Ramadan will begin in France on Friday, April 24, 2020, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has just announced, after a videoconference meeting with the various regional federations.
The famous Moroccan businessman, Mohamed Azbane, who died earlier this week from covid-19 in Paris, will be buried on Friday in the Muslim section of the Thiais cemetery, in the Paris region.
The start of the month of Ramadan in France is scheduled for this Friday, April 24, 2020. This is at least what the astronomical calculations say.
In full confinement in Morocco, Pierre Sedej, a history-geography teacher at the French college Saint-Exupéry and his family, are worried that they will not be able to spend the summer holidays in France.
The coronavirus raging in almost all countries around the world will disrupt some traditional practices of French Muslims throughout the month of Ramadan. The reason is the containment measures imposed by the authorities to curb the spread of covid-19 are still in effect.
Auch now has a new mosque. This, five years after the destruction of the old one by a fire on August 23, 2015.
The French actor of Moroccan origin, Saïd Taghmaoui has, in a video, asked France and Morocco to organize the repatriation of their respective nationals blocked in Morocco and France.
Despite the confinement, a Spanish truck with 1.2 tons of cannabis on board was intercepted by French customs at a motorway toll booth in the Alpes-Maritimes, in the south of France.
Astronomers have announced the start date of the month of Ramadan in Europe. This year, fasting will take place in confinement, away from mosques and family gatherings.
The elements of the prefectural service of the judicial police of Tangier proceeded, on Monday, April 20, 2020, to the arrest of a 41-year-old Franco-Algerian, in execution of an international arrest warrant issued against him by the French judicial authorities. He would be involved in an attempted murder and drug trafficking.
Faced with the impossibility of repatriating the bodies of Muslims who died from covid-19 from France to Morocco and other Maghreb countries, and the lack of space in the Muslim sections for their burial, the L.E.S Musulmans platform has launched the Janaza emergency plan. This is a "national mobilization for Muslim sections".
Denis Ferrero is one of the many French people stranded in Morocco since the suspension of air flights due to the coronavirus. Forced to extend his vacation, this resident of Saint-Chaffrey recounts his ordeal.