Grand-Est region of France) was the target of arson. Thanks to the quick response of a worshipper on site, firefighters were able to intervene rapidly and contain the flames, which only affected the building’s entrance door. The association responsible for the mosque has filed a […]
Libourne: high school teacher again the target of racist death threats
In Libourne (southwest of France), this is the second time that a teacher at Jean Monnet High School has received a death threat letter with racist content. The first time, in December 2023, the author of the letter attacked her teacher as well as the Arab students of the school, claiming that they should be […]
Les Bleuets mosque in Marseille: Imam Ismail withdraws temporarily
Last Wednesday, the Bouches-du-Rhône police prefect demanded that the Bleuets mosque in Marseilles part company with Imam Ismail, on pain of closure of the place of worship. Yesterday, Imam Ismail and his lawyers held a press conference to make public their counter-proposal: the imam would temporarily withdraw from the life of the mosque to look […]
Basel: pig’s head laid in front of a mosque
Over the weekend, worshippers at the mosque of the Albanian cultural association Paqja found a pig’s head at the entrance of the building. The information was shared on the Instagram account of the Muslim Commission of Basel, which described this act as a ‘shocking attack’. The Commission added: “This incident affects not only the mosque, […]
Two Koran desecrators sent on trial for inciting hatred
Two Swedish prosecutors have remanded for trial two men who repeatedly desecrated the Koran in the summer of 2023, including burning it and hurling insults at Muslims. Although the Swedish government has in the past condemned Quran burning on its soil, while stressing the predominance of freedom of expression and assembly, Attorney General Anna Hankkio […]
Mosquée des Bleuets in Marseille: the prefecture demands the dismissal of Imam Ismail, under threat of closure of the place of worship
The Bleuets mosque has five days to make a decision. In Marseilles (southern France), the Bleuets mosque has been at the heart of an administrative controversy for several weeks, following a request by Gérald Darmanin, the resigning Minister of the Interior, to close the place of worship. The reason for this was the preaching of […]
Spanish mayor fined €10,000 for insulting Muslims
Silvia Orriols, mayor of Ripoll in Catalonia (northeastern Spain) and member of the far-right nationalist party ‘Alianca Catalana’ in the local Catalan parliament, has been fined 10,000 euros for insulting Muslims during a statement on the ‘8TV’ television channel. She claimed that Muslims living in the region constituted a ‘threat to Catalan identity’. The fine […]
Three women wearing revealing swimsuits were turned away from a Remich swimming pool
On August 24, 2024, three women dressed in revealing swimsuits were refused access to the pool at Remich (a commune in southeastern Luxembourg) by a lifeguard, who claimed their attire was illegal. However, in Luxembourg, there is no legislation prohibiting the wearing of covering attire in public bathing areas, leaving each bathing establishment to make […]
Fire near synagogue reveals French government’s double standards
On the evening of August 24, 2024, an individual set fire to several vehicles near the La-Grande-Motte synagogue in southwest France (34). In response, Gabriel Attal and Gérald Darmanin, respectively Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, went to the site and mobilized two hundred police and gendarmes. In 2024, the Collective Against Islamophobia in […]
Interpellation: Adidas asserts it has no Islamophobic policy
The CEO of Adidas responds to the CCIE following reports from numerous Internet users A few weeks ago, the CCIE was alerted by its members: on the Adidas France website, it was impossible to print jerseys with words related to Islam, while their Christian and Jewish equivalents were allowed (see photo). In its mission to […]
