The Yvelines prefecture has accused the Ecquevilly Mosque of calling for “discrimination and hate and violence.” The association in charge of running the mosque responded by denouncing amalgamations between salafism and jihadism. On November 2, the prefecture had called for its closing under the State of Emergency. There are no known ties to foreign networks, but the…
When Marine Le Pen arrived in Mayotte she was warmly greeted by Muslim leaders on the island, among them the High Cadi who prayed that she would be the 2017 president-elect. The High Cadi and six other judges requested, using a translator, that “their role in the fight against fundamentalism would be remembered.” He also…
Oumma.com’s short video analyzing patterns of the Muslim vote in France, and predicting who Muslims might vote for in the 2017 election. Click here to watch.
An official statement from The French Jewish Union for Peace: “Supporters of Les Républicains have chosen a worrying figure to represent the party as the official candidate for President of the Republic. On November 25, François Fillon declared in a speech that ‘patriotism is the only way to transcend our origins, our races, our religions,’ (he…
Oumma.com has compiled a montage of the presidential hopeful’s varying discourse on Islam’s place in France. Click here to watch.
