The state and the adddam are preparing to launch an online reporting platform in order to collect and analyze anti-Muslim acts from all over French territory and ensure effective follow-up of files.
Emmanuel Macron received on Friday April 29 at the Élysée representatives of Muslim institutions.
An ambient Islamophobic climate
The latter asked the Head of State “Concrete acts” To protect them. The rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, Chelms-Eddine Hafiz, and the president of the coordination of Muslim associations in Paris and rector of the Javel mosque, Najat Benali, exposed “The growing feeling of anger and fear that inhabits many Muslims” in France, alerting to “the ambient Islamophobic climate […]often relayed unreservedly by certain media and political leaders, and on the feeling of insecurity that even affects places of worship “.
A week after the death of a young Muslim in a mosque in the Gard, by an insulting man twice the religion of his victim, but who denies having acted against Islam, one deplores a “Two weights, two measurements” in the community.
Acts underestimated for adddam
The state and an association are preparing to launch an online reporting platform, when the Muslim community is moved from a “Ambient Islamophobic climate”, revealed the world. The latter are under declared: in 2024, only 173 anti -Muslim facts were officially recorded.
-Indeed, according to the figures announced by the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, during the closure of the second session of the forum of Islam in France in February, 173 anti-Muslim facts were identified in 2024, against 242 the previous year.
The Minister of the Interior had welcomed this decline, although the number of facts committed is, the very admission of Bruno Retailleau, “No doubt below reality”.
Concrete data for legislators
The online reporting platform, controlled by the Addam (Defense Association against Discrimination and Antimusulman Acts) and planned to be launched “Before the end of May”aims to provide concrete data to the legislators, thus making it possible to obtain “Figures closer to reality”.
She should also “Help public decision -makers” to find solutions in the face of a constantly increasing phenomenon, according to the words of Bassirou Camara, president of the adddam, created in February 2024 as part of the forum of Islam of France (FORIF).
Increased attacks
The first three months of the year recorded a spectacular increase in anti-Muslim acts of 72 % compared to the period in 2024 with 79 cases identified, according to the Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior.
