The Collectif contre l’Islamophobie en France draws our attention to the recent controversy over a cartoon published in Le Monde last week. Drawn by the paper’s longtime cartoonist Plantu, the illustration refers to recent court judgements – backed by the … Continue reading
Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 26 August-1 September 2013
The Collectif contre l’Islamophobie en France has set up an email address (aissatou@islamophobie.net) so that messages of sympathy and solidarity can be sent to Aïssatou, the young Muslim woman attacked by racists, who attempted suicide earlier this week. The CCIF also encourages support for … Continue reading
Le Parisien reports that Aissetou, the young Muslim women who was attacked by racists in the Parisian suburb of Trappes earlier this month, is in hospital, having tried to commit suicide by throwing herself from a fourth-floor window. The Collectif … Continue reading
The Huffington Post has a shocking account by Aissetou, a 16-year-old school student, who was attacked by racists in the western Parisian suburb of Trappes. See also “French teen ‘attacked for wearing Muslim veil’”, The Local, 15 August 2013 As the … Continue reading
Islamophobic incidents in France saw an overall increase of 35% in the first half of 2013 compared with the same period in 2012, the president of the Observatoire contre l’islamophobie told AFP on Tuesday. Abdallah Zekri stated that 108 Islamophobic … Continue reading
Interior Minister Manuel Valls defended on Monday France’s ban on wearing full-face veils in public places after a police check on a veiled Muslim woman sparked riots in a Paris suburb at the weekend. The 2010 law was brought in … Continue reading
Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 15-21 July 2013