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In the last few days it has been confirmed that the incumbent president Emmanuel Macron has been re-elected, once again defeating his hard-right rival Marine Le Pen. Many Muslims may breathe a sigh of relief, Le Pen stands out as a viscerally anti-Muslim candidate in a country where it’s hard to find any moderate voices. But in many ways, Macron’s return to power is meaningless for the Muslim community in France. For all the calls for greater political participation, the choice for many is between one form of Islamophobia over another.

Muslims in France find themselves wedged between a rock and a hard place. Today, my guest, Rayan Freschi, a legal expert and researcher for CageUK has recently authored a disturbing report on the French government’s policy of “systematic obstruction” of the Muslim community. He uncovers how the French state under Macron has targeted peaceful Muslims, shut down Mosques, closed charities, hounded Islamic schools and made it impossible for civil society to operate independently from the state. His report, makes a chilling read. Rayan tells me that the French state is shutting down Islam in France. We talk about how this systematic obstruction has manifested and the consequence for Europe’s largest Muslim community.

Download the report here: https://www.cage.ngo/we-are-beginning...

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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 69

00:00 Introduction
00:17 Dismantling the French Muslim community
00:30 French Muslims & Macron’s election victory
01:10 Introducing Rayan Freschi and his CAGE report
03:33 Legislating Islamophobia in the French state
05:52 The many crimes of France against French Muslims
07:14 Policy of “Systematic Obstruction”
08:56 What are the aims of the policy
10:40 The (il)legal framework of the policy
12:00 By any means necessary - generating pretexts for persecuting Muslims in the French state
14:40 Role of French courts
16:45 Why were Barakah City and CCIF closed down
18:10 Demonising everyday practice of Islam - PREVENT on steroids
19:07 The “Anti-Separatism” law in France
23:23 Motivations behind the French state’s anti-Muslim agenda
25:45 Anti-Muslim consensus within the French political establishment
26:38 Terrorising French Muslims into an Islamic reformation
29:33 The response of the Muslim community in France
30:55 Losing the dunya vs losing deen as the future for French Muslims
33:40 Emmanuel Macron’s thought process - the story of a lost empire
37:08 An attention-starved great power: France’s need for strategic relevance on the global stage
38:28 The far-right’s place within the French political system & prospects for electoral victory
41:48 The war-on-terror chicken coming homing to roost
43:18 Will Rayan Freschi also be leaving France?
47:00 What can we do as Muslims outside of France?