Sep
France to close mosques and disband associations suspected of radicalism France has taken steps to close six mosques and disband a number of associations suspected of promoting radical Islamist propaganda. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told Le Figaro newspaper that a third of the 89 places of worship “suspected of being radical” had been investigated since […]
Sep
Dutch police have arrested a politician in the Hague on suspicion of involvement in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The prime minister’s security service said Arnoud van Doorn, the leader of The Hague Unity Party, was arrested on Sunday. He “displayed suspicious behaviour” as he walked through the same area of the […]
Sep
Two men; two completely different visions for France. In a debate that lasted more than two hours, the hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the hard-right Éric Zemmour, expected to be a presidential candidate, went head to head on prime-time television on Thursday evening. The much-publicised clash featured mentions of gulags, Mao, Stalin, pizzas and […]
Sep
The Council of State has definitively validated the dissolution of the CCIF (Collective Against Islamophobia in France), announced Friday the liquidator of the association, in a press release. The latter denounces a decision which “both for its target and its motives, marks a major turning point in the institutionalization of repressive arbitrariness in France”. In […]
Sep
A French court on Friday sentenced a billboard owner to a €10,000 fine after he depicted President Emmanuel Macron as Adolf Hitler on a poster to protest COVID measures.Michel-Ange Flori said on Twitter after the ruling by the court in Toulon, southern France, that he will appeal.”I can’t believe it,” he wrote. “The right to […]
Aug
In the province of Ontario Lindsay Prisonwho died on December 15, 2016 Suleyman Fakiri An important step has been recorded in the legal struggle of his family for his family. Investigating Fakiri’s cause of death, Ontario Forensic Institute Pathology Service Chief Dr. Michael Pollanen presented his report to the court after his examination. Dr. In the Pollanen report; […]
Jul
Companies in the European Union can ban employees from wearing a headscarf under certain conditions, if they need to do so to project an image of neutrality to customers, the EU’s top court said on Thursday. The Luxembourg-based EU Court of Justice (CJEU) was ruling on cases brought by two Muslim women in Germany who […]
May
Muslims in Germany are alarmed over a new law that they say could lead to a ban on Islamic headscarves through the back door. The law, which comes as France debates a hijab ban for under-18s, would allow for German civil servants to be banned from displaying symbols that “reduce trust in their neutrality”. Although […]
Apr
France’s right-wing majority Senate has approved proposals including expanded bans on religious symbols and clothing in a set of new draft laws to counter what President Emmanuel Macron has called Islamist separatism. Critics say the new measures, which may not be included in the final version, discriminate against Muslims. The French Senate, dominated by right-wing […]
Mar
Muslim leaders in France have criticised a recent decision to ban the slaughter of poultry animals in line with Islamic principles ahead of the holy month of Ramadan. A joint statement issued by Paris Mosque director Chemseddine Hafez, Lyon Mosque director Kamel Kaptane and Evry Mosque director Khalil Maroun, says that the French Agriculture and […]
