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An influential group representing French Muslims is proposing a tax on halal food to fund mosques and fight radicalization following a series of terrorist attacks.Anouar Kbibech, president of the French Council of Muslim Worship (CFCM),…

The leaders of the COMMUNITY refused to bury one of the terrorists responsible for the murder of a Catholic priest in France. They said they did not want to "taint" Islam by having ties to Abdel Kermiche, the 19-year-old extremist who…

Muslims in the hometown of Adel Kermiche, one of the teenage attackers who slaughtered an elderly priest in a church in France, refused to bury him.The 19-year-old, accompanied by Abdel Malik Petitjean, also 19, took six people hostage in…

Published on: 05/10/2016 - 20:03 The French Council for Muslim Worship (CFCM), France's main Muslim interest group,…

Thirty-seven years ago, at the age of 32, Mustapha Dali quit show business. Originally from Algeria, he had started to build an acting career in France but had had enough of his Parisian agents telling him that he should change his…

Algerian feminists reacted with fury to the controversial “Hijab Day” held last Wednesday at an elite Parisian university.The backlash came as Sciences Po University invited classmates to wear the Muslim…

STRASBOURG, France A senior Turkish-Muslim Party for Equality and Justice (PEJ) official told Anadolu that an upcoming by-election on May 22 would serve as preparation for the country's general elections in…

When did you decide to express yourself? Mourad Benchellali: I wrote a book in 2006 and I came into contact with many young people as part of the promotion of the book. I realized that they identified with my story and, above all, that…

Paris - On Sunday November 15, two days after the murderous rampage at the Bataclan theater and the attacks in the 10th and 11th arrondissements here, Cardinal André Vingt Trois, Archbishop of Paris, presided over a late afternoon mass…

The largest group representing French Muslims has called for imams to be given a certificate "like a driver's license" to preach after being tested for extremism.The French Council for Muslim Worship (CFCM) is spearheading efforts to…

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The emotional appeal of a French Muslim to his community to lead the battle against Islamist terrorism is generating a lot of interest.In a video that has gone viral across his country, Bassem Braiki, from the town of Vénissieux in eastern…

The largest body representing Muslim organizations in France called on the leaders of the country's 2,500 mosques to condemn "all forms of terrorism" during their sermons on Friday and to lead a prayer on behalf of those killed in the…

The representative body for Muslims in France calls on the country's 2,500 mosques to condemn such acts “without ambiguity”.The representative body of Muslims in France called on the country's 2,500…

(Getty/Jeff J. Mitchell) In Paris, France, members of the public sit on the sidewalk in front of the main entrance to the Bataclan concert hall as French police lift the cordon following the attacks terrorists of…

It was on November 14, 2015 that news broke that one (if not two) of the Paris attackers had transited through Greece, as a “refugee” with a Syrian passport. The Paris attacks, tragically, left 129 dead and 352 injured, and widespread…

France's top Muslim official has suggested turning empty or abandoned Catholic churches into mosques, saying up to 5,000 are needed for the country's Muslim population - the largest in Europe.…

French muslim schoolgirl sent home for too long skirt Students in a private Muslim school in Toulouse / Getty ImagesA 15-year-old Muslim girl in France has been kicked out of school!--hide-title-->…

By Hajer M'tiri PARIS On a hot Thursday morning last month, Sarah, 15, began her typical hour-long commute to school. The young French Muslim of Algerian origin had gotten used to removing her headscarf just…

PARIS -- A 15-year-old French Muslim girl was banned from her class for wearing a long black skirt, considered contrary to French law guaranteeing secularism. She missed two days this month in a dispute over her skirt, French…

REIMS, France - The case of a 15-year-old Muslim girl who was twice banned from classes for wearing a long black skirt considered too overtly religious for secular France has sparked an uproar. The girl was barred from attending…

A 15-year-old Muslim girl has been banned from classes twice for wearing a long black skirt considered too overtly religious for secular France, in a case that sparked an uproar.The girl was barred from going to class earlier this month by…

A call by a French Muslim leader to double the number of mosques in the country has been rejected by the vice-president of the far-right Front National party.Dalil Boubakeur, head of the French Muslim Council and imam of the Grand Mosque of…

Le Bourget, France - One of France's top Muslim leaders has called for the number of mosques to double over the next two years to address the shortage of places of worship for the country's millions of worshippers.Speaking at a weekend…

Published on: 04/03/2015 - 18:55Amended: 04/05/2015 - 15:56 The president of the French Council for Muslim Worship has…

Amid growing Islamophobic incidents in France, Muslim leaders have called for the construction of more mosques to provide millions of Muslims in France…

As part of our stories about Muslims in Western Europe, commentator Hisham Aidi, author of the book Rebellious music, talks about how music plays a role in the cultural differences between French Muslims.…

Published on: 02/23/2015 - 23:09Amended: 02/24/2015 - 10:25 am French President Francois Hollande on Monday presented…

Angela Merkel has joined a Muslim community rally in Berlin to promote tolerance, condemn the Paris attacks and send a rebuke to the growing anti-Islamic movement in Germany.“Hate, racism and extremism have no place in this country,” she…

A man walks past a makeshift memorial to French Muslim policeman…

Director Luc Besson addressed the terror tragedy in an open letter to young Muslims as millions marched in Paris and across France over the weekend. In an open letter published in the newspaper The worldthe French director…

PARIS - French Muslims are bracing for a backlash after terrorists shouting Islamist slogans killed 12 people in Paris on Wednesday.Community leaders are urging Muslims to remain vigilant and calm as fears of reprisals grow following…

France's new education minister called for more respect on Wednesday after being the target of Muslim insults, while a senior socialist politician said a magazine should be found guilty of inciting racial hatred for calling his religion…

Anti-discrimination organizations expressed outrage after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that France has the right to ban women from wearing the full veil in public in the interests of everyone "Living together".The judges ruled…

French Muslim girl, 16, tries to kill herself after two men threatened her with a cutter and ripped off her veil The teenager said two men "of European appearance" approached her in TrappesThe men pushed her and brandished a cutter in the…

Published on: 12/07/2012 - 19:07Amended: 12/08/2012 - 14:41 Two Muslim organizations on Friday launched legal…

By Tom Heneghan, Religious EditorPARIS (Reuters) - France's official Muslim council has warned the government not to expect it to impose a planned ban on the full veil for women which legal experts say will be unconstitutional and police…

PARIS (Reuters) - A French Muslim threatened with having his passport withdrawn for practicing polygamy on Monday denied the accusation, saying he only had one wife and several mistresses.The case of Lies Hebbadj, an Algerian-born butcher…

The Muslim Council of France on Thursday denounced a lawmaker calling for an investigation into women who wear the burqa, the Islamic veil from head to toe, warning not to "stigmatize"; the country's five…

Published on: 06/08/2008 - 10:23Amended: 06/08/2008 - 10:52 The French Council of Muslim Worship is moving forward…