By Elaine Ganley PARIS – A powerful Islamic organization alleged Thursday that officials were abusing a law banning religious symbols from schools by expelling Muslim girls who were wearing printed bandannas, not Islamic head scarves. The head of the Union of Islamic Organizations of France urged girls expelled for wearing bandannas to take their cases…
To prevent the destruction of the French Council of Islam, the Minister of the Interior, Domenique de Villepin, proposed that three great federations (Large Mosque of Paris, UOIF and FNMF) to form single lists for the next poll envisaged on April 26.
PARIS (AP) – Les musulmans de France penchent _ gauche… et sont plus nombreux _ se dire satisfaits de Jacques Chirac que la majorit_ des Fran_ais, selon une enqu_te IFOP publi_e vendredi dans “La Croix”.
The French Council of the Islamic Faith (CFCM) is taking water on all sides. Its president, Dalil Boubakeur, is starting the creation of a separate structure, which would be baptized Conf_d_ration of the Moslems of France. In addition to the Mosque of Paris, where Boubakeur is the vice-chancellor, a nebula of associations could would form…
PARIS (Reuters) – Vingt-quatre personnes ont _t_ arretees depuis lundi en region parisienne dans les milieux proches du Tabligh, un mouvement musulman d’origine indienne fortement implante en France.
