France

Protests against rising Islamophobia took place across France on Sunday, including in Paris, Marseille, and Lyon, following the fatal stabbing of Aboubakar Cisse at Hatice Mosque in La Grand-Combe on April 25, Anadolu Agency reported. The attacker, Olivier H., a…

French authorities have launched an investigation after a mosque in Sucy-en-Brie, 15 km from Paris, received violent Islamophobic threats via voicemail, Morocco World News reported. The caller threatened to “slit [Muslims’] throats” and used derogatory slurs, according to Le Parisien.…

French President Emmanuel Macron will welcome Syrian interim leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa to Paris today, marking his first European visit since assuming power after Bashar al-Assad’s fall in December 2024, Arab News reported. The meeting, criticized by France’s far right, aims…

The recent brutal murder of a Muslim man in a mosque in southern France, being investigated as a potential Islamophobic act, has sparked outrage among Muslims, underscoring the increasing normalization of Islamophobia in Europe, Middle East Eye reported. Hania Chalal,…

Following the April 25 attack at the Grand-Combe mosque, French Prime Minister François Bayrou criticized the political reluctance to use the term “Islamophobia,” stating: “We cannot fight what we refuse to name,” YaBiladi reported. In a Journal du Dimanche (JDD)…

A recent stabbing murder inside a mosque in southern France has sparked widespread concern among the Muslim community, who believe the attack is an example of rising Islamophobic violence often overlooked by authorities, Middle East Eye reported. Despite these clear…

A 20-year-old suspect, Olivier H., surrendered to Italian police in Pistoia on Sunday, following a fatal stabbing at the Khadidja mosque in La Grande-Combe, France, RFI news agency reported. The victim, Aboubakar Cissé, was attacked during prayers on April 26.…

A Muslim worshipper was fatally stabbed on Friday inside the La Grand-Combe mosque in southern France’s Gard region, France 24 reported. The attacker, identified as a French citizen of Bosnian origin, filmed the victim—a 23-year-old Malian migrant—while shouting Islamophobic insults…

French Muslim athletes are facing potential exclusion as the government considers a new law to ban the hijab in sports, which critics argue deepens discrimination, The New Arab reported. France’s secular system already prohibits civil servants, teachers, students, and athletes…

France will enforce a stricter ban on mobile phones in middle schools starting September 2025, requiring students aged 11 to 15 to store their devices in lockers or locked pouches for the entire school day, The Guardian reported. This follows…