
French Muslim Council Sets Eid Al-Fitr Date for March 30, 2025
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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

The trial of the Moroccan mother sentenced in June 2024 to a lengthy prison term for the murder of her two severely disabled daughters in Barbaste continues before the Gers assize court in Auch.

The trial of two French nationals and four Moroccans prosecuted for human trafficking opened Tuesday before the Bordeaux Criminal Court. The six defendants are accused of exploiting 28 Moroccan migrants on farms.

In an irregular situation, Mohamed Akrafi, 44, was deported from France to Morocco on 21 March 2025. As a result, he will not appear on 15 April before the Pyrénées-Atlantiques assize court as initially planned.

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 French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) announced on Tuesday the date of Eid al-Fitr. When will this celebration take place?

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.

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.