Prosecuted for misappropriation of funds for personal purposes through the two associations Maison du savoir and Association fraternelle du quartier Saint-Jacques, the founder of the Al Houda mosque in Grande-Synthe (North of France) faces three years in prison. His sister risks 18 months in prison. The verdict is expected on February 6, 2022.
During the celebration of the victory against Spain and the historic qualification of the Atlas Lions in the quarter-finals of the World Cup , Moroccan supporters hoisted a Moroccan flag on the town hall of Amiens. This prompted a reaction from the municipal authorities.
Tried on appeal by the special assize court in Paris, the Moroccan Ayoub El Khazzani, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the Thalys attack, says he is ashamed.
The mosque in Romans-sur-Isère, in the Drôme department, was the target of an attack with stone throwing . Significant material damage was recorded and a complaint was filed.
Many Moroccan supporters stormed the Champs-Élysées on Tuesday evening to celebrate Morocco’s historic qualification for the World Cup quarter-finals 2022 in Qatar. The Atlas Lions resisted Spain before eliminating them on penalties (3 p.k. to 0, 0-0 a.e.t.).
In France, Julie D., a young girl who had accused Farid, a Moroccan teenager, of rape and sexual assault in 1998, has made disconcerting confessions that exonerate the accused. A relief for the boy, now a father, who will soon be rehabilitated.
Disruptions will be recorded on the Orizo (Avignon) transport network due to the round of 16 match of the Qatar World Cup between Morocco and Spain on Tuesday, December 6.
Barely off a Ryanair plane from Tangier , passengers who had argued mid-flight start fighting each other on the tarmac of Toulouse Blagnac airport. No injuries were reported.
Samira Tayebi has moved from first deputy mayor of Clichy-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) during a city council meeting held on Saturday, December 3. She thus becomes the first woman elected to head the city since 1947 and the first mayor of Moroccan origin in France.
The Blois public prosecutor’s office has decided to appeal the indictment order retaining different criminal charges handed down on November 25 by the judge in charge of the case of the little Inass, whose body had been found in Suèvres (Loir-et-Cher), in a ditch of the A10, on August 11, 1987.
The body of Marwane, a 25-year-old man, found dead in a plastic trunk in Rouen, will be repatriated to Morocco, after the funeral that took place on Friday, December 2, 2022. For their part, the investigators continue the investigations to elucidate this "voluntary" homicide which would have been committed by a friend of the victim.
French farmers continue to turn to Morocco to make up for the labor shortage. Those who are supporters of the Rassemblement national (RN) and who do not hesitate to mention an immigration problem are beginning to change their perception of Moroccan seasonal workers.