Video: Aymeric Caron argues that Manuel Valls fuels a ‘fight for laïcité’

Aymeric Caron recently appeared on the BFMTV show “And at the same time.” The journalist and writer addressed the polemic elicited by Manuel Valls’s recent comments made during a debate organized by the Spanish newspaper El Pais. Rather than speaking out against Islamism, Valls stated that there was a “problem with Islam” in France, which sparked…

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“Muslims are neither responsible nor guilty for what happens” says Abdallah Zekri

Abdallah Zekri discussed the “Muslim question” in France during a recent interview with El Watan. Below are excerpts from the conversation: El Watan: It really seemed like the question of Islam was on many headlines this year. Abdallah Zekri: It doesn’t stop, I was asked by journalists to comment on the election of Laurent Wauquiez…

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Edwy Plenel and Marwan Muhammad, among others, react to Rokhaya Diallo’s dismissal

In a recent open letter in Libération, prominent public figures reacted to the dismissal of Rokhaya Diallo from the National Digital Council (Conseil national du numérique, or CNNum). Notable signatories included Mediapart founder Edwy Plenel, former Collective Against Islamophobia in France director Marwan Muhammad, Danièle Obono and Céline Sciamma. Plenel reacted to the decision on Twitter, decrying the “witch…

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Op-ed: Where is our égalité?

In recent days France has been rocked by controversy. First came the government’s decision to create a 30-member commission called CNNum, the national digital council. The task of this commission is to advise French president Emmanuel Macron on new, more inclusive digital policy. Then an open letter surfaced, written by an MP from a major rightwing political…

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Twitter reacts to halal supermarket’s ordered closure

The Good Price mini-market in Colombes, located in Paris, is required to be a “general food store” according to its license and must meet the needs of all of its inhabitants, meaning it must sell pork and alcohol, but that defeats the purpose of its halal credentials. The owner Soulemane Yalcin opened his store in…

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