French law fined face coverings for religion more than the pandemic mask mandate
Evidence
The Collective against Islamophobia in France recorded a significant increase in anti-Muslim incidents from 2010 to 2013. In 2010, there were 188 incidents. This number rose to 298 in 2011, 469 in 2012, and 691 in 2013. What explains the upsurge? The increase was likely due to the intense political campaign against face veils that led the French Parliament to approve a ban on them in 2010. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 596 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: France criminalized the niqab and burqa in April 2011; The French face-veil ban campaign drove anti-Muslim incidents up — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 596
Related
- The French face-veil ban campaign drove anti-Muslim incidents up (similarity 0.92)
- France criminalized Muslim face coverings while mandating analogous pandemic masks (similarity 0.88)
- France fined niqab-wearing Muslim women more than it fined unmasked citizens during the pandemic. (similarity 0.84)
- France’s 2010 face veil ban confined the practice to the private sphere. (similarity 0.84)
- France’s hijab laws seeded copycat bans in Quebec, Belgium, and other European nations. (similarity 0.83)
- The pandemic produced new Islamophobic tropes instead of pausing anti-Muslim campaigns (similarity 0.83)
- The coronavirus pandemic spawned distinctive new Islamophobic practices worldwide (similarity 0.81)
- The pandemic mask mandate exposed laïcité as thinly veiled Islamophobia (similarity 0.81)
- French law formally banned all conspicuous religious symbols but targeted Muslim headscarves in practice. (similarity 0.79)
- France’s 2003 hijab ban launched Europe’s wave of anti-Muslim dress laws (similarity 0.79)
- Anxiety about Muslim integration, not neutral principle, drove France’s 2004 ban. (similarity 0.79)
- France’s hijab policing became a template copied across continents (similarity 0.78)
- France’s 2019 law barred hijab-wearing mothers from school chaperoning (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- The French face-veil ban campaign drove anti-Muslim incidents up
#corroborates(0.65) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 596