French Muslims massively voted for presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election, which sees him as the winner with 58.54% of the vote.
Begun on April 2, 2022 in France, Ramadan is nearing its end. On what date will Eid Al-Fitr be celebrated in the country that has just re-elected Emmanuel Macron?
French Muslims are considering leaving their country if the far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen , were to be elected. The second round of the presidential election is played tomorrow, Sunday, April 24, 2022.
Moroccan international Abdessamad Ezzalzouli reacted through an Instagram post to the incursion of Israeli forces into the Al-Aqsa Mosque. This post has provoked strong reactions from Israeli media and Internet users.
A fire broke out overnight from Wednesday to Thursday within the premises of the mosque in Bourgoin-Jallieu, located on Rue Pasteur. The firefighters managed to extinguish the fire and the city’s police officers arrested the alleged perpetrator.
Like some Muslim organizations, the Council of Mosques of France (CMR) calls on Muslims "to go to the polls in conscience" against the far right, on April 24, where the second round of the presidential election will be held. A remake of 2017: outgoing President Emmanuel Macron and National Rally candidate Marine Le Pen will face off again.
A few days before the second round of the presidential election scheduled for April 24, the Council of Mosques of the Rhône (CMR) reiterated its call to Muslims in France "to go to the polls" and to "mobilize [...] so that no vote is lost and to block the far right".
Morocco has reacted to the incursion of Israeli forces into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam. They closed the doors of the place of worship, assaulted worshippers inside the mosque and on its esplanades. The toll is about a hundred injured.
The large Averroès mosque, located near the De Vinci vocational high school, the building CFA, and the Tam depot in La Paillade, is facing an influx of worshippers during this month of Ramadan. The association that has owned the premises since 2019 is considering building a new place of worship to solve this problem.
Nagib Azergui, founding president of the Union of French Muslim Democrats (UDMF), spoke about the first round of the presidential election in France. He reveals who the Muslims of France voted for and calls on them to "change their software in order to no longer reproduce the same patterns and above all the same mistakes".
Muslims in France are invited to massively go to the polls on April 10 and 24 to choose the next President of the Republic in order to "stand in the way of those who want to drive Muslims out of France". This call for general mobilization was launched by the Rhône Council of Mosques.
Nordine Zinbi, president of the Espoir et fraternité association, reacted to the "radicalized" remarks of the former imam Islem Eddy Lecocq, targeted by the prefecture for incitement to extremism and terrorism, leading to the closure of the Great Mosque of Beauvais last December.