{"id":72548,"date":"2021-01-24T15:44:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T15:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=72548"},"modified":"2021-01-24T15:44:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T15:44:03","slug":"tackle-french-abuse-of-muslims-civil-society-groups-tell-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72548-tackle-french-abuse-of-muslims-civil-society-groups-tell-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Tackle French \u2018abuse\u2019 of Muslims, civil society groups tell UN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-24_17-50-45-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-24_17-50-45-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-24_17-50-45-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-24_17-50-45-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-24_17-50-45-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-24_17-50-45.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of lawyers, NGOs and religious bodies from 13 countries have submitted formal complaints to the United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR), calling for action against France\u2019s \u201cbreadth of state abuse against Muslims\u201d stretching back more than two decades.<br>The coalition submitted its findings to the UN body on Monday, accusing France of violating \u201ca number of basic rights that are protected in legislation that is ratified by Paris\u201d.<br>It said successive governments since 1989 had \u201centrenched structural Islamophobia and discrimination against Muslims\u201d.<br>As examples, it cited recent \u201cillegitimate and violent\u201d raids of Muslim homes and organizations designed to \u201csend a message\u201d, French President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s plan against what he calls \u201cIslamist separatism\u201d, an alleged backlash against Muslim communities in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks in the US, the 2004 ban on the hijab in public schools, the 2010 ban on the niqab in public spaces and moves in 2016 \u2013 later overturned \u2013 against the full-body swimsuit worn by some Muslim women.<br>It also said a 2017 counter-terrorism law, SILT \u2013 Strengthening Homeland Security and the Fight Against Terrorism, fuelled Islamophobia, alleging it mainly targeted Muslim families, individuals and community centers.<br>The group urged the OHCHR to act in the wake of its complaints and ensure France upholds the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.<br>The group accused France of failing to tackle systemic discrimination and called on Paris to \u201cenact or rescind legislation\u201d to combat intolerance.<br>The 36-member coalition includes advocacy groups such as the France-based European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion; the UK\u2019s Muslim Association of Britain; Holland\u2019s Muslim Rights Watch, and the US-based Council on American-Islamic Relations and Islamophobia Studies Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of lawyers, NGOs and religious bodies from 13 countries have submitted formal complaints to the United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR), calling for action against France\u2019s \u201cbreadth of state abuse against Muslims\u201d stretching back more than two decades.The coalition submitted its findings to the UN body on Monday, accusing France of violating \u201ca &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":72554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,31,30],"tags":[873,70,531],"class_list":["post-72548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-news","category-world","tag-abuse","tag-french","tag-muslims"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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