As France continues to struggle under hypocritical notions of liberty (from what?), equality (for whom?), and fraternity (with who?), the country’s five million-plus Muslims continue to feel neglected, abused, and targetted by a systematically Islamophobic government.
‘Dirty Arabs’: Two Muslim Women Stabbed in Paris in an Underreported Islamophobic Attack
As France continues to struggle under hypocritical notions of liberty (from what?), equality (for whom?), and fraternity (with who?), the country’s five million-plus Muslims continue to feel neglected, abused, and targetted by a systematically Islamophobic government.
In a worryingly underreported attack, two Muslim women were repeatedly stabbed under the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday night. Following the gruesome beheading of a teacher in the Paris suburbs by a radical extremist last Friday after the teacher showed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed to a class, France is on edge as tensions continue to rise.
French police have reportedly arrested two white female suspects, who shouted “dirty Arabs” as the repeatedly stabbed the two Muslim women. The suspects are currently being held on suspicion of attempted murder. The two victims, French women from an Algerian background, have been named only as Kenza, 49, and Amel, in her early 40’s. Kenza was reportedly stabbed six times and is in the hospital with a punctured lung.
Initially, no official information was released about the attack – which has led many to raise the issue of France’s blatant Islamophobia in almost every level of society. While the rightful media frenzy around the schoolteacher’s murder engrossed the nation around “radical Islam”, there was pointedly little to no coverage on this horrifying Islamophobic attack – was it because the victims were Muslim or because it would seem sympathetic to “radical Islam” if the innocent women were offered support and condolences?
2 Algerian Muslim women wearing Hijab reportedly stabbed near the Eiffel Tower in Paris 🇫🇷 by 2 white women who yelled “Arabs go home.” They’re now hospitalized
They were stabbed in front of their children.
No French media outlet has reported on this!
— Khaled Beydoun (@KhaledBeydoun) October 20, 2020
Two muslim women were stabbed in Paris in front of their children. Where’s the outrage?
People are so quick to wrongly link Islam to the monster who murdered a teacher earlier this week – yet acts of violence committed against REAL muslims are being ignored. #Islamophobia https://t.co/G9BqbSSCbo— Rym Bendimerad (@RymBendimerad) October 20, 2020
While the attack happened on Sunday night, it was not until Tuesday that French police issued a public statement on the incident. While the investigation is still ongoing, French President Emmanuel Macron is currently preparing to lead a National Hommage to the murdered schoolteacher, Samuel Paty, and has of yet not made a comment on this most recent Islamophobic attack.
2 muslim women were stabbed in paris. the narrative has been set. it has been set for a long time.
if a lone muslim commits an act of violence anywhere in the world, then ALL of islam & muslims are blamed for it to ENABLE discrimination & violence against ALL MUSLIMS EVERYWHERE.
— جویریہ (@juvified) October 21, 2020
As France continues to struggle under hypocritical notions of liberty (from what?), equality (for whom?), and fraternity (with who?), the country’s five million-plus Muslims continue to feel neglected, abused, and targetted by a systematically Islamophobic government.
