In late 2009, however, Mohammad divorced Fariha under Pakistani law, in Pakistan, where they were visiting at the time (both of them have returned to the U.S. since then, and Mohammad has remarried). In 2011, Fariha petitioned for divorce in Texas, and argued that the Pakistani divorce decree should not be recognized. Tuesday, a Texas…
Islam must reform, but the effort is not an internal Muslim struggle alone, and should include the rest of the world as well, Sheikh Hassan Chalghoumi said in Washington. Chalghoumi, the imam of the Drancy Mosque in France, spoke on Tuesday at the annual MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute)-Tom Lantos Archives on Anti-Semitism and…
“No matter how much good you bestow upon a woman, she will deny it. Her selfishness drives her to deny it,” stated imam Mohamed Khattabi during a Friday sermon at the Aicha Mosque in Montpellier on March 6, two days before International Women’s Day. Standing in the mosque’s minbar, Khattabi continued: “This holds true for…
The fundamentalist Salafist interpretation of Islam has gained popularity within France’s Muslim communities. French intelligence services believe that its rise is not a recent phenomenon, but is steadily increasing. According to police sources there are around 90 places of worship that preach Safalist interpretations out of 2,500 mosques. The number has doubled in five years….
One of France’s Muslim leaders lobbied at the National Assembly for the introduction of a “religious council” charged with developing a French Islam using “fatwas” adapted to the local context. Mohamed Zaidouni, President of Brittany’s chapter of French Regional Council of the Muslim Faith, a branch of the CFCM, spoke to the investigation committee in…
