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TEHRAN (IQNA) - France's Muslim community, the largest in Europe, is more than ever the scapegoat and the target of the French government's repression. It comes as the French presidential election is only four months away. Nearly…

A woman wearing a hijab walks past a store in Istanbul, Turkey. | Representative image | Photographer: Kerem Uzel | Bloomberg Text size: A- A + The Council of Europe, a human rights…

The campaign aims to stand up for diversity and tackle hate speech and discrimination against Muslim women wearing headscarves - but it hasn't even been able…

In an effort to counter the dangers of what he calls "Islamist separatism", French President Emmanuel Macron announced a contentious bill last October. In his speech, Macron stigmatized the followers of the Islamic faith by expressing…

Hijab-wearing footballers in France have launched a collective called "Les Hijabeuses" to pressure the French Football Federation (FFF) to change its rules on headgear. According to Al Jazeera, the discussion about what Muslim women in…

Paris, France - Since the age of six, Karthoum Dembelé has been playing football with his older brother and his friends between the cities of the Parisian suburbs. Huge football talents have exploded in these neighborhoods in…

Content Warning: Refers to negative treatment of the hijab and briefly mentions Islamophobia France's controversial “anti-separatism bill” and the ban on the hijab in public…

Towards the end of her first year of medicine in Marseille in 2017, Nadia underwent a routine check-up before starting rotations at the hospital. The nurse examining her was staring at her openly, her face contorted in a scowl. When she…

The French Senate passed an amendment that would make it illegal for girls to wear the religious veil worn by Muslim women. The measure will likely fail when it is debated in the National Assembly. ARI…

Head of the Great Mosque of Paris Chems-Eddine Hafiz. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP via Getty Images) Paris (CNSNews.com) - Nearly two decades after French authorities pushed Europe's largest Muslim community to establish a…

Published on: 01/22/2021 - 19:05 The president of the Muslim umbrella association of France, the French Council of…

Published on: 01/21/2021 - 16:59Amended: 01/21/2021 - 17:02 The head of France's main Muslim organization on Thursday…

PARISThree organizations of the French Council of Muslim Worship (CFCM) unilaterally denounced the "charter of principles" of Islam which reaffirms the compatibility of the faith with France.They disagreed with…

Published on: 01/20/2021 - 9:42 PMAmended: 01/20/2021 - 9:40 PM Paris (AFP) Three Muslim groups on Wednesday refused to support an…

France has struggled with a terrorism problem for many years, just look Charlie Hebdo attack to see that. More recently, three people were killed in an attack on a church in Nice, and one history teacher was…

PARIS - The pressure mounts with each macabre attack. After three to five weeks, Muslims in France feel cramped. A spotlight of suspicion was once again on them even before the latest acts of extremist violence, including two beheadings.…

French President Emmanuel Macron participates in a video conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 29, 2020. AFP / Pool / Thibault Camus / FilesPARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that he…

The massacre of three people in the Notre-Dame basilica in Nice on Thursday shook all of France, including the five million Muslims in this country.…

On October 16, Samuel Paty, a teacher in France, was brutally killed as he left school. Paty had just completed a nationally compulsory course on “freedom of speech” in connection with the Charlie Hebdo…

The Great Mosque of Paris is closed. All French mosques are asked to close. The Muslim Brotherhood opposes it. Seen as a "punishment" against unbelievers, the epidemic is now a "test" to purify Muslims. Solidarity develops regardless of…

The Great Mosque of Paris is closed. All French mosques are invited to close. The Muslim Brotherhood is against it. Seen as a "punishment" against unbelievers, the epidemic is now a "test" to purify Muslims. Solidarity grows without…

CNN - A group representing Muslims in France is suing Facebook and YouTube over the release of a video showing the mass shootings at two mosques…

The French Council for Muslim Worship (CFCM) has said it is suing Facebook and YouTube for allowing the public release of a live video of the man who carried out the massacre at a mosque in New Zealand this month. this.The council…

Published on: 03/25/2019 - 20:01 A French Muslim group said on Monday it was suing Facebook and YouTube for allowing…

PARIS - The French Muslim Worship Council (CFCM) on Monday announced it was suing internet giants Facebook and YouTube for allowing the public broadcast of a live video of the man who carried out the massacre at a mosque in New Zealand…

PARIS (Reuters) - One of the main groups representing Muslims in France said on Monday it was suing Facebook and YouTube, accusing them of inciting violence by allowing images of the Christchurch massacre to be streamed on their websites.…

Published on: 03/30/2017 - 09:36 The French Council for Muslim Worship (CFCM) has published a charter on the role of…

Demonstrators demonstrate against France's ban on the burkini outside the French embassy in London on August 25. The French government is trying to forge a new relationship with Muslim communities. Neil Hall / Reuters France seeks to…

The French Interior Minister met with senior Muslim officials and agreed that efforts to foster good relations will include the establishment of an Islamic…

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…

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.…

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…

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

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…

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

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…