Le Pen's lead and the concern of French Muslims about increasing discrimination and violence

Following the lead of Marine Le Pen, the leader of the extreme right party "National Community" over other candidates in the French presidential elections, the Muslims of this country are worried about the increase of discrimination and violence against them.

According to Ambassador Arjan, the results of a survey show that about half of the Muslims living in France will consider leaving this country if Le Pen wins the presidential elections next year.

According to Ambassador Arjan's account, Le Pen is leading in polls compared to other election candidates and has 30-35% of the votes.

Ifop poll shows that 46 percent of Muslim respondents said they would consider emigrating from France if Le Pen wins, and 20 percent said they would definitely emigrate.

François Cruz, director of politics and current affairs at Ifop, said Ms Le Pen's victory "risks creating significant deadlocks and creating a high level of fear and insecurity".

According to Daily Mail, the results of this poll show widespread concern about the impact of the far-right leader's victory in France. According to the results, 81 percent believe that Le Pen's victory will lead to an increase in violence and discrimination against Muslims. At the same time, 27% said that they would consider hiding their religious identity.

Le Pen has so far faced backlash for confronting what the fight against "Islamist ideologies" has proposed in France.

He considered wearing hijab in public places to be a crime and emphasized that he will deal with it if he comes to power.

The leader of the National Assembly Party wrote on the "X" platform last month: "Through a referendum, I will present to the French people a bill to fight Islamist ideologies, including the ban on wearing headscarves in public places."

Daily Mail has reminded: France was the first European country to ban the full face covering in public places in 2011, and violations will be fined.

In 2023, Muslim girls in this European country were banned from wearing the abaya in public schools. The French government has argued that this coverage contradicts the principles of French secularism.

The other candidates for this election are Jean-Luc Melenchon of the "France Invincible" party and former prime minister Edouard Philippe, who are in the next place after Le Pen and have obtained between 14 and 19 percent of the votes in the polls.

The French presidential election is scheduled to be held in April 2027.