News Agencies – August 1, 2011 French newspaper La Croix has released survey data that suggests that there are more practicing Muslims in France than 20 years ago. An IFOP poll shows that 71% France’s Muslims intend to fast for the entire month of Ramadan. The survey suggests that the intention to participate in…
News Agencies – March 28, 2011 Abderahmane Dahmane, Sarkozy’s former diversity advisor called on Muslims to wear a green star to protest the debate on secularism proposed by the UMP. A statement issued by Dahmane and Hassan Ben M’Barek, spokesperson for Banlieues Respect, which presents itself as a union of associations but whose influence seems…
News Agencies – March 16, 2011 Religious leaders, politicians and heads of suburban organizations met at the initiative of the national federation of the Paris Mosque, the Council of Democratic Muslims in France and the Banlieues Respect Collective in order to decide on action against the planned debate on secularism. Banlieues Respect says that such…
News Agencies – March 16, 2011 There are 2.1 million ‘declared Muslims’ aged 18-50 in France, far less than certain estimates advanced in the public debate, according to a study by the National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED) and the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). The joint study on the diversity of…
News Agencies – November 23, 2010 Muslims face “massive discrimination” when applying for jobs, according to the first major academic study of anti-Muslim bias among employers in France. The French study found that a fictional job applicant with a traditionally Christian first name was more than two-and-a-half times more likely to receive a response from…
