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Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz reported that the French government plans to issue restrictive procedures preventing Muslim students from wearing veils [hijab] at schools and universities. At the same time it allows Jews to wear their Jewish headgear.
The French Prime Minister says that his government may give teachers a legal right to expel students who do not follow the secular traditions of the country. The issue of wearing veil in schools and the sermons of Muslim imams are raised in parallel.
The French Prime Minister attended the first meeting of the French Council of the Islamic Religion. The participants applauded his speech as he explained that the French government would deal with the council as a body representing Muslims in France. He called on the council to be a voice of...
The author comments on the Islamic community in France, how France deals with religious issues and on the relations between France and the Islamic world. He believes that electing a representative council for Muslims in France may not be seen as an important event, in the light of what is going on...
In the aftermath of violence and arson attacks that swept a number of French suburbs, French authorities have imposed curfew in a bid to curb riots and to restore public order.
It is argued that France’s war over the hijāb has at least encouraged French people to learn more about Islam.
The Administrative Court scheduled May 4 to start looking into a complaint raised by lawyer Nabih Al-Wahsh, requesting stripping the sheikh of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, of his membership in the Islamic Research Institute, as a step towards suspending him. Al-Wahsh mentioned his...

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