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  • Moroccan Consulate Unveils Photo Book Capturing 50 Years of Morocco’s Soul
    23 October 2019, by Ginette

    The Catholic Institute of Toulouse experienced a unique event on Sunday. The Moroccan Consulate proceeded to launch the book "Itineraries". A 120-page art book that illustrates fifty years of photographs taken in Morocco by Gérard Bayssière, supported by texts by Mourad Hamayet.
    In La Dépêche, the artist explains that beyond simple photography, his images seek above all to give and create emotion.
    "For this exceptional work that I wanted, I called on an exceptional printer with the (…)

  • Son of Anti-Extremism Activist Latifa Ibn Ziaten Brutally Attacked in France
    12 July 2019, by Bladi.net

    One of the sons of Latifa Ibn Ziaten, mother of Imad Ibn Ziaten, a soldier coldly murdered by Mohamed Merah in Toulouse in March 2012, was assaulted. Admitted to the emergency room of the Rouen University Hospital in the evening, the victim says he was attacked while returning home with a friend, who was also hospitalized.
    The first accounts of the victim describe an attack by three individuals with unkempt beards.
    For Méhana Mouhou, the lawyer for the Ibn Ziaten family, the "violent (…)

  • Disputed Election Sparks Legal Battle at Toulouse Mosque
    6 April, by Sylvanus

    Since the contested election of its president, there is a very bad atmosphere at the Es-Salam mosque in Toulouse. The case is being brought before the courts.
    Elected president of the Muslim Association of Toulouse Mosquée Es-Salam on May 1, 2023, Mohamed Makkaoui suffers from a lack of legitimacy? The day after his election, a second report was filed with the prefecture, attesting to a competing leadership, reports La Dépêche, noting that "this double registration triggers a sustained (…)

  • French Rugby Star Chalureau Faces Appeal in Racial Violence Case
    15 November 2023, by Sylvanus

    The French rugby international, Bastien Chalureau, 31, appears before the Toulouse Court of Appeal for acts of violence committed on the grounds of race or ethnicity. The correctional appeals chamber of the Toulouse court will hand down its decision on Tuesday, January 16.
    The facts date back to the end of January 2020. Bastien Chalureau was returning from a drunken evening. He crosses the path of a 39-year-old (at the time of the facts) father on the Jean-Jaurès alleys in Toulouse and (…)

  • Toulouse FC Backs Zakaria Aboukhlal Amid Accusations from Arabic Media Outlet
    26 December 2022, by Ginette

    After the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) and the National Press Council, it is now the turn of Toulouse Football Club (TFC) to lend its support to the Moroccan international Zakaria Aboukhlal, against whom the Arabic-language media Achkayen has made serious accusations.
    "Toulouse Football Club condemns the accusations made by a website against our player Zakaria Aboukhlal and joins the Moroccan Football Federation in assuring our full support and confidence in our player," (…)

  • French Court Overturns Closure of Toulouse Muslim School in Education Dispute
    31 August 2019, by Bladi.net

    The "Al-Badr" School Group, located in Toulouse, had been ordered to close its doors in 2016 because the education provided was "not in conformity with the purpose of compulsory education", according to the National Education services. In this case, the Administrative Court of Appeal of Bordeaux finally ruled in favor of the Muslim school on July 30, 2019.
    Located in Toulouse in the Bellefontaine district, the school was forced to close in 2016 after a formal notice from its Academic (…)

  • Man Shot While Praying in Toulouse Apartment, Police Investigate Motive
    29 April 2020, by Sylvanus

    A middle-aged man was shot in the hand on Saturday evening in Toulouse while praying in his apartment in the Mirail district.
    The bullet is said to have passed through the outer shutter, the bedroom wall, injuring the 51-year-old man before ending up in a window, reports La Dépêche du Midi. Alerted, the firefighters arrived at the scene. They rushed the victim to the Purpan University Hospital.
    The regional judicial police service in Toulouse is currently conducting an investigation to (…)

  • Royal Air Maroc Expands European Routes with New Summer Flights
    21 June 2021, by Sylvanus

    The airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is preparing to launch new flights from ten European cities including Milan, Toulouse and Brussels.
    Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is increasing its frequency. This Monday, the national airline tweeted the launch of new flights from ten European cities. These are Bologna, Milan, Brussels, Paris Roissy, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Lyon.
    The flights departing from these ten cities are available from July 15 to 21, while the return (…)

  • Ryanair Expands Morocco-Europe Routes with 3 New Summer Flights
    30 November 2019, by Sylvanus

    Ryanair has just launched three new routes connecting Agadir and Fez to Malaga and Marrakech to Toulouse. This launch of flights is in line with the extended program of this airline for the summer of 2020 in Morocco.
    These three new routes will be operated twice a week from March 2020, according to a Ryanair press release. In detail, the summer program in Morocco is as follows: three new routes from Agadir to Malaga; from Fez to Malaga and from Marrakech to Toulouse at a rate of two (…)

  • Firefighters Prevent Potential Explosion Near Toulouse Mosque
    28 December 2019, by Sylvanus

    The Toulouse firefighters quickly intervened to extinguish a car on fire in a dead-end street in the La Reynerie district. The car contained a gas cylinder.
    As they tried to bring the fire under control, the firefighters discovered a gas cylinder on the front seat of this van parked near the As-Salam mosque and the premises of the Muslim association of Toulouse, reports Actu Toulouse.
    "In this type of intervention, with a 13 kg gas bottle like this one, the safety perimeter is set at (…)