Brittany: a far-right website doesn’t want the Koran to be read in … mosques
“It used to be that Karl Marx was taught in Saint-Nazaire, but now it’s the Koran!” This is how Breizh-info, a far-right website, criticizes the Koran courses offered in its region (Brittany, northwest France). The article is listed under the categories “grand remplacement”, “islam”, “mosques” and “immigration”. The media aims to be a medium that […]
UK riots: the BBC reveals the identity of the neo-Nazi activist who led the racist and Islamophobic attacks
In a TV report broadcast yesterday on X, the BBC reveals its exclusive investigation to find the neo-Nazi activist and his Telegram group behind last summer’s Southport riots, which were highly violent towards the town’s Muslim and foreign communities. Charles-Emmanuel Mikko Rasanen is Finnish, 20 years old and became the admin of a Telegram group […]
Covering swimsuits: Flanders’ human rights institute recommends allowing them in swimming pools
This is the recommendation made by the Litigation Chamber of the Flemish Institute for Human Rights, following a complaint lodged in March by a woman concerning the ban on covering bathing suits for women, whereas this is permitted for children. The latter was prevented from entering the provincial recreation area of Puyenbroeck (northern Belgium) because […]
Norrköping: a mosque vandalized, neo-Nazi slogans painted on the walls
In Norrköping (southern Sweden), the Bosnian mosque has been attacked several times since the announcement of its expansion project. Broken windows, neo-Nazi slogans painted on the walls: “It is with great shame and deep sadness that we condemn the repugnant attack on the construction of our mosque”, declared the board of the Bosnian Islamic Assembly […]
Canton of Vaud: future police officers trained to combat discrimination
This training has become compulsory for future police officers during their training. The initiative was prompted by a number of high-profile court cases, such as the trial in June 2023 into the circumstances surrounding the death of Nigerian Mike Ben Peter during a drug check in Lausanne. The cantonal police force’s message is clear: racism […]
In Kehl, two mosques vandalized in two days
Last Thursday, a man vandalized the facade of the mosque on Stegermattstraße, Kehl, with a felt-tip pen. An investigation was immediately launched by the Offenburg police station, and this led to a 43-year-old suspect now being investigated for damage to property. The day before, a similar incident occurred at the Al Hadeya mosque, Kehl’s second […]
Vlaams Belang: “There are other countries where you can be yourself”. Guy D’haeseleer’s openly racist remarks to a young Muslim woman
On the Flemish television program “Premier choix” (“Eerste keus“), in which young people called to the polls for the very first time can put their questions to candidates in the municipal elections, a member of the far-right Flemish party Vlaams Belang made openly racist and Islamophobic remarks. Afnan, a young woman wearing a headscarf, explained […]
Melvyn Jaminet affair: “I find it absolutely shameful”.
Marion Bartoli, sports consultant on RMC, looks back at the Jaminet affair, the French professional rugby player prosecuted for his racist remarks against the Arab community on Instagram last summer. For these remarks, he was handed a 34-week suspension by the French Rugby Federation. On the September 28 show, Bartoli expressed her indignation at the […]
FPÖ: far-right party leads Austrian parliamentary elections
Last Sunday, the results of the Austrian parliamentary elections were an upset. The “Freedom Party” (FPÖ), the far-right party that had been in the minority until then, won the elections with a historic score, the highest since 1945: it obtained 28.8% of the vote, i.e. 13 points more than at the last general election in […]
Apology for terrorism: charges brought against Georges-Louis Bouchez, President of the MR, after his comments on the Zionist attack in Lebanon
Georges-Louis Bouchez, Belgian Member of Parliament and President of the “Mouvement Réformateur” political party (MR, liberal-conservative party), has been under fire for several days following his shocking comments in an interview: “I think this attack is rather a stroke of genius”, said Georges-Louis Bouchez, referring to Israel’s attack on Hezbollah members’ beepers. The MR Chairman […]
