The Council of State confirmed, on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, the dissolution of the BarakaCity association accused of inciting hatred and being close to radical Islamism. It also confirmed the temporary closure of the large mosque in Pantin.
Whether French Muslim or Muslim resident in France, the French Constitution must be respected. This is the affirmation of Mohammed Abdelkrim Alissa, Secretary General of the World Islamic League.
Pakistani Minister of Human Rights, Shireen Mazari, stated on Saturday that French President Emmanuel Macron "inflicts on Muslims what the Nazis inflicted on the Jews." Comments condemned by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The creation of a National Council of Imams in France is provoking reactions. Tarek Oubrou, rector of the Bordeaux mosque, insists that it is not up to laypeople to appoint the imams.
In France, parents of students who would challenge the caricatures at school, including those of the Prophet Muhammad, will now be convicted or even expelled if they are foreigners. This is at least what the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, claims.
The leaders of the Muslim faith presented to the French President Emmanuel Macron, at his request, the plan for a national council of imams. This council will have the role of certifying the imams in France.
A mosque will soon be erected at the El Guerguarat border post, announced the Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs. The total cost of this religious building is estimated at 8.8 million DH.
The imam of Drancy, Hassan Chalghoumi, filed a complaint against the Islamologist Ghaleb Bencheikh, also president of the Foundation of Islam of France who, in the name of freedom of expression, "insulted" and "despised" him.
A man broke into a mosque in Tikiouine, in the Agadir region, last Wednesday, hurling insults and threats at the worshippers and the imam.
A special brigade created within the French intelligence services is investigating the lives of 200 Moroccan imams, religious leaders and teachers sent to France. The investigators are also delving into the lives of their families, relatives and friends.
Deputy Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a candidate for the 2022 presidential election, denounces the existence of a "hatred of Muslims disguised as secularism" in France.
The Montreuil police arrested a man who had barricaded himself in a mosque. He is accused of intentional violence with a weapon and removal of a deportation order.