Invited to the "Dimanche en politique" program on France 3 on May 7, the French Minister of National Education, Pap Ndiaye, denounced "a rise" in attacks on secularism "each year, at the time of Ramadan." These "discriminatory" remarks were condemned by the Great Mosque of Paris.
Strained for some time for various reasons (visa, Pegasus, Sahara), relations between France and Morocco are deteriorating day by day. One person responsible for this situation: President Emmanuel Macron, whose actions, according to some analysts, could lead to a "major, serious and unprecedented break" in relations between the two countries.
Moroccan-origin actor Roschdy Zem recounts an intolerable "racist" situation he experienced at the beginning of his career. Hired to star in a blockbuster, he had been fired fifteen days before the start of filming because the lead actress did not want to "share the poster with an Arab."
Customs agents seized 720 kilos of cannabis resin in a vehicle, a Volkswagen Touareg, abandoned by its occupants who fled after refusing to stop at the Montauban south toll booth (Tarn-et-Garonne), in the night from Saturday to Sunday.
A young Moroccan lost his life in a traffic accident in Libourne (Gironde) on Sunday, May 7. The gendarmerie is conducting an investigation to understand the circumstances of this tragedy.
A 39-year-old Moroccan man turned himself in to the Alès police on Sunday to confess to the murders of his 26-year-old wife, the mother of a 10-month-old baby, and his 39-year-old sister-in-law. He has been indicted and placed in detention.
While he was to appear in the next few days before the Tulle correctional court for assault on two prison guards, a young Moroccan inmate, illegally in France, committed suicide in the Neuvic detention center. An investigation is underway to understand the exact circumstances of his death.
The association managing the Villeneuve-d’Ascq (Hauts-de-France) mosque reacted to the accusations of breach of trust, fraud, and attempted fraud against officials of the Islamic center. They were placed under judicial supervision.
The former French Consul General in Marrakech, Philippe Casenave, is said to have lent his official residence to a "friend" who received "prostitutes" there between 2018 and 2020. The information leaked after the diplomat’s appointment on May 2 as Director of State Protocol, a position he had to give up.
Taha Riadi, is a young high school student from Agen with an already full career. At just 19 years old, he is a member of the student life council at Palissy, a triple mountain bike champion in Morocco and last year was elected deputy to the Moroccan Youth Parliament.
Previously in custody for breach of trust, attempted fraud and mismanagement of accounts, four leaders of the Villeneuve-d’Ascq mosque and a fifth person were placed under judicial supervision on Tuesday.
Mohamed Bellahrach, 59, from Nador, is the Moroccan spy who is said to be at the heart of the corruption scandal in the European Parliament of which Morocco is accused. At the Directorate General of Studies and Documentation (DGED), the Moroccan intelligence service, he is known by the code name M118.