The French government has frozen the assets of Swiss imam Hani Ramadan as part of the fight against the financing of terrorism. His assets have been frozen for six months, according to the decree published on Sunday in the official French government bulletin and reported on Tuesday by Lyon Capitale. This is within the framework…
A major dialogue to reform the organization and financing of Islam in France will take place in each department from now until September 15, announced Interior Minister Gérard Collomb. These “territorial foundations of French Islam” must involve the “actors on the ground” in order to improve Islam’s representation, the financing of its places of worship…
At the annual break-fast meal for Ramadan (Iftar) organized by the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) in Paris on Tuesday evening, the Minister of the Interior, Gerard Collomb, called on Muslims leaders to act. In a speech of about fifteen minutes, he wanted to “reawaken momentum.” “In the coming weeks, we would like…
Former DİTİB secretary general, Bekir Alboğa, has announced his intention to run for a seat in Turkey’s parliament in the upcoming June 2018 elections. Alboğa, who had led DİTİB as Secretary General from 2012 to 2017, is seeking a place on the AKP ballot, the party of Turkish President Erdoğan. The case is particularly salient,…
Recent claims that Islamophobia does not exist has prompted questioning over whether the term, which some argue conflates the anti-Muslim and the anti-Islam, is a useful one to use.
