Liberation: This is how Islamophobia should be explained to children in France

Liberation has prepared a dossier to introduce children to the discrimination against French Muslims and explain some of its manifestations. Why do some say there is hatred against Muslims in France? What does the law say about religions?

The nature of the audience of this topic has combined colors, graphics, stories and simplicity of presentation.

Freedom
Under the headline "Malika, a 24-year-old Muslim," the newspaper reported the story of a girl from Moroccan parents who immigrated to France in the 1970s, and "religion was the last thing they care about," the paper said.

But as soon as she entered university, Malika decided to wear the hijab after a deep reflection on her religion and "it was a purely personal choice," she said.

Here, the newspaper draws the attention of the child that France gives freedom for Muslim women in public places to wear the hijab or not, which is what some women do and refrain from others.

The newspaper defines the veil as a piece of cloth used to cover the hair and often wear it is an indication of obedience to God, and indicates that the coverage of women hair does not belong to Muslims alone, but it is available to Christians and Jews as well, but in France is allowed to veil in public places provided that the face does not hide .

As for the manifestations of Muslim hatred, the newspaper reported the latest story with a veiled French woman accompanying school children, including her son, on a trip to a municipal council, when a local counselor yelled at her to remove her veil because it was against the law or left the place.

According to Liberation, this incident caused panic among the children, especially the son of the woman, who burst into tears as he hid in the arms of his veiled mother.

Islamophobia
This is not the first time that Muslims have the impression that they are unpopular in France. It is much further. French politicians and even other figures see Islam as a problem and say Muslims should be like this or so.

Therefore, many Muslims believe that they are unacceptable in the country, and condemn the so-called Islamophobia or Islamophobia.

The phenomenon of Islamophobia, according to the newspaper, is reflected in a negative attitude towards Muslims or their like, a form of racism.

The manifestations of hate speech and rejection against Muslims or insulting or assaulting them or discrimination against them, and punishable by law, as it is a form of racism.

Secular Law
The paper warned that those who say that the Islamic veil should not be worn in public on the pretext that it is contrary to secularism, they say it spontaneously.

She stressed that secularism means that everyone has the right to have a religion or not, noting that this was written even in French law more than 100 years ago!

The French state does not impose one religion or prohibit another, but respects the religion, ideas and beliefs of all its inhabitants, according to Liberation.

Secularism is based on three principles: freedom of the contractor, a strict separation of religion and state, and equality of all before the law.

Islam
But what Islam is, the paper asks, to answer briefly that Islam is "the religion of Muslims and the second most religions in France and in the world after Christianity, and the name of God to Muslims is God and practice the rites of Islam in mosques and the name of the Bible to Muslims is the Koran."

The newspaper warned against confusion between Arabs and Muslims, for example, Egypt says the newspaper, an Arab country, but there are Christians, while the country with the largest number of Muslims is Indonesia.