Charlie Hebdo: anti-Muslim acts have more than doubled … – Les Echos

Charlie Hebdo: anti-Muslim acts have more than doubled … – Les Echos

Anti-Muslim acts recorded in France since the attack increased by 110% compared to January 2014, according to the National Observatory against Islamophobia .

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L attack against Charlie Hebdo feeds the sense of Islamophobia within the French population. While 40% of French believe that the Muslim community is “a threat” to the country’s identity, according to a recent IFOP poll, the National Observatory against Islamophobia has just published a new report.

One hundred and sixteen anti-Muslim acts were recorded in France since the Paris attacks from 7 to 9 January, 110% higher than those recorded for the entire month of January 2014, announced Monday the Observatory . In 2013, 226 acts (62 164 shares and threats) were recorded throughout the year.

“unacceptable situation”

The actions identified since the attack against Charlie Hebdo include 28 actions against places of worship and 88 threats, as this body member of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM). “This is unacceptable and we ask the government, beyond reassuring speeches, to take action to end this scourge,” wrote the president of the observatory, Abdallah Zekri, in a statement.

“Islam is compatible with democracy (…) Radical Islamism feeds of all miseries, all inequalities (…) We must refuse amalgam and confusion (…) The antimulsumans act as anti-Semitism must not only be condemned but severely punished, “said Francois Hollande had last Thursday in a speech to the Institute of the Arab world.

Following the attacks, the government announced the deployment of 4,700 police and gendarmes to protect synagogues and Jewish schools, and then extended the system to all places of worship. A prefect, Patrice Latron was responsible for coordinating the security of all sites.