France

Children & Teens

French Muslim teens sentenced to 7, 9 years in prison for gang raping Jewish girl Two French Muslim teenagers who raped a 12-year-old Jewish girl in 2024 have been sentenced to seven and nine years in prison.

June 15, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) Two French Muslim teenagers who raped a 12-year-old Jewish girl in 2024 have been sentenced to seven years and nine years in prison, respectively. The sentence was handed down on Friday in Nanterre juvenile court, following a three-day trial. These […]

Children & Teens

France’s Afghan migration crisis: Even left-wing official breaks ranks A senior official with communist roots says what many fear: Afghan immigration is tearing at the fabric of French society.

June 12, 2025   

(European Conservative) The alarming warnings about mass migration are no longer limited to right-wing circles. A former French prefect responsible for equal opportunities, who comes from the left, is alarmed by the massive influx of migrants from Afghanistan, which he believes threatens […]

Children & Teens

French Muslim teenagers tried in court over antisemitic gang rape of 12-year-old girl The boys, aged between 13 and 14, are charged with gang rape, sexual assault, violence, extortion and death threats as well as capturing, recording, or transmitting intimate images.

June 11, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) The trial of three French Muslim teenagers charged with the antisemitic gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl began in juvenile court in Nanterre. Two boys aged 13 and 14 are charged with gang rape, sexual assault, violence, extortion, death […]

Government & Politics

French experts recommend Palestinian state recognition as option to ‘appease’ French Muslims The report stated that the recognition could also serve as a symbolic gesture aimed at bridging the growing divide between France's Jewish and Muslim communities.

June 11, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) An experts’ report, commissioned by the French Ministry of Interior, recommended that France formally recognize the state of Palestine in order to “appease” Muslim voters and calm internal tensions, as part of a broader report on the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence […]

Academics & Education

As election wrangling heats up, French pols draw on old foe: headscarves Politicians including presidential contenders are backing expanded controls on hijabs, abayas and burkinis — part of ongoing bids to woo voters concerned about France's tradition of laïcité, or secularism.

June 10, 2025   

(Courthouse News) In modern French politics, little is certain. But there is one constant: The debate over the veil — the headscarf that Muslim women might wear in various forms — will always resurface. With the presidential election approaching in 2027 and […]

Academics & Education

Islam-critical academics hounded into silence in France with help from a complicit left A major report has shone a light on the 'professional denigration' and 'moral harassment' of French academics working on Islamism.

June 10, 2025   

(European Conservative) Less than a fortnight after Emmanuel Macron downplayed the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood and suggested an official report on Islamist infiltration could result in “conspiracy theories or paranoia,” a major report has shone a light on the “professional denigration” […]

Children & Teens

Islamists recruit at-risk children from French emergency shelters The overwhelmed and poorly trained staff leave the field open to recruiters of all kinds, such as preachers close to the Muslim Brotherhood.

June 2, 2025   

(European Conservative) Amid a rise in militant Muslim fundamentalism, French facilities for vulnerable children appear to be deliberately targeted by Islamist recruiters, who see them as perfect candidates for radicalisation. This concern comes after reports highlighting other numerous shortcomings of the child […]

Government & Politics

Qatar under Israeli attack for supporting radical Islam at CPAC conference in Hungary Chikli referred to the financing that radical Islamic organizations tied to the Brotherhood are getting from EU institutions and declared: 'Europe is financing its own death.'

May 29, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) Israeli speakers participating in the fourth CPAC conference in the Hungarian capital, gathering leaders of patriotic and sovereigntist parties from Europe and the Americas, harshly attacked Qatar for its massive support of spreading radical Islam in the West and intentionally […]

Children & Teens

French PM blasts predecessor’s proposal to ban headscarves for most children Gabriel Attal, who now heads the French president’s centrist political party, floated banning headscarves for women younger than 15.

May 27, 2025   

(Politico) French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday delivered a scathing critique of his predecessor and centrist ally Gabriel Attal’s proposal to ban Muslim headscarves for minors under 15. Attal, the leader of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance political party, publicly floated the […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

French Muslims feel unsafe from ‘constant suspicion’: Muslim group The French Council of the Muslim Faith urges ‘lucid assessment’ of ‘threat’ to Muslims, ‘better identification of the actors’ spreading it

May 22, 2025   

(Anadolu) The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) on Wednesday warned that Muslim citizens in France feel increasingly exposed to “constant suspicion,” following the publication of excerpts from a government-commissioned report on political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood. “Many Muslim citizens […]

Government & Politics

Furious Macron dressed down ministers after botched leak of Muslim Brotherhood report The tirade was a clear warning to Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.

May 22, 2025 , and   

(Politico) A visibly angry Emmanuel Macron blasted his ministers during a defense cabinet meeting Wednesday after a botched release of a report into the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in France, according to a high-ranking government official. A second official, who, like […]

Government & Politics

Leaked Muslim Brotherhood report criticized as ‘alarmist’ by academics and civil society The document alleges that the Egypt-based Islamist organization is attempting to influence policymakers as part of the group’s long-held goal of establishing a state governed by Islamic law.

