Grand-Est: arson attack on mosque, suspect taken to court
Last Thursday, the Ulu Camii mosque in Haguenau (Grand-Est, France) was the target of an arson attack. Thanks to the quick reaction of a worshipper on the scene, firefighters were able to intervene quickly and contain the flames, which only affected the building’s front door. The association responsible for the mosque lodged a complaint and […]
Libourne: high school teacher again the target of racist death threats
This is the second time that a teacher at the Lycée Jean Monnet in Libourne (south-west France) has received a racist death threat. On the first occasion, in December 2023, the letter’s author attacked her teacher and the school’s Arab pupils, saying they should be “slit like [his] grandfather’s pigs”. An investigation has been opened […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Collectif contre l’islamophobie en […]
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 label shirts with words relating to Islam, whereas their Christian and Judaic equivalents were permitted (see photo). In its mission to […]
Improper searches in the run-up to the Olympic Games
In the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, several families have contacted the CCIE because they have been the victims of abusive searches, carried out under the pretext of preventive measures. These interventions, marked by unprecedented violence and blatant Islamophobia, have left the victims and their children shocked and seeking justice. The reports CCIE […]
At the European Parliament, far-right parties emerge strengthened but divided
Austria and France are the two countries where these political formations came out on top. The day after the European elections, which renew the European Parliament for the next five years, the expected surge of far-right parties has been confirmed. As Europe celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings against Nazi occupation, the fascist […]
Eviction proceedings: Public authorities lash out at Pessac mosque and its president
The respite was short-lived. The mosque in Pessac, near Bordeaux, is once again the target of the Gironde prefecture, this time in the person of Abdouramane Ridouane, the president of the mosque’s association, who is facing eviction proceedings. In 2022, the Pessac mosque was temporarily closed by the prefecture for promoting “radical Islam” and “Salafist […]
