Ceuta Mosques Begin Phased Reopening After COVID-19 Closure
9 July 2020
Closed for nearly four months due to covid-19, 28 of the 33 mosques in Ceuta have begun to "gradually" reopen their doors.
Religion
Morocco Funds $7 Million for New Grand Mosque Construction in Abidjan
3 July 2020
Morocco has released more than 77 million dirhams (over 7 million euros) for the construction of the Mohammed VI mosque in Abidjan.
Ceuta Muslims Protest Ban on Eid Al-Adha Celebrations Amid Border Closure
1 July 2020
The decision to suspend Eid Al-Adha 2020 taken by the local authorities in Ceuta is not to the liking of the city’s Muslims. The same goes for the ban on importing sheep from (…)
Zemmour Sparks Outrage with Controversial Green Party-Islam Comparison
1 July 2020
The day after the Municipal Elections in France, the polemicist Eric Zemmour reacted on Monday to the breakthrough of the Greens and made a rather strange comparison between (…)
France TV Executives Face Trial Over Controversial 2016 Hidden Camera Report
22 June 2020
For a report broadcast in 2016 in the France 2 news, in which women would be "unwelcome" in a bar in the Seine-Saint-Denis commune, executives of the channel are being brought (…)
Ceuta Cancels Eid Al-Adha Celebration Amid COVID-19 Concerns
20 June 2020
The epidemiological situation in the city of Ceuta is still in the red. As a result, the local government has decided to cancel the Eid Al-Adha celebration, originally (…)
Morocco Prepares for Eid Al Adha: 4.5 Million Sheep and Goats Identified
13 June 2020
Despite the extension of deconfinement until July 10, the Eid Al Adha celebration will take place. In this perspective, the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) is projecting (…)
Belgian Mosques Begin Phased Reopening Following COVID-19 Closures
9 June 2020
The "cautious and gradual" reopening of mosques is taking shape in Belgium. It has been effective since yesterday, Monday, June 8, 2020.
Morocco Considers Reopening Mosques as COVID-19 Restrictions Ease
6 June 2020
Closed for more than two months due to covid-19, places of worship are awaiting a reopening decision. Given the current health situation in Morocco, such a decision implies (…)
Moroccan Official Arrested for Alleged Anti-Islamic Social Media Posts
6 June 2020
The judicial police of Youssoufia arrested a civil servant from the city. He would have attacked the sanctities of Islam: God and the prophets.