Le Monde, November 5 2012 According to a survey conducted by sociologist Lagrange, the practice of young French Muslims is on the rise. Muslims between 18 and 35 years old tend to be more observants than the first or second generation of immigrant Muslims They are also more assertive of their Muslim identity. Such results…
News Agencies – September 22, 2012 French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has caused a storm with a proposal to ban Islamic headscarves and the Jewish kippa on the streets of French towns. President François Hollande has accused her of tearing the nation apart and opposition politician Jean-François Copé says she if confusing secularism…
Le Monde – JUNE 19 2012 Mostly “white” until now, France’s National Assembly has diversified following the legislative elections on June 17^th . Eight deputies of Maghrebian, Asian and Brasilian origin have been elected. They are all members of the Socialist party. The Maghrebian members include: Kader Arif (Haute-Garonne), the former minister of veteran affairs,…
Le Monde – June 1, 2012 This Le Monde article charts how a number of alliances and fractures are unfolding as French Muslim organizations critique the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) for its lack of representativity. In fact, it is the two initial founders of the CFCM who, having boycotted the 2011 elections,…
Le Monde – January 19, 2012 While they regularly experience conflict vis-a-vis the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Mosque of Paris (Grande Mosquée de Paris) and the French Representative Council of Jewish Institutions (the Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France) met on 17 January to discuss join concerns for anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in France. The…
