The statements of the French Minister of Higher Education on "Islamo-leftism" continue to provoke strong reactions. More than 600 academics have deplored the "indigence" of the official and demanded her resignation.
The Minister of Higher Education, Frédérique Vidal, stated that "Islamo-leftism is gangrening universities" and that she would entrust an investigation to the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). These remarks have sparked heated controversy and provoked the anger of university presidents.
Invited to the Clique program on the French channel Canal +, the Moroccan writer and journalist Leïla Slimani called for a distinction to be made between Islamism and terrorism.
French deputies largely adopted, on Tuesday, February 16, the draft law "strengthening respect for the principles of the Republic". The Senate will examine this text, which aims to fight against political Islam, on March 30.
He received a traditional education in Morocco within a Muslim family and is very familiar with the sanctions to which one is exposed by going against the established recommendations and prescriptions. But François (his baptismal name) began in adolescence to develop a frustration, a malaise towards Islam, convinced that the solution to his spiritual doubt lies in Christ and exiles himself in France where he was baptized, turning his back on the Muslim religion.
Élisabeth Moreno, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in charge of Equality between Women and Men, Diversity and Equal Opportunities, launched the antidiscriminations.fr platform on Friday, February 12. This is a reporting and support interface for victims or witnesses of discrimination.
The Great Mosque of Paris has decided to come to the aid of underprivileged students of all origins and religious denominations. It plans to offer them meals starting this Monday, February 15, which will be distributed by the bakery on Rue Daubenton.
The mayor of Trappes, Ali Rabeh, is now under close protection. The mayor had received death threats after questioning the claims of philosophy professor Didier Lemaire about the worrying advance of Islamism in the city of Yvelines.
Former Socialist presidential candidate Benoît Hamon and his party Génération.s called on Saturday for the protection of the mayor of Trappes, Ali Rabeh, the target of a "wave of hatred", "death threats" and victim of racism. The latter had challenged the statements of the philosophy professor, Didier Lemaire, on the worrying advance of Islamism in the town of Yvelines.
The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs announced on Friday that the month of Rajab of the year 1442 of the Hegira begins this Saturday, February 13, 2021.
The French National Assembly validated, on Wednesday, an article of the draft law against "separatism". Thus, a new offense of endangering the life of others by the dissemination, with a hateful intent, of information related to private life has just been instituted.
Prosecuted for "radicalism" on the basis of publications disseminated on social networks, the imam of Chambery, Farid Slim, was acquitted. "The public prosecutor’s office has therefore concluded to the cancellation of the order authorizing the search" of the religious leader, indicated his lawyer, Me Sefen Guez Guez.