Algerian media and political organizations accused Morocco of instigating the riots during a football match in Algiers, where a fan lost his life. Meanwhile, Tunisia's Football Federation lodged a complaint with CAF regarding the violence their team faced during the match.
Tommy Robinson, co-founder of the English Defence League (EDL), is under scrutiny for allegedly inciting recent xenophobic and anti-Islamic riots in the UK, following a knife attack falsely attributed to a Muslim immigrant. He distances himself from the EDL and blames local residents for the violence.
In the space of a few days, xenophobic violence has erupted in several British regions. Rallies by far-right demonstrators have turned into riots, fueled by a false rumor claiming that the perpetrator of a knife attack last week was «a radicalized Muslim immigrant». Concern is growing within the country’s foreign and Muslim communities.
Tens of young people from different backgrounds, including Moroccans, were involved in a series of riots in the Netherlands last week. The riots are believed to be triggered by feelings of exclusion and tenacious stereotypes.
In several neighborhoods in Utrecht, groups of young Dutch-Moroccans took to the streets, destroying public property and engaging in riots. One of these groups was stopped by an Islamic center in Leidsche Rijn.
On the 7th and 8th of July 1948, less than a month after the formation of the State of Israel, anti-Jewish riots erupted in two Moroccan cities namely Jerada and Oujda leading to the death of 42 Moroccan Jews.