Muslims in France

IQNA

IQNA – For a century, its mosaic tiles have gleamed under the Parisian sky, a silent witness to history.
News ID: 3498320   Publish Date : 2026/07/18

IQNA – In a rebuke to French executive authority, a court has cleared the way for a large Muslim gathering in northern Paris, ruling that the government’s attempt to prohibit the event lacked legal justification.
News ID: 3496974   Publish Date : 2026/04/04

IQNA – The Police in France banned the annual gathering of the Muslims of France, which was supposed to run from Friday to Monday.
News ID: 3496964   Publish Date : 2026/04/03

IQNA – For the second time in recent months, graves in a Muslim cemetery in Puy-en-Velay, France, have been defaced.
News ID: 3496864   Publish Date : 2026/03/24

IQNA – The year 2025 was one of the most difficult for Muslims in France, marked by violence that reached the level of "elimination based on religion," according to Rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris Chems-Eddine Hafiz.
News ID: 3495953   Publish Date : 2026/01/04

IQNA – In the latest application of France’s strict secular laws in the public sphere, a number of Muslim nurses have been fired from state hospitals for refusing to remove their headscarves while on duty, leading to accusations of religious discrimination.
News ID: 3495818   Publish Date : 2025/12/22

IQNA – French conservative senators have drawn sharp criticism from Muslim community leaders after proposing a new report that recommends measures including banning headscarves for mothers on school trips and prohibiting fasting for minors—steps critics decry as a discriminatory use of laïcité, the country's secular principle.
News ID: 3495685   Publish Date : 2025/12/09

IQNA – A new nationwide survey has found that Muslims in France report higher levels of religion-based discrimination than any other group.
News ID: 3495631   Publish Date : 2025/12/06

IQNA – France's main Muslim body said worshippers are "deeply shocked and hurt" after an individual broke into a mosque in south-central France, tearing and discarding copies of the Quran.
News ID: 3495594   Publish Date : 2025/12/02

IQNA – France’s interior minister has pushed back against a fresh attempt to outlaw the hijab for girls in public spaces, warning that the plan risks unfairly targeting Muslim youth.
News ID: 3495582   Publish Date : 2025/12/01

IQNA – A new IFOP survey on Islam in France has sparked a formal backlash, with several Muslim associations filing a complaint that says the poll breaches legal obligations for impartiality in public opinion research.  
News ID: 3495516   Publish Date : 2025/11/25

IQNA – France’s Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has condemned a new Ifop poll, arguing it reinforces stigma and exacerbates anti-Muslim sentiment.
News ID: 3495475   Publish Date : 2025/11/21

IQNA – The Paris Grand Mosque deplored desecration of the Quran by an unidentified man inside a mosque in central France, urging the authorities to take serious action against Islamophobic hate crimes.
News ID: 3494823   Publish Date : 2025/10/01

IQNA – Two-thirds of Muslims in France say they have faced racist behavior, according to a new survey that highlights widespread discrimination across jobs, housing, and public services.
News ID: 3494642   Publish Date : 2025/09/17

IQNA – French authorities have launched an investigation after an arson attempt against a Muslim prayer hall in Châtillon-sur-Seine, an act condemned by officials as cowardly and anti-Muslim.
News ID: 3494266   Publish Date : 2025/08/16

IQNA – A 27-year-old man in France was sentenced to one year in prison for desecration Islam’s Holy Book.  
News ID: 3494074   Publish Date : 2025/08/01

IQNA – The mayor of Limoges has sparked widespread backlash over remarks widely condemned as anti-Muslim, following a night of violent clashes between masked youths and police in the French city.
News ID: 3494038   Publish Date : 2025/07/29

IQNA – French authorities have reported a 75% increase in anti-Muslim acts during the first five months of 2025, with attacks against individuals more than tripling compared to the same period last year.
News ID: 3493712   Publish Date : 2025/07/04

IQNA – Local authorities in Isère, southeastern France, are investigating a vandalism incident at the “Al-Hidayah” mosque in Roussillon.
News ID: 3493646   Publish Date : 2025/06/29

IQNA – A new mosque named after Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia officially opened its doors in Paris on Sunday.
News ID: 3493565   Publish Date : 2025/06/24