April 26, 2016 A synagogue in Marseille is to be converted into a mosque, reflecting demographic shifts in the southern French city, a Jewish leader has told AFP. A Muslim cultural association, Al Badr, is to purchase the Or Thora synagogue, which is used less and less by the Jewish community, the city’s top Jewish…
May 5, 2016 A French Islamic State cell dismantled in the final stages of planning an attack has yielded a new secret this week, with the release of undercover footage showing how a group of disaffected petty criminals transformed into a terror network. Link to Video: http://www.canalplus.fr/infos-documentaires/pid3357-special-investigation.html
May 8, 2016 The CFCM, the organization that governs the 2,500 mosques in France but is often criticized by French Muslims for its lack of concrete action, has taken steps to increase its religious presence. The 2015 attacks and the success of Daesh in recruiting hundreds of youths shed light on the need for a…
April 30, 2016 The study found that 47 percent of French people and 43 percent of Germans felt that the Muslim community poses a “threat” to national identity. Almost two-thirds of the poll’s respondents in France also said that Islam had become too “influential and visible”, whereas just under half of participants said the same…
May 2, 2016 The journalist, a Muslim using the pseudonym Said Ramzi, carried out the investigation for a documentary entitled “Allah’s Soldiers” which gives an insight into the minds of young jihadists, and will be shown in France on Monday night. Ramzi describes himself as a Muslim “of the same generation as the killers” who…
