Jaminet affair: he’s “no longer welcome” in the French team
Last Sunday, the day after his re-election as President of the French Rugby Federation (FFR), Florian Grill declared on the set of RMC that Melvyn Jaminet, a professional player prosecuted for his racist remarks, was “no longer welcome” in the French team.
Attack on a high school: perpetrators of fake “Islamist” tags given 6-month suspended prison sentence
In Quimper (eastern France) last April, a private Catholic school was vandalized by two men, including writing on the walls of classrooms aimed at harming Muslims by blaming them for the damage. Some of the inscriptions were: “Long live Islam”; “Allah is great”; “Death to France”; “France to Morocco”. In police custody the following day, […]
They planned murders of migrants and attacks on mosques, their trial postponed until January
The appeal trial of the eleven far-right activists, due to take place last week, will now be held in January. A request for postponement was lodged by the lawyer of one of the defendants: the trial date fell at the same time as her delivery. In January 2023, thirteen defendants were brought to trial: three […]
Street prayer: the hypocrisy of French politicians
A large-scale Christian street prayer was held in Paris on October 7 on the Passerelle Debilly, bringing together over 250 people, to “make amends for the blasphemy of the Olympic Games opening ceremony”, according to Le Salon Beige, a news blog run by a conservative Christian group. The ceremony was criticized for mocking the Last […]
Muslim women stabbed in Paris: the two accused are sent back to the Assize Court
In October 2020 on the Champ de Mars in Paris, two Muslim women were physically attacked and stabbed several times by two women who also insulted them: “Dirty Arabs”, “You’re not at home here”. The victims were hospitalized and the two suspects placed in police custody for “racially motivated intentional violence”, a charge that was […]
Right-wing extremism: UNI student union invited to the National Assembly for the start of the academic year
Last week, Yvenn Le Coz, national delegate for UNI (Union nationale inter-universitaire, a far-right trade union) spoke at a round-table discussion at the French National Assembly on the start of the new academic year. Far removed from the difficult reality experienced by a large number of students, the UNI warned of the risks of “Islamism […]
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 […]
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 […]
Islamophobia in the workplace: two employees unjustly ordered to remove their headscarves, the Minister of the Interior supports the employer
Two employees of Nancy’s “Association accueil et réinsertion sociale” (AARS) have been threatened with dismissal following the adoption of a neutrality clause in the association’s internal regulations. The two employees have been with the association for three and four years respectively, and their headscarves have never caused any problems. However, on August 10, the AARS […]
RN: Neo-fascist activist Raphaël Ayma recruited as parliamentary assistant
On Thursday September 26, the left-wing newspaper Libération revealed that a neo-fascist militant had just been recruited as parliamentary assistant to the RN (Rassemblement National, far-right political party) deputy for the Var, Philippe Schreck. The assistant in question, Raphaël Ayma (real name Rafael Ferron), is one of the leaders of the Provençal neo-fascist identity group […]
