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49. Shaykh from the Sorbonne, and an Imam from Amsterdam University
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
Western governments are initiating local institutions for training and qualifying imāms in a way that meets the Western contexts in which they live and preach.
32. France and Islam
Date of source: Sunday, June 29, 2003
The author comments on a statement that was given by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs titled “Islam and the West between the Past and the Present.” He believes that France is the homeland of intellectual- and cultural tolerance. Despite the fact that there is an anti-Islamic trend in France,...
41. Dr. ‘Ali al-Simman: Muslim communities in Europe are extension of mother country
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
Muslim communities in the West are duty bound to abide by the laws of the countries they live in, Deputy Head of the Azhar’s Permanent Committee for Dialogue, Dr. ‘Alī al-Simmān told al-Ahrām.
28. Paris rejects a Jewish request to investigate the Union of Islamic Organizations
Date of source: Tuesday, November 9, 2004
Paris rejected a Jewish call from a US-based Jewish group for legal action against a leading Islamic organization in France, accused of anti-Semitism and alleged to have contacts with the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas.
23. Chirac repeats his defense of the ban on the veil.
Date of source: Thursday, July 15, 2004
President Chirac stressed the necessity of applying the ban on the veil to everyone at school during his annual TV speech on the occasion of the French Revolution’s anniversary. - He said that the French are all equal and, therefore, reject sectarianism
42. French Muslims establish a center to track assaults against them
Date of source: Thursday, June 17, 2004
A group of scholars and intellectuals traveled last week to Europe in order to “improve the image of Islam and Muslims” in Western public opinion. The program aims at eliminating mistaken ideas about Islam. This coincided with an agreement taken by a number of Muslim businessmen in Canada and the U...
17. Hassan Al-Banna’s grandson is deprived of his right to express his opinion. Paris denies that de Villepin opposes banning the hejab
Date of source: Saturday, January 24, 2004
The article reports about the response of Tareq Ramadan, a Swiss Islamic intellectual and the grandson of Hassan Al-Banna [the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt] to the decision of someone of the municipality of district No. 12 in Paris for canceling the lease of a hall where Ramadan...
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