(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/21/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today added its voice to calls for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the South Carolina state capitol. While the controversy over the flag – which for many Americans is a…
One of the French Council of the Muslim Faith’s leaders, Abdallah Zekri, severely criticized the forum at the National Assembly during “Republic and Islam,” an initiative by deputy and former socialist minister Jean Glavany. “We believe that the initiative by Nicolas Sarkozy’s party (June 4) stigmatized Muslims. I wish to tell Mr. Glavany to stop…
Statement by the Muslim Theological Council of France (CTMF) for the beginning of Ramadan 2015. “ ‘O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous.’ (Coran, chapter 2, v. 183) ‘The month of Ramadan [is that] in which was revealed the…
A culinary site was flooded by Islamophobic comments after offering recipes for Ramadan which began June 18. The controversy began after a simple comment posted on the first day. The site marmiton.org, which has more than 60,000 recipes, published a list of recipes for Ramadan. “Today is the first day of Ramadan. Here is our…
A French official resigned Sunday from the Socialist Party’s administrative body, just a day after he was appointed to the post, saying he was being discriminated against as a Muslim. The official, Yacine Chaouat, was convicted for domestic violence in March 2010 and received a six-month suspended sentence. He promptly resigned from his job as…
