Hateful and Stigmatised Speech Against Evangelical Christians
Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Mullhouse
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Societal Sphere
Media
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Threats
Insult or Incitement
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
Other (text field)
Defamation
Place of Incident
Internet
Bias Indicators
Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
Unknown
Response of Local Authorities
Unknown
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Following the incident where The Open Doors Church was unfairly accused of spreading the Covid-19 infections, Christians have experienced intolerance and hate-speech all around France. Thierry Le Gall, from the national evangelical Council, mentions that in the last weeks they collected a lot of violent comments on social media, saying that the Christians should be erased or that they should not be in the country. Also, Pastors have received threats through letters and phone calls. Le Gall believes these attacks are because of ignorance about religion, intolerance and a scapegoat mechanism.
