Claude Goasguen summoned to explain anti-Muslim comments

February 17, 2014   After a complaint registered by the CFCM (Conseil Français du Culte Musulman), a deputy of the UMP party and mayor of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, Claude Goasguen, has been summoned on April 7th to a court in Nimes over his derogatory statements made about the anti-Semitism of young Muslims during…

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The management of security and religious affairs: the disappointing results of Interior Minister Manuel Valls in 2013

February 5, 2014   According to the recently released 2013 report by the National Observatory of Delinquency and Penal Action, France’s Interior Minister Manuel Valls has not brought down crime nor been active on the regulation of religious committees, contrary to popular perception. Enjoying successful poll ratings, Manuel Valls has been portrayed as the ‘strong…

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How is Islamophobia measured in France?

January 28, 2014   The number of anti-Muslim acts committed in 2013 and recorded by the National Observatory Against Islamophobia has been published on Sunday, January 26. Last year, 226 anti-Muslim acts (164 threats and 62 actions) were registered with the police. This represents an increase of 11,3% from 2012, though a smaller increase from…

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Contradicting announcements on beginning of Ramadan amongst French Muslim organisations

Zaman France 09.07.2013 The Grand Mosque of Paris has on Tuesday announced the beginning of this year’s Ramadan on Wednesday, July 10, contradicting the French Council of the Muslim Faith’s (CFCM) previous decision to declare the beginning of Ramadan for Tuesday, July 9. The month of Ramadan begins with the sighting of the moon crescent…

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French Council of the Muslim Faith elects new President

30.06.2013 Le Monde The director of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Dalil Boubakeur, was elected to become the new President of the French Council of the Muslim Faith on Sunday (CFCM). The French Algerian has previously headed the organisation between 2003 and 2008 and succeeds the French Moroccan Mohamed Moussaoui. The CFCM has recently been…

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