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 […]
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 to the building. The information was shared on the Instagram account of the Basel Muslim Commission, which called the act “a shocking attack”. The Commission added: “This incident affects not only the mosque, but the […]
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 (north-east Spain) and member of the far-right nationalist “Alianca Catalana” party in Catalonia’s local parliament, has been fined 10,000 euros for insulting Muslims in a statement on the “8TV” television channel. She claimed that Muslims living in the region were a “threat to Catalan identity”. The fine was […]
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. In Luxembourg, however, there is no legislation prohibiting the wearing of revealing clothing in public bathing areas, leaving it up to the individual […]
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 […]
