
Belgian Muslims Express Solidarity with Catholics After Nice Basilica Attack
Following the attack on the Notre-Dame basilica in Nice on October 29, 2020, Belgian Muslims have expressed their solidarity with the Catholic community.

Following the attack on the Notre-Dame basilica in Nice on October 29, 2020, Belgian Muslims have expressed their solidarity with the Catholic community.

After the attack in Nice, young Muslims decided to symbolically protect the Saint-Fulcran Cathedral in Lodève in the Hérault. They organized a gathering in front of this place of worship last Thursday.

Gestures of solidarity from Muslims in France towards Catholics are multiplying since the attack that occurred in Nice on Thursday, October 29. Muslim leaders from Saint-Étienne were present at the memorial mass for the victims of the attack, at the Cathedral of Saint-Charles-Borromeo.

Following the terrorist attack in Nice, the president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has called on Muslims in France to postpone Mawlid festivities "as a sign of solidarity and mourning".

The return of Younes Belhanda to Nice is taking shape. Negotiations between the French club’s management and their counterparts at Galatasaray have reportedly been successful.

A violent dispute broke out on Saturday on Rue du Rocher in Nice in a closed and squatted furnished apartment where Wadie, a 25-year-old, was stabbed to death. The alleged aggressor is on the run.

After a shooting that occurred on Sunday, in a sensitive neighborhood of Nice, a team of riot police was deployed, on Monday evening, to reinforce security on the spot.

A drug trafficker on the run in Morocco would have paid a large sum of money to a police officer in Nice through an intermediary in exchange for confidential information. The policeman was placed in pre-trial detention for corruption.

The French anti-terrorism judges are expected in the so-called Nice attack case, whose perpetrator was Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Franco-Tunisian. It is up to them to make a decision concerning the eight suspects charged in this case.

A 53-year-old Moroccan, who stabbed his wife while she was sleeping, has been on trial since last Monday at the Assize Court of Nice . Treated for mental disorders, his case divides the judges.

While Gabriel is at the top of the list of the most popular names given to baby boys born in Nice in 2019, Mohamed is at the bottom of the podium.

Muslim educational institutions are at the heart of a scientific colloquium taking place at the University of Nice (Alpes-Maritimes), with the theme "Muslim private institutions, a denominational offer like any other?". Academics are exchanging their views.