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Gap campaign featuring girl in hijab causes mixed reactions in France
An American advertisement featuring a Muslim girl in a hijab has prompted an outcry in France. The campaign was shot in New York but published by Gap in French on social media. On YouTube, the company released a 15-second video that received more than 1 million views. But the ad garnered a mixed response from…
Frenchman Lahcen Gueboudj sentenced to twenty years in prison for joining Islamic State
Judged as belonging to the Islamic State, a 58-year-old Frenchman and a German woman were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court in Baghdad, a sentence equivalent to 20 years. This length of imprisonment is regularly imposed on Westerners who have joined the jihadist group. During the hearing, 58 year-old Lahcen Gueboudj denied…
Fouad Saanadi, president of the Regional Muslim Council of Aquitane, discusses French government’s territorial reform
Mizane.info spoke with Fouad Saanadi, president of the Regional Muslim Council of Aquitaine and founding member of the Center for Action and Prevention Against Radicalization of Individuals (CAPRI). He discussed his opinions on the government’s recent territorial reform initiative and his work in the region. The Interior Ministry has launched its Territorial Reform of Islam…
France’s World Cup victory: ‘we can be black, Muslim, and French’
“Liberté, egalité, Mbappé!” After France’s World Cup victory, the French slogan was rewritten to celebrate a winning goal by a 19-year-old player from the Paris suburbs who is donating his World Cup fee to charity because, he says, it is such an honor to play for his national team. As Myriam Francois wrote, “Sunday was an important…
Muslim federations stand with French Council of the Muslim Faith to launch new finance association
The French government has announced several initiatives that are in their early stages regarding the regulation of Islam in France. In May, Ahmet Ogras, the president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), the institution responsible for representing the religion to the public authorities, had first said he wanted such consultation. CFCM leaders…