The first political announcements surrounding the French project of President Emmanuel Macron towards French Islam have already been largely covered. The bill on “ Reinforcing Republican values ”, has been under examination by a [arliamentary “Special commission” since January the 6th[1]. The commission began its work by interviewing several religious actors . The present article…
On 27thof February, Decathlon, the leading French sport company has announced via its spokesperson, the withdrawal from sales of its latest product, a hijabfor runners. This product has created a massive controversy in France, with both vehement debates online and political reactions, which illustrate, once again, for the international press, the complicated relationship between France…
The initative of the French Government to reform French-Islam in the next few months, detailed in a previous article published online on Euro-Islam, has been highly criticised, especially by young Muslims who have denounced the interference of the executive in religious cases. At the same time, a project of a consultation of French Muslims, held by…
February 16, 2014 Hassen Chalghoumi, the President of the Conference of Imans of France and President of the Muslim Association of Drancy was the guest speaker on the Talk Orange-Le Figaro show on February 11th. The main themes were the nature of French Islam and French Muslims going to fight in Syria. Chalghoumi began…
The National Front has been ordered to remove its “No to Islamism” posters distributed by the youth movement of the French political party because they were deemed “provocative of a sentiment of rejection and animosity” and aimed at “youth who are easily influenced”. The National Front must remove all traces of the posters within 24…
