Based on scientific calculations, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) chaired by the Union of Mosques of France (UMF) and the Coordination Committee of Turkish Muslims of France (CCMTF) announced, on Thursday, March 9, the start date of the month of Ramadan.
Due to the continued mobilizations against the pension reform and the postponement of the legal retirement age to 64, the national airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has once again been forced to cancel flights to and from France.
After the Nur-El Muhamadi and Al-Houda mosques in downtown Bordeaux, it is the Talence mosque that was targeted by racist tags during the night of March 8. This would be the work of the local far-right group Action directe identitaire (AD).
The Muslim Theological Council of France (CTMF) has announced the start and end dates of the holy month of Ramadan 2023 , as well as the date of Eid al-Fitr.
The Istiqlal Party (PI) calls for the removal of French appellations from Moroccan streets. Its parliamentary group in the House of Representatives is asking the Minister of the Interior to replace them with the names of Moroccan figures.
A legal loophole has benefited a Moroccan arrested with ten suitcases of drugs and tried before the Draguignan criminal court. He regained his freedom after a procedural annulment.
Catherine Colonna, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is striving to "practice" appeasement between Morocco and France, whose diplomatic relations have been tense for several months.
Among the profiles being studied within the French Football Federation (FFF) to replace Corinne Diacre as head coach of the Bleues, there is that of the former coach of the Atlas Lions, Hervé Renard . The current coach of Saudi Arabia seems to be a serious candidate for the position.
France has taken new measures to regulate telephone canvassing, which will have a negative impact on about a hundred telemarketing agencies in Morocco.
The airline Transavia has been forced to cancel several flights between Morocco and France due to a national strike planned for March 7 and 8 in France, to protest against the pension reform and the postponement of the legal retirement age to 64.
The University and Social Cultural Association and the Consistoire de Paris are organizing a Judeo-Moroccan week in Créteil, France. The event will be held from March 12 to 19 and placed under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI .
The Spanish police, in collaboration with the French national police, dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking from Morocco to France via Seville and Malaga in Spain. In total, seven people were arrested.