A French Muslim husband and wife living in Britain are to challenge France’s ban on full-face coverings at the European Court of Human Rights. The couple lodged an application at the Strasbourg court to challenge the French government over the ban on wearing Islamic veils, which they argue is “unnecessary, disproportionate and unlawful.” They claim…
December 22, 2010 The Muslim community in Strasbourg is waiting for the inauguration of its large mosque, expected in 2011 after several years of construction. The president of the Regional Council of the Muslim Faith, Driss Ayachour, notes that “to my knowledge, there aren’t any issues, with the exception of certain holidays when the prayer…
Liberation – November 18, 2010 Driss Ayachour, president of the Regional Council of the Alsatian Muslim Faith has requested calm following a fire at a mosque in Haguenau, 30 kilometers outside of Strasbourg. A fire in a garbage can was pushed against the door of the building and the prayer hall was damaged. An investigation…
News Agencies – October 3, 2010 French police have questioned a man over an online video which features someone burning a page of the Qur’an and urinating on its ashes, a French judicial officer says. The video which has since been removed from YouTube and Dailymotion shows a man tearing off a page of the…
News Agencies – September 24, 2010 Unidentified assailants have toppled about 30 tombstones and scrawled swastikas into the ground at a Muslim cemetery plot in Strasbourg, in northeastern France. Mayor Roland Ries has denounced the desecration of the Muslim section of a cemetery in the city of Strasbourg as “an unbearable racist act.” An umbrella…
