News Agencies – March 7, 2012 France’s prime minister scrambled to dispel concerns in Jewish and Muslim communities after criticizing the ritual slaughter of animals for kosher and halal meat. Halal meat has emerged as a hot-button issue in the campaign for presidential elections starting next month in France. Francois Fillon’s call for religions to…
News Agencies – December 14, 2011 Rachida Dati, the first Muslim woman of North African origin to hold a senior French government post, focused a public complaint against the prime minister, François Fillon, in whose cabinet she served as justice minister. Fillon, she wrote in a scathing letter to Le Monde, represented a staid…
News Agencies – February 28, 2011 French Prime Minister François Fillon is opposed to a proposed debate about the place of Islam in France, if it would lead to the stigmatisation of Muslims. “If this debate must be focused on Islam and if it seems to lead to the stigmatisation of Muslims, I oppose it….
On 28 June 2010 French Prime Minister François Fillon will inaugurate a mosque in Argenteuil, in the Val-d’Oise, in the Val-d’Argent-Nord neighborhood. The Prime Minister will give a speech in the presence of the Minister of the Interior, Brice Hortefeux. Approximatley 28,000 Muslims live in Argenteuil.
French Prime Minister François Fillon has asked the top court to help the government draft a law banning the face-veil after a parliamentary panel recommended a partial ban on the wear in hospitals, schools, public transport and government offices. The anti-burqa camp is gaining grounds in Britain, with calls for a ban. For instance, Philip…
