
Ramadan in France to Begin March 1, 2025, CFCM Announces
Muslims in France now know the start date of the month of Ramadan, as well as the amount of zakat al-fitr. The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) made the announcements on Tuesday.

Muslims in France now know the start date of the month of Ramadan, as well as the amount of zakat al-fitr. The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) made the announcements on Tuesday.

A 43-year-old French national was arrested in Marrakech on Monday, February 3. Suspected of being involved in an attempted murder committed in France, he was the subject of an international arrest warrant.

Accused of having defrauded his clients for a total amount of 546,000 euros, the Moroccan Soufyène Mazouz, former real estate agent in Persan, and also the former boss of the Nestenn agency in Persan, was convicted of breach of trust and money laundering.

Moroccan agricultural exports to France risk falling due to a new law aimed at introducing “mirror clauses” for agricultural imports from third countries.

Morocco can continue to export its Charentais melons and cherry tomatoes produced in its southern provinces to France. This is the result of a recent decision by the French Council of State, which sounds like a setback for the Polisario and its allies.

The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) is outraged by the remarks made on the i24news channel in France concerning the Palestinian population of Gaza.

Accused of stabbing his partner, Laura de Pradena Caceres, to death in Marmande, Younès Moudni, a 44-year-old Moroccan, faces a sentence of life imprisonment.

Since Monday, January 20, the Social Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly has been examining the draft law on the financing of Social Security. One of the proposed amendments concerns pensions received by foreigners, including Moroccans, outside French territory.

In an interview, Chems-Eddine Hafiz, rector of the Great Mosque of Paris (GMP), reacted to the "Moroccan attempts" to take control of the management of the institution, which would be the real estate property of Morocco.

Accused of racist remarks and physical violence against a Moroccan patient, a general practitioner practicing in Angers is the subject of a criminal complaint for racism. He also appears before the disciplinary chamber of the regional order of physicians of the Pays de la Loire in Nantes, supported by the departmental council of the order of physicians of Maine-et-Loire.

It’s hard to be a Muslim in France these days. This is the observation made by Kamel Kabtane, rector of the Grand Mosque of Lyon, who expresses his fears about the future of Muslims in France, "seen as terrorists, Salafists, Islamists."

According to an investigation carried out by journalists in France, Moroccan phosphate would contain a harmful poison to health.