(Radio France) A decade after jihadists stormed its Paris newsroom killing eight staff members, satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo is charting an ambitious course for its next 10 years. Chief editor [Gérard] Biard tells RFI the paper remains resolute in its mission to […]
(Radio France) Tunisian imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi was recently expelled from France for alleged hate speech under an accelerated procedure made possible by the country’s tough new immigration laws. In a crackdown on Islamist fundamentalism, France has ejected a string of foreign imams […]
(Radio France) An administrative court has validated the Interior Ministry’s decision to close the Grand Mosque of Pantin near Paris for a period of six months after it was found to have shared a video criticising a French history teacher which led […]
(Radio France) Since the fall of the self-proclaimed caliphate in Syria and Iraq in October 2019, the threat of mass terror attacks has waned. But a new book shows home-grown French jihadists still pose a threat as they seek to reconfigure themselves […]
(Radio France) Several French Muslim women are trying to lead prayer sessions in France. They face major opposition, but on Saturday two French women who converted to Islam led the country’s first non-segregated prayers where wearing of the veil was not compulsory. Eva […]
(Radio France) Two Muslim organisations in France have launched projects to create “inclusive” mosques: spaces where women and men can pray together, and where female imams would be able to lead Friday prayers. Kahina Bahloul conducts her prayers at home, in her […]
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