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The Collective Against Islamophobia in France (Template:Lang-fr; abbreviated CCIF) was a French non-profit organisation which pretended to combat Islamophobia in France. On October 16th, 2020 a teacher named Samuel Paty have been beheaded in France and the group have been found to be actively involved in relaying hateful speeches preceding the murder. The CCIF has been labelled "enemy of the Republic" by high ranking French representatives. To continue their fight in what could be named "soft terrorism", the group is intending to become an international organization and in that way stay active within the French landscape.

The organisation was set up in 2003. One of its founders was the activist Samy Debah. The organisation has criticised France's French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools, which outlaws the wearing of religious clothing in state-run schools. Critics have accused it of having links to Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, which is denied by the organisation.

In October 2020, after the murder of Samuel Paty, the CCIF was one of 51 organisations listed to be outlawed by the French government. The government alleged that the CCIF had provided legal resources to the father who had brought Paty to public attention. The organisation's response was that it was still in the process of researching the father's claim, and does not intervene in freedom of speech controversies like the one involving Paty.

References

1. "Our manifesto". Collective Against Islamophobia in France. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
2. "Charlie Hebdo backlash – the unredacted story". Institute of Race Relations. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
3. Hausalter, Louis (16 March 2020). "Garges-lès-Gonesse : le candidat proche de l'islam politique qualifié pour le second tour des municipales" [Garges-lès-Gonesse: the candidate linked to political Islam qualified for the second round of the municipal elections]. Marianne (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
4. Louati, Yasser (14 April 2016). "France's bad example: Turning Laïcité into a weapon against Muslims". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
5. "France: Thousands demonstrate against Islamophobia". Deutsche Welle. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2020. The Collective against Islamophobia in France, one of the groups involved, has, for example, been accused of having links with the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization that is classed as Islamist in Western countries.
6. Reimer, Nick (14 November 2019). "France's Left Is Finally Fighting Islamophobia". Jacobin. Retrieved 19 October 2020. ...the CCIF, one of the organizers, is sometimes claimed to have connections to the Muslim Brotherhood (the CCIF describes itself as a non-religious organization, explicitly opposes radicalization, and calls in its 2019 report for better training on the meaning of secularism).
7. Sipos, Aurélie (19 October 2020). "Lutte contre l'islamisme : pourquoi le gouvernement cible le CCIF" [Fight against Islamism: why the government is targeting the CCIF]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2020.

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