IQNA – The Muslim Students of France (EMF) has strongly slammed a proposed law to ban Islamic headscarves (hijabs) in sports competitions, labeling it as “racist, Islamophobic, and sexist.”
News ID: 3491953 Publish Date : 2025/02/21
IQNA – On Tuesday, the French Senate approved a bill prohibiting the wearing of "ostensibly religious" symbols, including the hijab, during sports competitions.
News ID: 3491935 Publish Date : 2025/02/19
IQNA – For the first time in its history, France has officially recognized the role of an imam as a profession, adding it to the country’s list of acknowledged occupations.
News ID: 3491930 Publish Date : 2025/02/19
IQNA – An Islamophobic attack targeting a mosque in northern France has drawn condemnation.
News ID: 3491573 Publish Date : 2025/01/23
IQNA – A severed pig’s head was discovered at the entrance of a mosque in Pont-Saint-Esprit, a town in France’s Gard department, on Friday morning during prayers.
News ID: 3491153 Publish Date : 2024/12/22
IQNA – A Muslim school in south-eastern France has filed a lawsuit against a parliamentarian for defamation.
News ID: 3491093 Publish Date : 2024/12/17
IQNA – A 43-year old Muslim woman was violently attacked by two women because she was wearing a hijab in Gardanne, a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhone region in southern France.
News ID: 3490870 Publish Date : 2024/11/29
IQNA – UN experts have called on France to reverse its discriminatory measures banning women and girls from wearing the hijab while playing sports, urging compliance with international human rights obligations.
News ID: 3490468 Publish Date : 2024/10/28
IQNA – Hundreds convened in the capital city of Paris on Sunday night to express their dissent against the far-right National Rally (RN), which secured the largest percentage of the vote in the initial round of the nation's legislative elections that same day.
News ID: 3488968 Publish Date : 2024/07/02
IQNA – The secretary general of the Muslim World League (MWL) held talks with France's far-right party leader Marine Le Pen about Islam and the Muslim community in the European country.
News ID: 3488964 Publish Date : 2024/07/02
IQNA – The leader of a French far-right party has threatened his party would adopt a tough stance against Muslims in the country.
News ID: 3488930 Publish Date : 2024/06/30
IQNA – The Grand Mosque of Paris condemned the growing trend of political and media attacks on Islam in France.
News ID: 3488851 Publish Date : 2024/06/22
IQNA – France has initiated a series of police operations targeting the Muslim community, citing national security concerns in the lead-up to the Olympic Games.
News ID: 3488814 Publish Date : 2024/06/19
IQNA – CNews, a television network often criticized for endorsing extreme right-wing ideologies and Islamophobia, emerged as France’s leading news channel for the first time in the previous month, as per the data released on Monday.
News ID: 3488621 Publish Date : 2024/06/04
IQNA – An Egyptian Muslim football player of Nantes has been dropped from the next game of the team due to not wearing a controversial jersey.
News ID: 3488404 Publish Date : 2024/05/19
IQNA – Highly-qualified French citizens from Muslim backgrounds, often the children of immigrants, are leaving France in a quiet brain drain.
News ID: 3488391 Publish Date : 2024/05/19
IQNA – Hundreds of people gathered in Paris on Sunday to protest against racism, Islamophobia, and violence towards children after a court overturned a ban on the peaceful protest.
News ID: 3488050 Publish Date : 2024/04/23
IQNA – Shortage of mosques in France has made it difficult for Muslims living in the European country to find a worship space, especially in the blessed month of Ramadan.
News ID: 3487814 Publish Date : 2024/04/05
IQNA – Muslims in Contrexeville in Vosges found a severed boar head next to the mosque on Friday, in a new Islamophobic act targeting the Muslim community in France.
News ID: 3487764 Publish Date : 2024/04/01
IQNA – Fresh controversy has been sparked in France over a reported policy that apparently prohibits Muslim athletes from fasting while at the national team’s training camp during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
News ID: 3487697 Publish Date : 2024/03/23
