A coalition has come together in the National Assembly of members who wish to consider women who wear the burqa and the niqab in the French territory. 58 deputies (43 from President Sarkozy´s Union for a Popular Movement or UMP) from different parties signed a proposition put forward by André Gerin (Rhône) to create a…
Hanane Kaddour interviews Fadela Amara a year after the announcement of her plan “Espoir Banlieues.” Amara is Secretary of State for Urban Policies in the Conservative UMP government of French Prime Minister François Fillon. Amara responds to critiques that the goal of 4500 long-term work contracts for youths in the suburbs was not met (they…
Mohamed Moussaoui, President of the French Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM), voiced his opposition to attacks on French Jews, their properties or synagogues. He told IslamOnline.net that, “We are still waiting for the results of investigations into these attacks, but if the perpetrators turn out to be Muslims they must understand that showing solidarity…
Defense lawyers of a Muslim man accused of a hold-up claimed that their client was put into a “weak position” because he was fasting during the time of his trial and requested it be rescheduled. One of the man’s lawyers, Mr. Yann Choucq, said that his trial would fall 14 days into the fast which…
The secretary of state for Urban Policies, Fad_la Amara, revealed that the country will aim to launch 45,000 new jobs for the country’s young people in the next three years, centred upon those most marginal in the country’s suburbs. President Sarkozy announced the plan Hope-Suburbs (Espoir-sBanlieues) in February. The project will concentrate on 215 neighbourhoods….
