Tariq Ramadan Affair: Let investigation run its course, leave Islam and Banlieue out
Tariq Ramadan might be seen as a voice for the voiceless among the Muslim and Arab youth in the banlieues, but it doesn’t make him their hero.
November 2017
France welcomes first Libyan refugees
France will welcome the first refugees from Libya by the High Commissioner on Refugees, announced Pascal Brice, General Director of the French Office for the Protection of Refugee and Stateless Persons (OFPRA). According to the interior ministry, they are set to arrive by the end of January. The HCR presented OFPRA with a list of…
Union of Muslim Associations ‘won’t participate’ in street prayer if banned
Interior Minister Gérard Collomb vowed that there “will not be prayers in the street” in Clichy-la-Garenne when the Union of Muslim Associations of Clichy-la-Garenne announced its intention to organize street prayers on November 24. It is protesting the closure of its place of worship, which occurred last march. The association’s lawyer Arié Alimi stated that…
France to block Muslim street prayers in Paris suburb
French authorities will stop Muslims from praying in a street north of Paris, said Interior Minister Gerard Collomb , after a series of protests by lawmakers and locals over what they view as an unacceptable use of public space. “They will not have prayers on the street, we will prevent street praying,” he said. Prayers…
Charlie Hebdo gets new threats over cartoon on accused Islamic scholar
The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation on Monday of death threats against the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo, over a cartoon of the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who faces rape allegations. The investigation was opened against “written death threats” and “public praise for a terrorist act,” The magazine depicted Ramadan with with an explicit…
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