Date of source: Sunday, May 11, 2003
The author comments on the establishment of the first Islamic council in France and gives a background about it.
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.
Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2004
The secretary general of the Union of French Islamic Organizations (UOIF) Fouad Elwi held a meeting with the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France. The results of this session were beyond what was expected due to the atmosphere of tension that prevailed during the meeting....
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
French Minister of Education Francois Fillon warned against any violation of the laws of the French Republic saying that any violation will be met with extreme firmness.
The French Minister made this statement in response to a statement of the Union of Islamic Organizations of France, which...
Date of source: Saturday, April 2, 2005
The Union of
Islamic Organizations of France (UOIF) held its 22nd conference, March 25-28, at Le Bourget, under the title ‘For a special
Islam of France,’ a motto held by many French Islamic Organizations to stand the previously established idea ‘Islam in
France.’
Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2005
The
Federation of French Muslims, the largest Muslim organization in France, called on the French authorities to reconsider the
ban imposed on wearing the hijāb at schools and to recognize Muslim holidays.