Coalition of international NGOs call on EU to probe French ‘state-sponsored Islamophobia’
9th Apr 2021
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, has been asked to try the French Government. (Credit: European Parliament)
Harun Nasrullah
In an unprecedented intervention, a coalition of 25 NGOs representing 11 countries has called on the European Commission to investigate France for its state-sponsored support to Islamophobia.
In a petition to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, the coalition asked her to try the French Government at the European Court of Justice for imposing discriminatory practices. The 22-page complaint draws a sharp focus to French President Emmanuel Macron’s ‘Imam’s charter’.