Julien Odoul – Eye on Islamism

Senate votes to ban signs of religion on school trips

October 30, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Connexion) The French Senate has voted to ban parents from displaying any signs of religion or wearing religious clothing when accompanying their children on public school trips. The measure was voted through on Tuesday, October 29, by 163 votes to 114, with […]

Muslim headscarf debate divides France, in climate of hate

October 30, 2019 Elaine Ganley

(AP) When a far-right French official disrupted a regional council meeting to demand that a Muslim woman accompanying a group of schoolchildren be ordered to remove her headscarf, “in the name of our secular principles,” her own child buried his head in […]

Radical associations to be disbanded in overhaul of French Islam French president Emmanuel Macron announced a flavour of his plans on Monday.

October 28, 2019 Colin Randall

(National-UAE) France’s president Emmanuel Macron has revealed plans to disband some radical Islamic associations and outlaw “certain practices” in what is seen as a preview of his long-awaited announcement on the organisation of Islam in France. Mr Macron said he was adopting […]

French president says Muslim hijab ‘not my business’

October 25, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Connexion) President Emmanuel Macron has said that it is “not his business” whether Muslim women wear a hijab in public spaces — but that it “is his business” when it comes to public services. The president commented on the row over the […]

Macron warns against stigmatising Muslims as headscarf row deepens

October 17, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Radio France) As the debate on wearing the Islamic hijab in France intensifies, President Emmanuel Macron has weighed in — saying Muslims should not be “stigmatised” and warning against what he called the “fatal shortcut” of linking Islam with terrorism. Speaking Wednesday […]

‘I hate Islam,’ says deputy director of French newspaper Figaro The deputy director of right-wing newspaper Le Figaro said, 'we have the right to hate religion.'

October 15, 2019 Safaa Kasraoui

(Morocco World News) Deputy editor of French newspaper Le Figaro Yves Threard is at the center of controversy after making statements against Muslims and Islam. During debate show “Le Grand Soir” (the Big Evening) broadcast on LCI on Monday, October 14, the […]

French public figures call on Emmanuel Macron to ‘end Islamophobia’ Politicians and public figures often use France’s famous secular state as an excuse for hate speech and Islamophobic statements.

October 15, 2019 Safaa Kasraoui

(Morocco World News) French newspaper Le Monde will publish, October 16, an open letter to the president of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, calling for an end to Islamophobia. Ninety French public figures have called on Macron to condemn verbal attacks on […]

School trip hijab clash sparks new secularism row in France

October 15, 2019 Jérémy Marot

(AFP) A new row over secularism and the wearing of the Islamic hijab in public buildings has erupted in France after a far-right politician asked a woman accompanying her son and other children on a school trip to remove her headscarf. The […]