In recent weeks, French state led Islamophobia continued to reach new heights.
Here is a summary of the latest developments. 🧵
Here is a summary of the latest developments. 🧵
The Iquioussen affair seems to be close to a resolution. The imam -targeted by France's Ministry of Interior for his pro-palestine views and Islamic teachings- is still held in Belgium & is likely to be expelled to Morocco rather than returned to France.
This entire affair shouldn’t prevent us from seeing the wood for the trees. Through exploiting their immigration status, the French State has exiled and threatens to exile other imams because of their religious teachings.
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There are signs of an imam’s purge currently ongoing and it could be widened in the near future to include other groups.
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la1ere.francetvinfo.fr
The anticipated Immigration Bill - which will be debated in Parliament during 2023’s first trimester, promises to dramatically ease the expulsion process of immigrants should they be regarded by the State as a threat to the vaguely defined legal concept of, “public order”.
This is a deliberately vaguely defined legal concept that is exploited securitise Muslims.
France’s Islamophobia doesn’t stop here. There is a witch-hunt underway in public schools - where hijab and religious clothing is banned - targeting Muslim girls who wear skirts, dresses or shirts deemed too long and hence “religious” by the Ministry of Education.
This is deemed as a challenge to the principle of laicité. The Ministry of Education has published a “Laicité plan” that advises the systematic punishment of students who wear this long or loose fitting attire.
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education.gouv.fr
Alarmingly, these punishments include legal procedures to be applied in cases of alleged “incitement to religious hatred, discrimination, defamation or terrorism apology”, establishing a new pretext to further securitise Muslim children in their own schools.
Lastly, following the world cup game between France and Morocco, organised far-right groups took to the streets in multiple cities to target Muslims. Their bold actions are a direct consequence of the State’s normalisation of Islamophobia.
The French government continues to export its Islamophobic policies to the rest of Europe, endangering the rights of Muslims particularly and minorities across the continent.
To discover more on France's Islamophobia, please read and share our report ‘We are beginning to spread terror’:
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