State-sponsored Islamophobia in France blamed for violence

Writing in AlJazeera, Senior researcher with Georgetown University’s The Bridge Initiative Farid Hafez accuses the French Government of State-promoted or condoned Islamaphobia including physical attacks including murder.

“There has been a significant spike in Islamophobic acts in France – something the French authorities remain reluctant to publicly comment on. One report showed a 72 percent increase in such incidents between January and March 2025 compared with the same period in 2024.

There are various factors that have contributed to this, but central among them is the French state’s own Islamophobic rhetoric and anti-Muslim policies.”

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