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IQNA – The dominance of the far-right over the political scene in France has grown in recent years and the anti-Muslim project of Minister of Interior Bruno Retailleau is one of its indications.  
News ID: 3493385   Publish Date : 2025/06/09

IQNA – The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has called on France and the European Union to officially recognize the State of Palestine and suspend their political and economic agreements with Israel, citing the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
News ID: 3493175   Publish Date : 2025/05/21

IQNA – An investigation has been initiated into allegations of “incitement to hatred based on religion,” according to a statement issued Thursday afternoon by Emmanuelle Bochenek-Puren, the public prosecutor in Orléans.
News ID: 3493104   Publish Date : 2025/05/16

IQNA – Thousands of people marched through Paris and other French cities on Sunday to protest a rise in anti-Muslim sentiment and to pay tribute to Aboubakar Cissé, a young Malian man killed in a mosque.
News ID: 3493053   Publish Date : 2025/05/12

IQNA – A French man accused of stabbing a worshipper to death at a mosque in southern France has been formally charged with premeditated murder motivated by race or religion, the Nîmes prosecutor’s office said on Friday.
News ID: 3493030   Publish Date : 2025/05/11

IQNA – Italy extradited to France the suspect in the case of murder of a young man in a French mosque.
News ID: 3493009   Publish Date : 2025/05/10

IQNA – A wide coalition of political groups, civil society organizations, academics, researchers, writers, and public figures is calling for silent marches to be held across France on Sunday, May 11, to protest the rising Islamophobia.
News ID: 3493005   Publish Date : 2025/05/09

IQNA – Authorities in France have launched an investigation following threats made against a mosque in Sucy-en-Brie, a southeastern suburb approximately 15 kilometers from central Paris.
News ID: 3492963   Publish Date : 2025/05/06

IQNA – The French interior minister, who also serves as minister of religions visited the Grand Mosque of Paris as a guest at last.  
News ID: 3492960   Publish Date : 2025/05/06

IQNA – The lawyer for the suspect in the Islamophobic attack at the mosque in La Grand-Combe, France says he did not carry out the attack ‘out of hatred for Islam’.
News ID: 3492867   Publish Date : 2025/04/29

IQNA – The fatal stabbing of a Muslim worshipper at a mosque in southern France drew condemnation from the French premier.
News ID: 3492850   Publish Date : 2025/04/27

IQNA – The proposed legislation to ban headscarves in French sports has ignited a debate over religious freedom and secularism, with athletes raising concerns about its impact on inclusivity and expression.
News ID: 3492561   Publish Date : 2025/04/04

IQNA – The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has condemned a "stigmatizing" campaign against women wearing headscarves, criticizing the media and political rhetoric that it says fuels intolerance and undermines national cohesion.
News ID: 3492515   Publish Date : 2025/03/27

IQNA – The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) says that Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, will fall on Sunday.
News ID: 3492498   Publish Date : 2025/03/26

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