French Daily 20 Minutes interviews Fadela Amara about her “Hope in the Suburbs” plan

    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…

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    CFCM leader condemns attacks on French Jews; Fadela Amara organizes meeting

    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…

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      Outcry after French Court Annuls Marriage Because Bride Not a Virgin

      A ruling ending a Muslim couple’s union has stunned many in France and for some has raised new concerns about the country’s secular values. In its ruling in April the court concluded that the woman had misrepresented herself and that, in this particular marriage, virginity was a prerequisite. France’s Justice Minister Rachida Dati has since…

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        Fadela Amara considers herself as Muslim and Secular

        The Secretary of State for Urban Policies (UMP), Fad_la Amara, also former president of Ni Putes, Ni Soumises (“Neither Whores, Nor Submissives“), in an interview published in the Algerian Daily Newspaper Al-Akhbar, declared herself as a “practicing Muslim“ and “secular in politics“.

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          French Minister Fadela Amara Takes on France’s Projects

          On January 22, the French government unveiled a proposal to slash youth unemployment in high-immigrant suburbs. The plan’s architect, Urban Affairs Minister Fadela Amara, unveiled key proposals to local residents in Vaulx-en-Velin, a suburb of Lyon. She pledged to create 45,000 new jobs in areas where up to one in two black and Arab men…

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