The town of Mandelieu-la-Napoule, in southeastern France, has seen its decree banning the wearing of the burkini on its beaches suspended by the Council of State. This decree, renewed every year since 2012, had been challenged in court by the League of Human Rights (LDH).
The mosque in Auch (Gers) was covered in racist graffiti on Monday. Pieces of sausage were also found on the door handles of the place of worship, which had been the victim of an arson attack in 2015. The act was condemned by the authorities in the region.
Former OGC Nice coach Christophe Galtier , as well as his son John Valovic-Galtier, were taken into police custody on Friday as part of an investigation into allegations of discrimination within the club.
The ban on wearing the hijab during women’s football competitions, which has been in effect since 2016, was confirmed by the Council of State on Thursday.
The Ambassador of Morocco in Sweden has been recalled for consultation for an indefinite period, after the Swedish government authorized a demonstration during which the Quran was burned in front of a Mosque in Stockholm. The Chargé d’Affaires of the Kingdom of Sweden in Rabat was also summoned to the ministry.
A veiled student was the victim of racist remarks from an examiner during an end-of-year defense at the University of Paris-Dauphine.
The Union of Mosques of France (UMF) expressed its compassion on Friday to the families whose young children were victims the day before of a knife attack in Annecy, denouncing the many "political" and "unhealthy" recoveries that point the finger at Islam and immigration.
The Collective for Inclusion and against Islamophobia in Belgium (CIIB) was the target of a burglary on Wednesday morning, between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. The premises, located on Boulevard du Neuvième de Ligne in Brussels, were vandalized and computers, video production equipment and archives were stolen. According to Mustapha Chairi, co-founder and executive director of the CIIB, the damage amounts to around 7,000 euros.
The day after the insulting and racist remarks that the Moroccan football players were victims of at the Eurostars Madrid Tower, the hotel chain officially apologized to the Moroccan national football team and to Morocco, for these remarks which in no way represent "the company’s policy".
Arrived in Spain since Sunday in the context of the friendly match against Peru, the Moroccan players were insulted by employees of the hotel where they are staying in Madrid.
The executive office of the Rassemblement national (RN) has reprimanded its deputy Joris Hébrard who attended the inauguration of a mosque near Avignon on Friday, March 17.
Racist, xenophobic or anti-religious crimes or offenses in France increased by 5% in 2022 compared to the previous year, according to the statistical service of the French Ministry of the Interior.