Religion

Law Professor Under Investigation for Inflammatory Remarks About Islam and Judaism

14 December 2020

Following the complaint filed by the League of Human Rights, reporting the "anti-Semitic and Islamophobic" remarks of a law professor at the University of Aix-Marseille, an (…)

Imam Faces Death Threats After Condemning Samuel Paty’s Assassination

13 December 2020

The imam of Drancy, Hassen Chalghoumi, says he has been the target of thousands of death threats since the assassination of Samuel Paty. He is accused of "having apologized in (…)

Montpellier Blocks Morocco’s Bid to Purchase Averroès Mosque Amid Controversy

13 December 2020

The Averroès mosque in Montpellier will not become the property of Morocco. This is what the association that owns the place of worship has just decided in an attempt to put an (…)

French Muslim Leader Calls for Collaboration on New ’Republican Values’ Law

11 December 2020

This Wednesday, December 9, the law against separatism, renamed the law strengthening the values of the Republic, was presented in the Council of Ministers. Kamel Kabtane, the (…)

U.S. Religious Freedom Envoy Expresses Concern Over France’s Approach to Faith

9 December 2020

Sam Brownback, the U.S. envoy for religious freedom, says he is "concerned about what is happening in France".

Belgian Muslim Leaders Deny Moroccan Spy Allegations at Brussels Grand Mosque

8 December 2020

The Executive of Muslims of Belgium (EMB), the Association for the Management of the Grand Mosque of Brussels and the Coordination Council of Islamic Institutions of Belgium (…)

Paris’ Only Muslim Secondary School Forced to Close Over Safety Concerns

8 December 2020

The French State has decided to close the MHS Paris college-high school, the only Muslim secondary school in the city, for security reasons. 110 students are thus left out of (…)

Muslim Leader Hails French Secularism as ’Opportunity’ for Islam in France

8 December 2020

The rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, Chems-Eddine Hafiz, also vice-president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), says that secularism is an extraordinary (…)

French Regional Leader Calls for Urban Reform to Combat Islamist Influence

7 December 2020

Faced with "creeping Islamism", Valérie Pécresse, President of the Île-de-France region, calls for "breaking up urban ghettos".

Montpellier Mayor Opposes Transfer of City’s Largest Mosque to Moroccan Control

6 December 2020

Montpellier mayor Michaël Delafosse expresses his opposition to the transfer for 1 symbolic euro of the grand mosque of La Paillade to Morocco.