French Council of the Muslim Faith Condemn Charlie Hebdo Attack

News Agencies – November 2, 2011 Politicians and Muslim leaders have denounced a firebomb attack that destroyed the offices of a satirical French newspaper after it “invited” the Prophet Mohammed as its guest editor. No one was injured in the fire at Charlie Hebdo weekly in eastern Paris, hours before the current issue hit the…

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New French film chronicles Muslim resistance fighters

News Agencies – September 28, 2011   Free Men (Les Hommes libres) tells the little known story of a handful of Muslim agents who fought for the French Resistance, and who used the Mosque of Paris as the base for operations that included rescuing Jewish fugitives and assassinating Vichy informants. For this reason alone, writer-director…

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CFCM elections going ahead despite divisions

News Agencies – May 31, 2011 Despite a boycott by the Mosque of Paris and the UOIF, CFCM elections are going ahead. The Minister of the Interior has been active in seeking to save the organization. 43 chosen delegates will elect the 22 members of the organization, including the president. In 2008, 1, 221 mosques…

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Elections for the French Council of the Muslim Faith June 5th and 19th, 2011

News Agencies –May 8, 2011 While recognizing tensions in the process, France’s Minister of the Interior Claude Guéant has indicated he will do all he can to ensure that elections take place for the CFCM (the French Council of the Muslim Faith). The Union of Islamic Organizations of France (UOIF) has announced its intentions not…

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Mosque of Paris’ Boubakeur changes his position on debate on Islam

News Agencies – March 23, 2011 Dalil Boubakeur, the rector of the Mosque of Paris, appears to have changed his position three times as to the merit of the proposed April debate on Islam and secularism in France. On March 23rd he noted that, “The Mosque of Paris declines the invitation to participate in this…

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