“Islamist attacks against secularism are intensifying”
Twenty years after the 2004 law, what remains, not of this law but of the objections that were made to it? Not…
the Council of State validates the loan of a room in Nice to a Muslim organization
The Council of State validated on Monday March 18 the loan by the city of Nice of a municipal hall to a…
“The 2004 law on the veil poses insurmountable difficulties”
The law of March 15, 2004 certainly marks a major turning point in the legal definition of French secularism. While since the…
the prefect orders the closure of a Muslim college in Nice
The prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes, Hugues Moutouh, announced Thursday March 14 that he had ordered the closure of the Avicenne college, a…
“The more secular discourse hardens, the more Muslims become tense”
On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the law on religious symbols in public schools, promulgated on March 15, 2004, it…
Black Stone of the Kaaba
You have probably already heard of Mecca and the pilgrimage. But do you know the Black Stone of the Kaaba ? If…
justice rejects request for annulment
The Paris administrative court rejected on Monday March 11 the request for annulment of the expulsion order of Moroccan imam Hassan Iquioussen,…
Étienne Nasreddine Dinet honored at the Arab World Institute
Qatar, Morocco, and the Gulf and Maghreb countries are fighting for it. In France, however, this is the first time since 1930…
Women, men and gods: when do we deserve the flood?
About twenty years ago, the principal of a French school in Lebanon called on me to teach “the religious fact” in primary…
Understand: Prayer in Islam
How important is prayer in Islam? As the term means Islamwhich comes from the verb aslama : to surrender, to abandon oneself…