For the celebration of the Sukkot holiday this year, Jews in Israel will use Moroccan etrogs. A large quantity of this fruit has been shipped to Israel, due to restrictions related to Jewish law and thanks to the normalization of relations between the two countries.
The prefecture of Hérault ordered, on Wednesday, the closure of a Muslim school belonging to the mosque of Béziers .
Accused of facilitating the "dissemination of a radical ideology", a prayer room in Obernai, in the Bas-Rhin, is under threat of closure. Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, has initiated the procedure.
Dismissed without notice for serious misconduct in 2017, the Islamic religion teacher, Hicham Abdel Gawadle, can now resume his profession. The Council of State has just overturned the decision made five years ago.
The Court of First Instance of Brussels is looking into the side of Salah Echallaoui who had, in 2020, resigned from the presidency of the Executive of Muslims of Belgium (EMB) on "injunction of resignation or dismissal" by the Minister of Justice, Vincent Van Quickenborne.
Since September 1, Hamid Riffi, a Malinois of Moroccan origin, has been appointed the new general director of the Institut Scheppers de Malines. This is the first time that the management of a Catholic school in Flanders has been entrusted to a Muslim.
Accused of proselytism, a former American basketball player turned general manager of a club has been dismissed from his duties. He is of the Muslim faith.
Moroccan human rights activist Fatima Karim has been sentenced to two years in prison for insulting Islam.
A tweet from the Rector of the Paris Mosque , Chems-Eddine Hafiz, sparked a heated controversy on the web. Despite his withdrawal, the criticism is pouring in from all sides with calls for his resignation.
The Spanish justice system has ordered the expulsion of Mohamed Saïd, a leader of the Islamic community of Tarragona, for threatening national security. He is accused of jihadist indoctrination.
The cybercrime fighting brigades of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) have arrested a young man in the town of Oued-Zem , accused of having attacked Islam and the Institution of the Commander of the Faithful, through publications on social networks. Pending his trial, he has been placed in detention.
The appeal of Mohamed Toujgani , the main imam of Molenbeek, against the withdrawal of his right of residence, was rejected by the Belgian courts on Friday, August 5.