Islam

MURDERED BY AN ISLAMIST TERRORIST, 3 TRIBUTES TO STÉPHANIE

MURDERED BY AN ISLAMIST TERRORIST, 3 TRIBUTES TO STÉPHANIE
26 April 2021: in presence of young Muslims, Imam Chalghoumi, a Rabbi and the writer Marek Halter, ceremony to pay tribute to Stéphanie Monfermé, administrative officer of Rambouillet police station murdered a few days earlier by an Islamist terrorist, Rambouillet, France

"Keeping silent does not help Muslims…. Fighting extremism is not fighting Islam. To the contrary, it defends it." Salman Rushdie, 22 July 2015, In L'Express Three ceremonies paid tribute to…

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ABU DHABI 2018, THE YEAR OF SHEIKH ZAYED

ABU DHABI 2018, THE YEAR OF SHEIKH ZAYED
Pilgrims having a rest in front of a geant portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Sheikh Zayed, the tutelary figure of the UAE, is omnipresent in Abu Dhabi.  [read more] "Thirty years ago we had no buildings, and when we saw buildings in other countries…

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FAITH IN GUINEA: BETWEEN OPENNESS AND RIGOR

FAITH IN GUINEA: BETWEEN OPENNESS AND RIGOR
Imam getting ready to perform a Muslim baby naming ceremony in Macenta, ethnic-konianke community, Forest Region, Republic of Guinea

In memory of Kanséréba Keita, who left us too early. In Republic of Guinea, over the last decades, traditional and mystical tradition of Western African Islam (Sufism) has been progressively…

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