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Converts face prejudices
01.02.2012 Le Monde In its recent magazine Le Monde published selected interviews with recent converts to Islam in France. A number of male and female French Muslims recount their stories of conversion as well as the reactions of their families and immediate surroundings to their change of faith.
French Imams assemble at Holocaust Memorial
04.02.2012 Le Figaro For the first time in France around 50 imams from all over the country have come together with members of Islamic associations , representatives of other religions as well as the French Secretary of State to assemble at the Shoah Memorial in Drancy. The assembly was organized by Hassen Chalghoumi who is…
The Ministers of Internal Affairs of Spain, Morocco, France and Portugal sign the “Rabat Declaration”
25 January 2013 The Ministers of Internal Affairs of Morocco, France, Spain and Portugal signed in Rabat the ‘Rabat Declaration’ in which they materialize a closer police cooperation among the four countries. The statement was expressed in four main areas: management of migration flows, counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism (with special attention to the Sahel region and its…
Two thirds of French defy Islam according to poll
24.01.2012 According to a recent survey conducted by Ipsos commissioned by the French daily Le Monde, two in three French (74%) reject Islam as “intolerant” and “incompatible” with French society. While 70% of the survey participant judged that there are “too many foreigners in France”, 62% said they “don’t feel like at home anymore”. The…
Right-wing Extremism and Islamophobia in Germany Sending out a Political Signal
In this essay, Aiman Mazyek, chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, warns against the trivialisation of anti-Islamic tendencies and right-wing extremist violence, both of which are increasingly posing a threat to social peace in Germany In the wake of 9/11, a new brand of home-grown right-wing terrorism was able to emerge in…