May 22, 2025   

(Politico) Academics and representatives from France’s Muslim community are denouncing a leaked government report on the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the country and across Europe. The report, commissioned [by] the French government last year, alleges that the Egypt-based Islamist organization […]

Academics & Education

France finally admits Muslim Brotherhood threat after decades of silence An Islamic network grew in plain sight while the elites looked the other way.

May 21, 2025   

(European Conservative) For decades, mass immigration from the Muslim world was observed in France with a mix of ideological condescension and institutional passivity. Under the pretext of diversity and tolerance, growing signs of radicalization and Islamist infiltration were ignored — if not […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups tried to influence EU: report French authorities allege the Islamist group has gone to great lengths to push its fundamentalist agenda in France and throughout Europe.

May 21, 2025 , and   

(Politico) A bombshell report from the French authorities alleges that organizations with links to the Muslim Brotherhood have been attempting to influence European Union institutions through “significant lobbying activities.” A version of the document seen by POLITICO before its official publication says […]

Academics & Education

France calls for greater checks on EU funding to fight antisemitism, Islamism Brussels needs to act in the face of 'an alarming increase of hate speech and hate crime,' Paris proposes.

May 19, 2025   

(Politico) France is pushing for more scrutiny on how EU grants are allocated in an attempt to fight antisemitism, hate speech and the funding of entities “obviously hostile to our common values.” France’s Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad also said he would ask […]

Children & Teens

Islamist youths storm church, threaten priest in Avignon There is a growing wave of anti-Christian violence across France, ignored by mainstream media and government officials.

May 12, 2025   

(European Conservative) A Catholic priest in southern France was surrounded, insulted, and threatened by a mob of young men shouting “Allahu Akbar” after evening Mass on Saturday, in what he has condemned as a brazen act of anti-Christian intimidation. The attack took […]

Academics & Education

French region cuts €19 million funding from Islamo-leftist university The case of Lyon 2 University was compounded by the resignation of its vice-president, who is under investigation for condoning terrorism after praising Hezbollah leader on social media.

May 9, 2025   

(European Conservative) Following pressure exerted on Professor Fabrice Balanche by students affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood at Lyon 2 University, Laurent Wauquiez, former president of the Rhône-Alpes region and a candidate for the leadership of Les Républicains, announced that the region will […]

Academics & Education

Retailleau wants to ban hijab wearing at universities amid Macron’s claims on religious freedom The remarks came just a few days after Macron claimed his country is committed to guaranteeing religious freedom.

May 2, 2025   

(Morocco World News) French President Emmanuel Macron claimed earlier this week that his country respects religious freedom and is committed to preserving the fundamental rights of its Muslim citizens and residents, yet the latest controversial statement by Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau confirms […]

Academics & Education

From Spain to Sweden: European countries diverge on religious symbols in public office As Berlin reconsiders its controversial secularism policy, Europe continues to debate the limits of religious expression in public life.

April 30, 2025   

(Euronews) In the heart of Germany’s capital, a heated political debate has reignited over the boundaries of religious freedom in the public sphere. The Bundestag’s Green Party group has submitted a motion to abolish Berlin’s Neutrality Act (“Neutralitätsgesetz”), a law that prohibits […]

Crime

Leftist ‘Islamophobia’ obsession surges in France after mosque murder The left vigorously seized on the murder to denounce a climate of ‘Islamophobia,’ despite the accused’s lawyer saying there was no racial motive behind the slaying.

April 28, 2025   

(European Conservative) After a man was murdered on Friday, April 25th, in a mosque in the south of France, the French left wants to use the case to denounce a climate that has become “dangerous” for Muslims in France, but the minister […]

Law Enforcement

Hezbollah-linked drone smuggling ring uncovered in Europe — report French paper reveals security agencies in Spain, Germany, France, and the UK thwarted massive smuggling operation targeting Israeli civilians and military

April 14, 2025   

(Times of Israel) A multinational Hezbollah smuggling network operating across Europe has been exposed and dismantled, with authorities intercepting large quantities of drone components intended for use in attacks against Israel, the French newspaper Le Figaro reported. The sophisticated operation reportedly spanned […]

Academics & Education

French academic stands his ground against Islamo-leftist harassment These students 'can’t stand that we can have an objective view of the conflicts in the Middle East,' Professor Balanche said.

April 7, 2025   

(European Conservative) A renowned French university professor finds himself caught up in turmoil for having expressed his opposition to the holding of an Islamic breaking of the fast on the premises of the Lumière University Lyon 2 (Lyon-2). Prevented from teaching and […]

Crime

Debate in French assembly: Islamophobia sparks national divide France's National Assembly held a session on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, to debate Islamophobia in France. This issue has been a source of political and social tension for several years.

March 28, 2025   

(Yabiladi) The very term “Islamophobia” sparked controversy within France’s National Assembly. Several right-wing and far-right politicians rejected its use, arguing that it is ambiguous and manipulated. They insisted on distinguishing between legitimate criticism of religion and discrimination against its followers. Some even […]