Overview

• Rector Chems-eddine Hafiz frames the fight against muslimophobia as a national security and republican cohesion issue.
• An IFOP survey finds 82% of Muslims in France view hatred toward Muslims as a widespread phenomenon.
• Two-thirds (66%) report racist behavior in the past five years, about three times the rate in the general population (20%).
• Reported lifetime discrimination includes 51% during job searches and 46% in housing, compared with 7% and 6% among other faiths.
• Hafiz calls for controls and sanctions in employment, housing and public services, reinforced training for state agents and business leaders, and notes prosecutors’ finding that nine pig heads left at Île-de-France mosques were deposited by foreigners who quickly left France.