By Hadi Yahmid PARIS – French of immigrant background are running in large numbers in the country’s cut-throat legislative race, hoping to be represented in the 577-member legislature to have their voices heard. “Candidates of immigrant background are highly tipped as possible lawmakers in an unprecedented way in French history,” candidate Malika Ahmed told IslamOnline.net…
Khaled Bouchama, a member of the Union of Islamic Organizations in France (UOIF), is also a member of the Ile-de-France Regional Council for the Muslim Religion, the CRCM Ile-de-France. Saphirnews.com: What problems have you run into with this year’s Eid? Khaled Bouchama : The problems are always the same. The lack of ritual slaughterhouses has…
PARIS – MRAP, the Movement Against Racism, Anti-Semitism and for Peace, takes on Islamophobia. Its leaders regard Islamophobia as a violation of fundamental principles, including human and civic rights and liberties, on which modern, tolerant and free democracies are constructed. M. Aounit, president of MRAP, raised controversy with his primarily cultural (as opposed to religious)…
