France

As Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Europe for his first visit since 2019, Uyghur and Tibetan activists staged protests in central Paris to draw attention to human rights abuses in their home regions, rfi reported yesterday. Campaigners vowed to…

Amnesty International has reported ongoing human rights violations in France, particularly regarding racism and discrimination based on religion. The organization’s “State of the World’s Human Rights” report for 2023 highlighted systematic racism and discrimination in France, including the ban on…

France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has condemned “unacceptable acts” against the Muslim community after a wild pig’s head was found near a mosque in eastern France, TRTWorld reported. A probe into “incitement to racial hatred” has been opened after the…

The Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in France (OFPRA) has announced that Afghans, with 17,500 requests, were the largest group of asylum seekers in the country in 2023. Report: France registered a record number of applications…

The French government is taking measures to prevent the entry of imams trained in Salafi and Wahhabi centers by applying new regulations. More details on this development in the following report. Report: From the beginning of 2024, the employment of…

The French parliament has passed by a wide margin an immigration bill backed by President Emmanuel Macron after a rebellion within his party over the toughened-up legislation that had secured the endorsement of the far right. The bill had been…

France’s highest court on Monday issued for a send time a verdict in support of the government’s decision to proscribe Muslim dress abaya, ruling the ban announced last month legal. Last week, 3 unions filed an appeal against ruling of…

A 15-year-old Muslim student in France, turned away on Sept. 5 from school for wearing a kimono, has filed a complaint with the UN over being “discriminated against” due to her religious affiliation. Criticizing the recent abaya ban, the complainant…

This week The New Arab reported how the former French prime-minister Edouard Philippe—currently a mayor of the city Le Havre and presidential rival of Macron—recently expressed ideas relating to an increase of authority of the state in regulating the religious…

According to Aljazeera, teachers and students of a French high school have gone on strike in protest against the government’s decision to ban abaya and qamis in public schools. “We want to distance ourselves from the government’s Islamophobic policy,” said…