Tag: Islam
reopening under surveillance of a mosque administratively closed in 2021
The mosque of Allonnes, located near the French city of Le Mans, in the department of Sarthe, reopened this Friday, January 13. It had been closed for more than a…
Tensions between Paris and Tehran: “An extremely cynical approach on the part of Iran”
After the closure of the French Research Institute in Iran, several dozen people demonstrated and burned tricolor flags on January 8, 2023 in front of the French Embassy in Tehran.…
Houellebecq and Islam: a bit of deja vu, by Pierre Assouline
Give us that! The scene that will soon play out in court between Michel Houellebecq and Islam in France has a little air of deja vu. The trial will however…
France: a duo of French jihadists in front of the assizes
The trial of Clément Baur and Mahiedine Merabet opens this Thursday, January 5, 2023 in Paris. The two men, aged 29 and 35, planned to carry out an attack in…
Mauritania creates a national body to collect zakat, Islamic alms
The Council of Ministers in Mauritania on Monday (December 26th) adopted a draft decree to create a national body to collect zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam. This…
The Great Mosque of Paris is 100 years old
The Great Mosque of Paris was built in the heart of the French capital as a tribute to the Muslim fighters of the First World War. The first stone was…
“The demands of the demonstrators go far beyond the question of the veil”
In Iran, the attorney general announced this Sunday, December 4 the abolition of the morality police, implicated in the death of Mahsa Amini. The information has not been confirmed by…
a demonstration in support of the Uyghurs in Paris
A “march against the Uyghur genocide” took place this Saturday, December 3 in Paris. A few hundred demonstrators marched from Place de la Bastille to show support for the Uyghur…
Soccer World Cup in Qatar: “They want to highlight the religion of Islam”
At 17:00 on Sunday, the World Cup kicks off in Qatar when the first group stage match between Qatar and Ecuador is played. But the soccer World Cup, one of…
Haoues Seniguer, a political scientist on the move
Jealously independent, here is Haouès Seniguer. This does not prevent him, as a lecturer in political science at Sciences Po Lyon and Director of DEMAC (Diploma of establishment on the…