In an op-ed, Cécile Coudriou, president of Amnesty International , warns about "the stigmatization of Muslims" in France and calls for the protection of human rights.
As Muslim countries or countries with a Muslim majority are angry with France and President Emmanuel Macron, who defended the right to publish satirical cartoons, including those of the Prophet Mohammad, in his country, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is playing the card of appeasement during his visit to Egypt on Sunday.
In a statement published on Saturday, the bishops of France, gathered in plenary assembly after the attacks in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and Nice, gave their position on the issue of freedom at a time when the debates around the caricatures are raging.
Letters were addressed to the Assalam mosque in Nantes and the Al-Houda mosque in Saint-Herblain located in the Nantes agglomeration. When opening them, the officials of the two places of worship made a strange discovery.
Belgium is joining the ranks of countries that have decided to return to confinement in order to shield themselves from a second wave of contamination. Thus, since Monday, November 2 and until December 13, several restrictive measures have come into effect and also concern places of worship, particularly mosques.
The Turkish mosque in Châteaudun was the victim of an arson attempt on the night of Thursday, October 29 to Friday, October 30, 2020. No loss of human life was recorded.
Following the attack on the Notre-Dame basilica in Nice on October 29, 2020, Belgian Muslims have expressed their solidarity with the Catholic community.
After the attack in Nice, young Muslims decided to symbolically protect the Saint-Fulcran Cathedral in Lodève in the Hérault. They organized a gathering in front of this place of worship last Thursday.
The police arrested a 21-year-old man and woman who were in the process of tagging the Pantin mosque in Seine-Saint-Denis, on the night of Friday to Saturday.
Places of worship in France are facing new restrictive measures that will come into effect from Tuesday, November 3. The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has informed all Muslim leaders (CRCM, Muslim federations and mosque managers) of this new decision.
Gestures of solidarity from Muslims in France towards Catholics are multiplying since the attack that occurred in Nice on Thursday, October 29. Muslim leaders from Saint-Étienne were present at the memorial mass for the victims of the attack, at the Cathedral of Saint-Charles-Borromeo.
The Supreme Council of Ulema (CSO) will be intransigent. All the sermons of the preachers and imams this Friday must avoid any allusion to the cartoons of the Prophet during their sermon.