News Agencies – May 16, 2011 THE Minister for youth Jeannette Bougrab walked out of a UMP meeting after a party member used racist language during a debate. Bougrab, the former president of the anti-prejudice rights watchdog La Halde, later demanded an apology from the audience member. She had been taking part in a debate…
News Agencies – March 28, 2011 Abderahmane Dahmane, Sarkozy’s former diversity advisor called on Muslims to wear a green star to protest the debate on secularism proposed by the UMP. A statement issued by Dahmane and Hassan Ben M’Barek, spokesperson for Banlieues Respect, which presents itself as a union of associations but whose influence seems…
BBC News – March 11, 2011 French President Nicolas Sarkozy has fired his diversity adviser after he called on Muslims not to support the governing UMP party. Abderrahmane Dahmane, a Muslim and former UMP official appointed to his post only in January, was protesting against a planned debate on Islam. He said Muslim members of…
News Agencies – March 11, 2011 Is French President Nicolas Sarkozy at risk of alienating Muslims in his own party? Muslim activists have called on Muslim members of the governing UMP party to leave the party in protest at a new round of official debates on secularism to begin next month. They say the debate…
News Agencies – March 4, 2011 President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to hold a national debate on the role of Islam in French society has opened a rare rift in his centre-right party, potentially damaging his credibility ahead of a presidential election. Fears about the role of Islam in France’s secular society have become a key…
