A new rise of Islamophobia and antisemitism in France
We have the impression that xenophobia is on the rise in France, and that this xenophobia targets particularly the Muslims. What does that mean in practice? Verbal or physical attacks on the street? Bullying of Muslim colleagues at work? Muslim pupils in schools? Who is mobilising for this xenophobia - who are its agents? Like the majority of French Arab-Muslims, I use the term Islamophobia because what we are experiencing is much more complex than just racism. For example, people who have converted to Islam are subject to an extreme violence that cannot simply be attributed to the fact that...