Posted on 07/03/2013 6:59:20 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Anti-Muslim attacks and insults have risen steadily in France in recent years as some politicians and media increasingly present Islam as a problem for French society, a Muslim rights group said on Wednesday.
Hostility rises when Islam is in the news, for example last year when an Islamist killed seven people or when a politician accused Muslim children of stealing classmates' snacks, the Committee against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) said.
The CCIF welcomed a European Parliament decision on Tuesday to lift the legal immunity of far-right leader Marine Le Pen so she can be tried on racism charges for comparing Muslims praying in the streets here to the wartime Nazi occupation of France.
The group said in its annual report that anti-Muslim acts rose to 469 last year, after 298 in 2011 and 188 in 2010. The rise reflected trends cited by other recent reports that also noted increasing levels of anti-Semitism and racism in France.
CCIF President Samy Debah said Le Pen and other politicians were making anti-Muslim rhetoric commonplace. France's estimated five million Muslims form the largest Islamic minority in Europe but are poorly represented in politics and business.
"There is a link between the political discourse and the rise of these violent acts and discrimination against the Muslim community," Debah told a news conference. . .
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You go girls.
It’s about F’ing time.
What the hell has taken so long??
so she can be tried on racism charges
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Bunch of S.O.B. tyrants!
Growing as set takes time?
The libs are probably up in arms about this, but I think it is a good sign. If these were anti- Christian acts, it wouldn’t be news.
Anti-Muslim attacks and insults have risen steadily in France in recent years as some politicians and media increasingly present Islam as a problem for French society, a Muslim rights group said on Wednesday.
Islam is a problem for ANY society in which it exists.
Maybe they should change their name to the Committee against Islamo-ass beatings.
bout time
Smash the left and their favored constituents!
meanwhile criticizing muslims will get you jailtime
The Will of Allah™
Title should be, “French respond to Islamic violence violently. Islamofacists cry foul.”
They were debating the terms of surrender.
Creativity with words that end with “phobia” is one of the greatest victories of the enemy. We need to stop backing down when “phobia” is used against us.
I don’t do phobias.
Being a Caucasian, I profile!
When someone calls you a homophobe, call them a heterophob. Throw it back in their faces!
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