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 – 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 – 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 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Australian boxer Tina Rahimi has slammed France's controversial hijab ban, which prohibits French athletes from wearing religious headscarves in certain Olympic sports.
News ID: 3489281 Publish Date : 2024/07/29
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 – 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 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
