Prosecuted for cyberbullying in September 2020, Driss Yemmou, known as Idriss Sihamedi, former president of the Barakacity association, was acquitted this Friday, January 15 in the case that pitted him against former Charlie Hebdo journalist Zineb El Rhazoui. At the end of the verdict of the Paris Criminal Court, he demanded an apology from Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
After Muslim Pro, another Muslim prayer app is accused of selling the location data of its users to US government agencies.
During his hearing before the National Assembly committee, Mohammed Moussaoui, president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), stated that the French who want to criticize Islam have the right to do so in complete freedom.
The Moroccan ambassador to Belgium, Mohammed Ameur, reacted to the statements of the Belgian Minister of Justice, Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open VLD) denouncing Moroccan interference and espionage in the context of the takeover of the Great Mosque of Brussels. He states that these are "unfounded, incomprehensible and unacceptable allegations".
French President Emmanuel Macron is concerned about the future of the National Council of Imams, already cracked by the withdrawal, on December 28, of the Great Mosque of Paris. While inviting representatives of the Muslim faith to "overcome differences", he said he "remained confident in the process".
The commitment of the Mohammed VI Institute for the training of imams and mourchidates was at the heart of the publication of Le Figaro this Friday, January 8. Jean-Marc Gonin, the newspaper’s special envoy, lists this as part of Morocco’s efforts in the fight against jihadism.
Despite religious pluralism and the tolerance displayed towards Christians and Jews, the Christian community, which is ultra-minority, still fails to find its place in Moroccan society. The reason is the social and professional discrimination that most converts face.
Faced with the growing instrumentalization of religion to carry out terrorist attacks, Nasser Bourita proposed the Moroccan approach which, according to him, is "always constant, even in difficult times".
The imam of the Grand Mosque of Toulouse will be tried before the criminal court in the coming days. He is accused of "incitement to racial hatred" during an Arabic sermon dating back three years.
The official flight of December 22 opens the ball of air services between Israel and Morocco. These will become operational within three months, with daily direct flights between Tel Aviv, Casablanca, Rabat and Marrakech, said Nadia Fettah Alaoui, the Moroccan Minister of Tourism, to the television channel I24 .
The Council of Mosques of the Rhône (CMR) and the Theological Council of Imams of the Rhône (CTIR) expressed their anger following the withdrawal of the Great Mosque of Paris (GMP) from the project to create the National Council of Imams (CNI).
The publication of a photo showing the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, a Muslim, and his family celebrating Christmas has provoked the anger of many Muslim Internet users on Twitter.