Since the creation of the CFCM in 2003, a number of groups of secular Muslims have emerged seeking another voice. Some have suggested a group modeled after the CRIF (French Council of Jewish Groups).
A number of Arab and Muslim organizations are intensifying efforts to form the umbrella body, to be named the Council of Secular Muslims. The proposal to create an umbrella group to represent secular Muslims, thought to be backed by the Elysée, is dividing France’s sizable Muslim minority. The goal is to set up a body…
Stopping briefly at the annual CRIF (French Council of Jewish Institutions or the Conseil représentatif des institutions juives en France) dinner in Paris, French president Nicolas Sarkozy called those engaging in anti-Semitic and anti-Islamophobic actions “racists who should not be accepted in the French Republic.” In his speech, Prime Minister François Fillon recognized that the…
Richard Prasquier, president of the CRIF (Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions or the Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France) noted in the organization’s annual political dinner that “Anti-Semitism in France is back.” Prasquier denounced the “explosion of hatred” he claims was apparent during the organized protests against the Israeli attack in the Gaza…
An 18 year-old man has been charged with “voluntary violence” related to a physical assault of a French Muslim with took place on the 24th of July in Guyancourt (Yvelines). The man has denied the charges. According to the victim, Nouredine Rachedi, 30, 2 men requested cigarettes from him and when he responded negatively, they…
