Hollande hopes for rapid ‘political solution’ on Syria within weeks
By Al Arabiya with AFP French President Francois Hollande said Thursday that he believed it would be possible to come to a political decision on the Syrian conflict in the […]
‘A very unfortunate decision’: French President gets UNESCO peace prize
Source: RT. Some critics are saying that Hollande is a strange choice for peace award, as he is currently engaged in a military conflict. “Having assessed the dangers and the repercussions of the situation on Africa, and on Mali in particular, the jury appreciated the solidarity shown by France to […]
Association Ahmadiyya : « Une vision moderne de l’islam »
A. S.-M. France-Guyane 06.02.2013. Present in French Guyana since 2007, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association has opened a cultural center in Matoury. Imam Ahmad Siddique Sahib is there to “guide the Muslims of Guyana.” A small house half hidden behind blue tarps at the end of a path […]
Can Muslim Women Put a Crescent on the Top of the Eiffel Tower?
Epigraph: Say to the believing men that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. … And say to the believing women that they restrain their […]
‘Unprecedented’ Holocaust tribute by French imams
France24. By Tony Todd (text) Some 30 French Imams on February 4 visited the Holocaust Memorial at Drancy near Paris in an effort to improve Islam’s image to a sceptical French public. The visit was unprecedented and comes at a time of high tensions towards the country’s large Muslim community. An IPSOS […]
French more honest taxpayers than Germans
Source: The Local. French workers are more honest taxpayers than their German counterparts, according to a new study. More:
Secular Europe’s Islamic spiritual fix
Louvre Museum in Paris that recently added a wing about Muslims Source: WorldMag.com By Angela Lu Islam has been growing in European countries—especially the urban areas of France, the U.K., and Spain—through […]
Imams visit Holocaust site to show tolerant Islam – Muslim leaders from all over France gather at Drancy memorial, site of former detention camp
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013 DRANCY, France (AP) — Dozens of French imams have visited a Holocaust memorial in Drancy in an effort to show that Islam is a tolerant religion. […]
Paris women finally allowed to wear trousers – Would Hijab be allowed Next?
Editor’s note: The title of the news is modified by the Muslim Times Source: BBC The French government has overturned a 200-year-old ban on women wearing trousers. The Minister of Women’s Rights, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, said that the ban was incompatible with modern French values and laws. She said the law, […]
Islam in France: An Omen of things to Come?
Collected by Dr. Zia H Shah and Dr. Falak Rehman Epigraph “If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and outstanding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could […]
Islam in France
Epigraph “If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and outstanding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad?” (Alphonse de Lamartine, Foreign Minister of France in 1849) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Grande Mosquée in Paris. […]
Anti-Islam graffiti attack on French mosques
Vandals have targeted a French mosque in a graffiti attack, tagging the worship centre with swastikas and anti-Islam slogans, officials said Sunday. The attack was discovered by worshippers arriving for […]
Rising number in France to Islam: New York Times
MEMO FROM FRANCE More in France Are Turning to Islam, Challenging a Nation’s Idea of Itself Agnes Dherbeys for The New York Times The Sahaba mosque in Créteil, a Paris suburb, popular with those converting to Islam, which is a small but growing number. By MAÏA de la BAUME CRÉTEIL, France […]
More in France Are Turning to Islam, Challenging a Nation’s Idea of Itself
The Sahaba mosque in Créteil, a Paris suburb, popular with those converting to Islam, which is a small but growing number – Agnes Dherbeys for The New York Times Source: […]
European rights court orders France to pay four million euros to sects
Rfi. The European court ordered the French exchequer to pay 3,636,437 euros to two groups set up by the Aumism cult, founded by Gilbert Bourdin in 1969 and based at the “holy city” of Mandarom in the French Alps. The two groups collected money for the construction of temples at Mandarom, […]
Amnesty asks France to investigate deadly airstrike
France24. By Joseph BAMAT . Amnesty International said on Friday that Malian civilians have faced grave danger from warring Malian troops and Islamist fighters, but also potentially from French forces during the ongoing conflict in the West African country. Malian soldiers have committed human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, before […]
How The French Air War In Mali Really Went Down
David Cenciotti, The Aviationist BUSINESS INSIDER Launched on Jan. 11, 2013, at the request of the Malian authorities and the United Nations to help the local army stop the advance […]
Haven’t We Seen This Movie Before? The Open-Ended Global War on Terrorism
by PEPE ESCOBAR COUNTERPUNCH.ORG And the winner of the Oscar for Best Sequel of 2013 goes to… The Global War on Terror (GWOT), a Pentagon production. Abandon all hope those who thought the whole thing was over with the cinematographic snuffing out of “Geronimo”, aka Osama bin Laden, further reduced […]
French-led troops ring Timbuktu, Islamists burn manuscripts
by Serge Daniel Daily Star, Lebanon Story Summary French-led troops ringed Mali’s fabled desert city of Timbuktu Monday after seizing its airport in a lightning advance as fleeing Islamists torched […]
Criticism grows of France war on Mali
Criticism has grown of France’s rush to war in Mali without clear international approval, Press TV reports. On January 11, France launched a war under the pretext of halting the advance of fighters in Mali. Some political analysts believe that Mali’s abandoned natural resources, including gold and uranium reserves, could […]