Published days after the anniversary of the jihadist attacks on November 13, 2015, IFOP’s survey on Muslim relations sparked debate. Four Muslim associations filed a complaint on Monday, November 24, to denounce the survey’s lack of objectivity, their lawyers announced to Agence France-Presse.
The Departmental Councils of Muslim Worship (CDCM) in Loiret, Aube, Bouches-du-Rhône and Seine-et-Marne filed a complaint against the CDCM is the department-level French Council of Muslim Worship (CFCM), previously the body representing Islam to public authorities, was disgraced in 2021.
this survey “violates the principle of objectivity stipulated in the law of 19 July 1977 concerning the publication and distribution of opinion polls”, “based on main questions” And “focus on minority results put forward for polemical purposes”accused lawyers Raphaël Kempf and Romain Ruiz, in a press release. According to them, the survey is filtering “Poison of hate in public space”strengthen “amalgam”.
When contacted, François Kraus, director of IFOP’s political/news division, confirmed that he would respond to Agence France-Presse in writing, which he had not done as of mid-afternoon.
“Creating the fear we want to measure”
CFCM has regretted, on Friday, “blacklisting of French citizens who are Muslim and their religious practices”with analysis and data “debatable”. The IFOP survey, based on a sample of 1,005 people of the Muslim faith, was commissioned by secret media Screen saverwhich presents itself as “monthly to fight fanaticism”.
Much media and political attention focused on the sub-sample of 15-24 year olds, consisting of 291 people, and revealed strong practices (87% considered themselves religious, 67% said they prayed “at least once a day”83% observe Ramadan).
François Kraus writes in his conclusion that “This survey clearly depicts a Muslim population undergoing a process of re-Islamization, structured around strict religious norms and increasingly seduced by the political project of Islam”.
The poll sparked a backlash, and right-wing groups saw it as a sign“Islamization”while representatives of the Muslim community regretted it “stigma”. “By asking bad questions, we invariably create the fear we are trying to measure”In his weekly post, this was emphasized by the Chancellor of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Chems-Eddine Hafiz. Political scientist Haouès Seniguer describes it as a shortcut “rude and reductive” the idea underlying the survey, he said, is that adherence to Islam is a mechanical gateway to Islamism.
