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Based on astronomical calculations, the Muslim Theological Council of France (CTMF) has announced the date of celebration of Eid el Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
On what date will Eid el-Fitr 1446/2025 be celebrated in France? "In accordance with scientific data, the lunar crescent will be observable on this date, which marks the end of the month of Ramadan and the beginning of Shawwal. This is why we will celebrate Eid Al-Fitr on Sunday, March 30, 2025, in (…)

On what date will Eid al-Fitr 2025 be celebrated in France? While the faithful are divided on Sunday, March 30 and Monday, March 31, the Great Mosque of Paris will announce this Saturday the likely date of the celebration of this feast marking the end of the month of Ramadan.
"Eid al-Fitr will probably be on Sunday, March 30," the rector of the Great Mosque of Paris said Friday in an interview with Sud Radio. Chems-Eddine Hafiz added that "today, the issue is to know if it’s Sunday or (…)

Nada Merrachi is a Dutch-Moroccan stylist whose successful clothing brand has sparked heated controversy after posting on TikTok and Instagram an advertisement where the Eiffel Tower is covered with an Islamic veil.
The adventure begins for Nada Merrachi in 2020. That year, she launched Merrachi, an Islamic clothing brand, with her husband. The latter would have invested in her company "as a wedding gift, because in Moroccan culture, it is customary for a man to offer something to his (…)

The Magistrates’ Union, the Lawyers’ Union and the League of Human Rights are up in arms against a police note that infringes on the rights of certain foreigners legally established in France.
Signed by Philippe Jos, interdepartmental director of the national police (DIPN), on November 20, 2024, this service note targets foreigners in a regular situation. The text mentions the implementation of a new procedure that can lead to the degradation, withdrawal or cancellation of residence (…)

This year, the switch to daylight saving time will take place in France in the night from Saturday, March 29 to Sunday, March 30. A change that could influence the end of Ramadan and the date of Eid al-Fitr.
In France, the month of Ramadan 2025 took place at standard time. The switch to daylight saving time will take place at the end of the holy month, in the night from Saturday, March 29 to Sunday, March 30, which could have consequences on the date of Eid al-Fitr.
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Moroccan Abdelali Boukhriss, an employee of the Atalian group, was sentenced for corruption to 18 months in prison with a suspended sentence. The defendant, in charge of the renovation of the gas pipes of Paris Habitat, would have received more than 500,000 euros in commissions. He appealed.
The facts date back to the late 2000s, when Abdelali Boukhriss, as head of the gas sector for TFN, a subsidiary of the French cleaning giant Atalian, was entrusted with the renovation of the gas pipes (…)

The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) announced on Tuesday the date of Eid al-Fitr. When will this celebration take place?
Like the Muslim Theological Council of France (CTMF) and the Federation of Muslims of France (MF), the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) announced the end of the month of Ramadan 1146/2025 for March 29, setting the date of Eid al-Fitr for March 30.
"The conjunction of the new moon marking the beginning of the month of Shawwal 1446H will occur on (…)

The Muslim community in France is outraged by Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau who, in the name of the principle of secularism, boycotted the iftar of the ambassadors of the Great Mosque of Paris.
French Muslims say they are exasperated by Bruno Retailleau’s hostility towards them. Invoking the principle of secularism, the French Interior Minister has decided not to attend any iftar of the Great Mosque of Paris. A fallacious pretext, say observers who specify that the breaking of the (…)

Gérald Darmanin, the French Minister of Justice, believes that the expulsion of foreign prisoners in France to their home countries, particularly Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, to serve their sentences there would help solve the problem of prison overcrowding.
"We have, in France, some 82,000 inmates for 62,000 places. With the indignity of having more than 4,000 inmates sleeping on floor mattresses. [...] But we also have, and sometimes it’s the same ones, more than 19,000 foreign (…)

The prefect of the North draws the attention of all foreign students in France to the new conditions for renewing a residence permit.
"The application for a residence permit with the mention "student" or "student-mobility program" is made online on the website of the digital administration of foreigners in France (ANEF)," specifies the prefect of the North in a press release published on the French government website. A flyer is made available to them to better understand the procedure to (…)