French Council of the Muslim Faith elects new President

30.06.2013 Le Monde The director of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Dalil Boubakeur, was elected to become the new President of the French Council of the Muslim Faith on Sunday (CFCM). The French Algerian has previously headed the organisation between 2003 and 2008 and succeeds the French Moroccan Mohamed Moussaoui. The CFCM has recently been…

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French-Algerian writer opposes separate classes for immigrants in Italian schools

Renowned French-Algerian writer Malika Mokeddem has stated that she opposes the Italian government’s move to introduce separate classes for immigrant children, saying that it would ghettoize them, and “gives the children a bad self-image” in addition to sending a negative image of Italy. Mokkedem said that the children need to integrate, and do so not…

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Nine Convicted in French Terror Trial in Paris

A criminal court in Paris convicted nine suspects on charges linked to the financing of and association with a terrorism group. One of these was Safé Bourada, a French-Algerian former prison inmate who established an Islamic group that called for armed jihad in France. The group, known as “Ansar al-Fath” or Partisans of Victory, was…

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    France tells Algeria where independence war mines are buried

    France has given Algeria details of where its forces laid some three million landmines half a century ago. Put in place to prevent independence fighters from infiltrating the then French colony, the mines remain nestled along Algeria’s borders with Morocco and Tunisia. French officials state the move as a gesture to improve French-Algerian diplomatic ties.

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