Man Who Hit his Wife who Removed her Headscarf Sentenced to Six Months of Prison

A Marseille man who punched his wife in the face, fracturing her nose, because she removed her headscarf because of the heat was condemned to at least six months in prison. The couple, who live in Lille, France and were married in November 2007, were on holiday in Marseille. The 24 year-old French female victim…

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    Muslims Fare Poorly in Recent French Municipal Elections

    Arab and Muslim candidates fared poorly in the first round of French municipal elections, with only one elected to a local office and few others with opportunity in the second round of voting. Running on the Socialist slate, Samia Ghali won District 8 in Marseille, the country’s second largest city. Ghali became the first Muslim…

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      Mosque with 25-metre minarets to be constructed in Marseille

      One of the largest mosques in France will soon find a home in the southern port city of Marseille, serving over 2,000 worshippers. The city’s mayor symbolically handed over the mosque’s key to Nordine Cheikh, commencing the start of renovation initiative. The mosque is expected to cost around eight million euro. Cheikh, the president of…

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        RVW L’édification de deux mosquées retardée à Marseille et à Montreuil

        By St_phanie Le Bars La construction de la mosqu_e de Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis) sera finalement retard_e. Le tribunal administratif de Cergy-Pontoise a annul_ le bail emphyt_otique sign_ entre la municipalit_ et l’association musulmane porteuse du projet. Le jugement a _t_ rendu public lundi 25 juin par Patricia Vayssi_re, _lue du Mouvement national r_publicain (MNR) de la…

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          Islam In Provence’s Landscape

          MARSEILLE – Following years of governmental delays, hesitation, and division within the Muslim community, the building project for the Grand Mosque of Marseille was given the go-ahead on 17 July. It is perhaps the most symbolic among a number of current construction projects in the region, which will provide the resident Muslim community with new…

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