Religious communities, including mosques, wishing to be recognized and receive public funding in Flanders are now required to undergo a four-year examination period.
The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs allocated a budget of around 1.3 billion dirhams for the construction, restoration and management of mosques in 2018.
At the opening of the meeting of the conservative and identitarian right around Marion Maréchal, the polemicist Eric Zemmour launched, last Saturday, into a diatribe against "colonizing" immigrants and the "Islamization of the street". He adopted the conspiracy and controversial thesis of the "great replacement" of populations.
Moroccan-born writer based in Barcelona since the age of eight, Najat el Hachmi is a reference in the feminist and anti-racist struggle in favor of Muslim women.
The feminist and universalist activism of Ibtissame Lachgar (Betty) is as strong as ever. The picnic she had organized ten years earlier during Ramadan with Zineb El Rhazoui was the trigger for an endless struggle for individual freedoms.
In an investigation entitled "Qatar, war of influence on Islam in Europe", journalists Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot show the influence of the emirate on Islam in France and Europe. At the helm, Qatar Charity, an NGO they present as very close to the government.
On several sensitive issues, France has remained silent. Among others, we could mention the organization of the Muslim cult, the prevention of religious radicality, the dissemination of knowledge, ... On this, Emmanuel Macron and his Government have not moved a finger since, for lack of sufficient means and will.
The former Saudi Minister of Justice, Mohammed Al-Issa, Secretary General of the Islamist League since 2016, and Ghaleb Bencheikh, President of the Islamic Foundation of France, are both co-organizers of an International Conference for Peace and Solidarity, to be held in Paris on Tuesday, September 17. A few days before the event, criticism is pouring in from all sides.
While France is about to follow Belgium in banning ritual slaughter without stunning, the "Halal in Danger" Collective demands an immediate moratorium on the project.
On Saturday, September 7, far from the eyes and in a rented room for the occasion, the French capital experienced its first progressive and mixed Muslim women’s sermon, where the wearing of the veil was not mandatory.
The outstanding amounts of halal bank financing showed an increase at the end of July compared to the previous month, with an amount of 7.21 billion dirhams against 6.83 billion.
Mohamed appears, for the first time ever, in the top 20 most popular names in France.