CFCM elections boycotted by 84% of mosques in the French Rhone-Alps region

Le Parisien – May 13, 2011 According to the CRCM Rhone-Alps (the regional representative of the CFCM, the French Council of the Muslim Faith), 84% of mosques in the region, which includes the Mosque of Lyon, will not participate in the June elections of the CFCM. Associations in the region had until May 11 to…

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Large mosque in St-Étienne, France vandalized

The grand mosque of St-Étienne (Loire Valley) has been vandalized with ten racist and Islamophobic inscriptions. Similar statements were spray-painted on the mosque four years ago. The Regional Council of the Muslim Faith in the Rhône-Alpes (CRCM) has condemned the attack, adding that they hope justice will but brought forward as quickly as possible. They…

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    Imams at Center of the Regional Council of the Muslim Faith

    By Azzedine Gaci, {Head of the Conseil R_gional du Culte Musulman (CRCM), R_gion Rh_ne Alpes and teacher/researcher at the _cole sup_rieure de chimie physique _lectronique of Lyon (CPE Lyon)} At the very most, France has no more than 2,000 mosques and places of Islamic worship. Daily prayers and Friday services are led by approximately 1,500…

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      2006 Eid Assesment: ‘The CFCM hasn’t done anything!’ An Interview with Khaled Bouchama

      Khaled Bouchama, a member of the Union of Islamic Organizations in France (UOIF), is also a member of the Ile-de-France Regional Council for the Muslim Religion, the CRCM Ile-de-France. Saphirnews.com: What problems have you run into with this year’s Eid? Khaled Bouchama : The problems are always the same. The lack of ritual slaughterhouses has…

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        Islam In Provence’s Landscape

        MARSEILLE – Following years of governmental delays, hesitation, and division within the Muslim community, the building project for the Grand Mosque of Marseille was given the go-ahead on 17 July. It is perhaps the most symbolic among a number of current construction projects in the region, which will provide the resident Muslim community with new…

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