As the French commission on niqab/burqa-wearing, led by André Gerin, heads to Lille, journalists expect more heated discussion as two niqab-wearing women and several imams will be auditioned. Mahmoud Doua, imam and member of the Union of Islamic Organizations in France (UOIF or l’Union des organisations islamiques de France) called for French Muslims to conform…
News Agencies – September 24, 2009 As Islam in France becomes more established with a growing number of cemeteries and mosques, new attention is being given to private Islamic religious schools. Three new Islamic schools have recently been announced – one in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, another in Marseille and a third in Toulouse. Most of these schools…
Le Bourget, organized by the Union of Islamic Organizations in France (UOIF), is considered the largest Muslim convention in Europe. The conference, which takes place every year in the northeastern Paris suburb of Le Bourget, has long been the best destination to raise funds to build mosques. Some 200,000 people, from France and other European…
Richard Prasquier, president of the CRIF (Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions or the Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France) noted in the organization’s annual political dinner that “Anti-Semitism in France is back.” Prasquier denounced the “explosion of hatred” he claims was apparent during the organized protests against the Israeli attack in the Gaza…
Le Bourget, Europe’s largest gathering space for Muslims held annually, has become the destination of choice for French Muslims to raise funds to build mosques. This year’s four-day gathering, organized by the Union of French Islamic Organizations (UOIF), ended on May 11.
