Yesterday, Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the CCIE was targeted by searches and custody measures involving, notably, its founding members. We strongly denounce these actions, which amount to a clear attempt at intimidation. It needs to be reminded that the CCIE is a Brussels-based European association, it is not the former CCIF. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timing of these searches and detentions is far from coincidental. These operations come while shock over the murder of Aboubakar Ciss\u00e9 is still fresh in everybody\u2019s mind. Just two days after protest marches were held across France against Islamophobic hatred\u2014in which thousands of people expressed their concern peacefully and with dignity\u2014the message being sent is chilling. At a time when Europe is facing a worrying rise in Islamophobic violence, the French authorities have chosen not to target hate speech itself, but rather those who, for years, have been working to document this hatred and resist it through peaceful, democratic means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These searches are not based on any serious offense or imminent threat\u2014they are clearly politically motivated. Their aim is to delegitimize grassroots efforts and support for victims, and to create a climate of fear around initiatives that call out anti-Muslim racism. This is an attempt to apply pressure, to discredit, to portray anti-racist activism as a threat. The police apparatus is being used to obstruct forms of expression that are nonetheless protected by the fundamental principles of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since its founding, our collective has documented the discrimination and violence experienced by Muslims in Europe. We support victims, produce analyses, and alert institutions. This work\u2014recognized and shared in numerous forums\u2014is disturbing to some precisely because it sheds light on what others seek to render invisible: the structural entrenchment of Islamophobia in public policies and dominant media discourse, as well as the devastating consequences this can have for Muslims in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is urgent that we defend the freedoms of organizations and the right of all to participate in public debate without fear of stigma or repression. What is being targeted today is the very legitimacy of critical voices. We therefore call for solidarity and a refusal to normalize these practices.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Le CCIE a \u00e9t\u00e9 cibl\u00e9 hier, mardi 13 mai 2025, par des perquisitions et gardes \u00e0 vue impliquant notamment ses membres fondateurs. Nous d\u00e9non\u00e7ons avec la plus grande fermet\u00e9 ces mesures, qui rel\u00e8vent d\u2019une tentative d\u2019intimidation manifeste. Nous rappelons \u00e0 toutes fins utiles que le CCIE est une association europ\u00e9enne bas\u00e9e \u00e0 Bruxelles, et n\u2019est pas l\u2019ex-CCIF. Le moment choisi pour mener ces perquisitions et gardes \u00e0 vue n\u2019a rien d\u2019anodin. Ces op\u00e9rations surviennent alors que la sid\u00e9ration caus\u00e9e par le meurtre d\u2019Aboubakar Ciss\u00e9 est encore vive. Deux jours seulement apr\u00e8s les rassemblements organis\u00e9s contre la haine islamophobe en France, qui ont vu des milliers de personnes exprimer leur inqui\u00e9tude dans le calme et la dignit\u00e9, le signal envoy\u00e9 est gla\u00e7ant. Alors que l\u2019Europe est confront\u00e9e \u00e0 une mont\u00e9e inqui\u00e9tante de la violence islamophobe, les autorit\u00e9s fran\u00e7aises choisissent de cibler non pas les discours de haine, mais celles et ceux qui, depuis des ann\u00e9es, s\u2019efforcent de documenter cette haine et d\u2019y r\u00e9sister par des moyens pacifiques et d\u00e9mocratiques. Ces perquisitions ne sont justifi\u00e9es par aucun fait grave et aucune menace imminente, leur fonction est clairement politique. Elles visent \u00e0 d\u00e9l\u00e9gitimer un travail de terrain et un engagement aupr\u00e8s des victimes, \u00e0 installer un climat de peur autour des initiatives qui d\u00e9noncent l\u2019islamophobie. Il s\u2019agit de faire pression, de disqualifier, de faire passer le militantisme antiraciste pour une menace. L\u2019outil policier est alors mobilis\u00e9 pour entraver des formes d\u2019expression pourtant garanties par les principes fondamentaux du droit. Depuis sa cr\u00e9ation, notre collectif documente les discriminations et violences subies par les musulman\u00b7e\u00b7s en Europe. Nous accompagnons des victimes, produisons des analyses, alertons les institutions. Ce travail, reconnu et relay\u00e9 dans de nombreux espaces, d\u00e9range parce qu\u2019il met en lumi\u00e8re ce que certains tentent d\u2019invisibiliser : l\u2019ancrage structurel de l\u2019islamophobie dans les politiques publiques et les discours m\u00e9diatiques dominants et leurs cons\u00e9quences dramatiques qu\u2019il peut avoir pour les musulmanes et musulmans d\u2019Europe. Il est urgent de d\u00e9fendre les libert\u00e9s associatives et la possibilit\u00e9, pour tous, de prendre part au d\u00e9bat public sans craindre la stigmatisation ou la r\u00e9pression. Ce qui est vis\u00e9 aujourd\u2019hui, c\u2019est la l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 m\u00eame d\u2019une parole critique. Nous appelons donc \u00e0 la solidarit\u00e9 et au refus de toute normalisation de ces pratiques.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communiques"],"yoast_head":"\n