2015 Corsican protests

2015 Corsican protests
2015 Corsican protests
Date	24–28 December 2015
Location	Ajaccio, Corsica, France; (Initially in Les Jardins de l'Empereur area); 41°55′36″N 8°44′13″E / 41.92667°N 8.73694°E
Methods	Protests, rioting, arson, vandalism
Resulted in	Muslim prayer centre damaged, vandalism of property
Parties
Casualties
Death(s)	0
Injuries	0
Detained	Six North African men sentenced to between 6 and 30 months in prison for initial attack.
	Ban on protests declared effective until 4 January 2016, yet protests continued.

The 2015 Corsican protests were a series of marches by several hundred Corsican nationalists that began on 25 December, in Ajaccio, capital of Corsica.^[4] During the initial demonstrations, a Muslim prayer hall was burned down and Qur'ans were set alight. Further protests were organised after the initial march despite a government ban on protests until 4 January 2016. The protesters claimed to be acting in revenge for an incident that occurred the day prior when firefighters and police were assaulted in the neighbourhood of Les Jardins de l'Empereur;^[5] however, outside observers labeled the ensuing riots as anti-Arab and anti-Muslim.^[1] The Corsican nationalist politicians have claimed their view does not legitimise xenophobia, blaming the protest on French nationalism instead.^[5] Scholarly opinions on this claim are divided.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Hundreds defy protest ban in Corsica after anti-Arab violence". France24. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
^ "Hundreds march in Corsica after violent anti-Arab protests". NewsInfo. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
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[France24-1] "Hundreds defy protest ban in Corsica after anti-Arab violence". France24. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2017.

[2] "Hundreds march in Corsica after violent anti-Arab protests". NewsInfo. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2017.

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