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First Bricks Laid for Marseille Mosque, France’s Largest Mosque

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French Muslims celebrated when work began to build the country’s biggest mosque in the southern port city of French Muslims. Muslim and government leaders alike hope that work on the Grande Mosque will serve to bind the city together and serve as a community anchor. Marseille is France’s second largest city and home to 250,000…

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Attempted arson of mosque in Saint-Priest (Rhône) outside of Lyon

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In response to an attempted arson of the mosque of Saint-Priest (Rhône) in an eastern suburb of Lyon, thousands gathered to show their solidarity against Islamophobia and to denounce the criminality of the act. The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) and the rector of the Grande Mosque of Paris Dalil Boubakeur both expressed…

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