At a rally held in Perpignan, in the Pyrénées-Orientales last Sunday, the current mayor of Paris, also a candidate in the 2021 presidential election, Anne Hidalgo, defended the Muslims of France by pointing out those who designate them "as the scapegoats of the French crisis".
The French Ministry of the Interior has announced that several mosques suspected of separatism have been closed in recent months, after checks. Six other places of Muslim worship are "under investigation".
Muslim graves were vandalized in the Mulhouse cemetery on Saturday, December 11. The police have opened an investigation. For its part, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) strongly condemns this act of vandalism.
Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open VLD), Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs, is pulling out all the stops to curb the rise of the Executive of Muslims of Belgium (EMB).
During this year 2021, 172 new mosques have been built in Morocco, including 157 by private individuals and 15 by the government for an amount of 120 million dirhams (11.5 million euros).
Over the years, mosques have managed to establish themselves in the French landscape. A new one, the Eyyup Sultan mosque demolished in 2017, will soon emerge from the ground.
Initially scheduled for December 12, the founding congress of the National Council of Imams (CNI) has been postponed to 2022, announced the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM).
The now presidential candidate for 2022, Eric Zemmour, has launched an appeal to Muslims in France. An appeal that is causing controversy.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has in turn reacted to the sudden "recent" closure of bank accounts of mosques, considering this situation to be "discriminatory".
The Moroccan-origin writer Najat El Hachmi criticized on social media her compatriot Fatima Hamed, the spokesperson of the Movement for Dignity and Citizenship (MDyC) in Ceuta, who wore a hijab during a political event. Her strong reaction sparked a storm on the web.
The main facades of two mosques in Besançon were desecrated during the night from Friday to Saturday. It was the worshippers who discovered the Lorraine crosses when they arrived on Saturday for the morning prayer.
61.2% of Moroccans are in favor of wearing the hijab, according to a study just published by the organization "Menassat for Social Research and Studies".