Editing Antisemitism in Islam (section)

===France===
{{Further|Antisemitism in France}}
In 2004, France experienced rising levels of Islamic antisemitism and acts that were publicized around the world.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3880585.stm Chirac vows to fight race attacks] BBC. 9 July 2004.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3586543.stm |title=Anti-Semitism 'on rise in Europe' |work=[[BBC News]] |date=31 March 2004 |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref name=NYT-Smith>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/international/26antisemitism.html | work=The New York Times | first=Craig S. | last=Smith | title=Jews in France Feel Sting as Anti-Semitism Surges Among Children of Immigrants | date=26 March 2006 |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref> In 2006, rising levels of antisemitism were recorded in French schools. Reports related to the tensions between the children of North African Muslim immigrants and North African Jewish children.<ref name=NYT-Smith/> The climax was reached when [[Ilan Halimi]] was tortured to death by the so-called "Barbarians gang", led by Youssouf Fofana. In 2007, over 7,000 members of the community petitioned for asylum in the United States, citing antisemitism in France.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://jta.org/news/article/2007/03/20/100725/Frenchpetition |title=French Jews petition U.S. for asylum |work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |date=2007-03-20 |access-date=10 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905044711/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2007/03/20/100725/Frenchpetition |archive-date=5 September 2012 }}</ref>

Between 2001 and 2005, an estimated 12,000 French Jews took [[Aliyah]] to Israel. Several émigrés cited antisemitism and the growing Arab population as reasons for leaving.<ref name=Ford>{{cite news |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0622/p01s03-woeu.html|title=Anti-Semitism rising, Jews in France ponder leaving |last=Ford |first=Peter |date=2004-06-22 |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |access-date=27 November 2009}}</ref> At a welcoming ceremony for French Jews in the summer of 2004, then [[Prime Minister of Israel|Israeli Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] caused controversy when he advised all French Jews to "move immediately" to Israel and escape what he coined "the wildest anti-semitism" in France.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-11-22-jews-france_x.htm |title=As attacks rise in France, Jews flock to Israel |work=[[USA Today]] |date=22 November 2004 | first1=Andrea | last1=Stone | access-date=2010-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2683783.stm |title=French Jews leave with no regrets |work=[[BBC News]] |date=23 January 2003 |first=James |last=Coomarasamy |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3904943.stm |title=French Jews 'must move to Israel' |work=[[BBC News]] |date=18 July 2004 |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jul/20/france.israel1 |title=French Jews caught up in a war of words |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 July 2004 | location=London | first=Amelia | last=Gentleman | access-date=2010-05-04}}</ref>

In the first half of 2009, an estimated 631 recorded acts of antisemitism took place in France, more than in the whole of 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091217075855/http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260447430597&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Anti-semitism is making a loud comeback] Jerusalem Post. 13 December 2009</ref> Speaking to the [[World Jewish Congress]] in December 2009, the French Interior Minister Hortefeux described the acts of antisemitism as "a poison to our republic". He also announced that he would appoint a special coordinator for fighting racism and antisemitism.<ref>[http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/main/showNews/id/8718 French interior minister says anti-Semitism at an alarming level] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607011253/http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/main/showNews/id/8718 |date=7 June 2011 }} 14 December 2009</ref>

The rise of antisemitism in modern France has been linked to the intensifying [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].<ref name="Reuters French Jews">{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-jews-attacks-idUSTRE50T57520090130 | work=Reuters | title=French Jews ask Sarkozy to help curb attacks | date=30 January 2009 | access-date=10 April 2014 | archive-date=16 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016223539/http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/30/us-france-jews-attacks-idUSTRE50T57520090130 | url-status=live }}</ref> Since the [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Gaza War]] in 2009, decreases in antisemitism have been reversed. A report compiled by the Coordination Forum for Countering Anti-Semitism singled out France in particular among Western countries for antisemitism.<ref>{{cite news |author=Dr. Ruchama Weiss |author2=Rabbi Levi Brackman |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3661455,00.html |title=Report: Gaza war reverses drop in anti-Semitism |work=[[Ynetnews]] |date=2009-01-25 |access-date=2014-04-10}}</ref> Between the start of the Israeli offensive in Gaza in late December and the end of it in January, an estimated hundred antisemitic acts were recorded in France. This compares with a total of 250 antisemitic acts in the whole of 2007.<ref name="Reuters French Jews"/>
In 2012, Mohammed Merah [[Toulouse and Montauban shootings|killed four Jews]], including three children, at the Ozar HaTorah Jewish school in Toulouse.
Shortly after the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting]] in 2015, [[Amedy Coulibaly]] murdered four Jewish patrons of a Kosher supermarket in Paris and held fifteen people hostage in the [[Porte de Vincennes siege]].
In response to these high-profile attacks, Jewish emigration from France to Israel increased by 20%, to 5,100 per year, between 2014 and 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4669430,00.html|title=French immigration to Israel surges in summer of 2015|newspaper=Ynetnews|access-date=2016-10-09}}</ref>