Raphie Hayat conducted a research on ‘Islamic finance’ concluding that this is not safer than ‘regular financing’, as is often argued. Question: Is Islamic financing nothing more than a trick to attract Muslims? Hayat: It is a bit too farfetched to call it a trick. For a company to be called ‘halal’, it has to…
In contrast to what we often read in the media, young Muslims feel part of society. They listen secular pop music, watch the same television programs as non-Muslims and find study and career of utmost importance. This is concluded by anthropologist Daan Beekers – who says that his research shows that it is possible to…
Naceur Benyahia was surprised to hear the name Yassin Salhi regarding the terror attack in Isère. The president of the local Islamic association in Pontarlier (Doubs) knew the man arrested by a fireman after the attack at the US owned factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier. “It’s a man that I’ve known for ten years. A calm man…
The Israeli minister who oversees the immigration of Jews from around the world to Israel has called on French Jews to “make Aliyah”, or emigrate to Israel, immediately following the beheading in southeastern France. In a statement released to Newsweek, Zeev Elkin, the Israeli Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption minister, addressed France’s Jewish community, telling…
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s nationalist Front National party has called on authorities to expel all foreign citizens suspected of fundamentalism and to begin monitoring prayers and gatherings at all mosques, after attacks in southeast France. The attack took place this morning in France’s Isère region, near the city Grenoble. One man was found beheaded with…
