News Agencies – September 14, 2010 The French Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill banning full-facial coverings in public. Leaders of both parliamentary houses said they have asked a special council to first ensure the measure passes constitutional muster amid concerns its tramples on religious freedoms. The Senate voted 246 to 1 in favour of…
News Agencies – September 6, 2010 In order to lure Muslim populace, French fast food chain Quick has started serving halal-only foods in 22 of its outlets. Sitting at the second position in France following McDonald’s, Quick has 346 restaurants across the country. It revealed that its sales have twofolded at eight outlets, where they…
News Agencies –August 28, 2010 The Islamic Community Centre of Brossard, Quebec is a modest presence on a working class street, opposite a tire shop. Members are responding to the recent anti-terror arrests in Ottawa. Two of the three men charged in an alleged Ottawa-based terror plot worshipped here. Both Misbahuddin Ahmed, 26, an Ottawa…
News Agencies – August 23, 2010 A new gargoyle was placed on the exterior of the Lyon cathedral in honor of Benzizine Ahmed, the Muslim foreman who led the restoration work on the cathedral tower. Below the gargoyle a message – “Allah Akbar” (God is greatest) in both Arabic and French – is inscribed. The…
News Agencies – August 24, 2010 A man of Senegalese-origin from Vénissieux was eating breakfast on the terrace of a restaurant in the center of Lyon on the weekend of August 15th when three youth jumped him because he didn’t observe the fast of Ramadan. He was hit on the head with a glass bottle,…
