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France says no place for Turkish group which spurned charter AFP 1 hr ago AFP © FREDERICK FLORIN The Eyyub Sultan Mosque is being built in Strasbourg by the Milli Gorus and other associations An influential Turkish religious association founded by the mentor of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has no place in France as it goes against French values, the government spokesman said Thursday. The Milli Gorus association has courted controversy in France in recent weeks by refusin...

Erdogans Machiavellian motives The Turkish president and his AKP party are adept at switching sides. Now theyre embracing Putin and damning the United States. Why? Because an up-coming trial in America could potentially compromise Erdogan. By Bulent Mumay One of the key secrets behind the staying power of the AKP, which has been governing Turkey for 15 years, is the partys ability to quickly agree coalitions and as soon as the job has been done, to dissolve these just as rapidly. At every step,...

1 Apr, 2021 15:56 The construction site of the Eyyub Sultan Mosque in Strasbourg two days after the city council of Strasbourg approved the principle of at least 2,5 million euros public funding for the construction led by the Milli Gorus (CIMG)assotiation reputedly close to Turkey. © AFP / FREDERICK FLORIN Follow RT on The French government has condemned a Turkish group over its refusal to sign a charter targeting Islamist extremism, declaring it has no place in France, but stopped...

Daily briefing on novel coronavirus pandemic worldwide, Turkey, other developments Burak Dag   | 28.02.2021 ANKARA  Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic and other news in Turkey and around the world. Coronavirus and other developments in Turkey Turkey reported more than 9,000 new coronavirus cases, according to Health Ministry data. A total of 9,193 cases, including 621 symptomatic pati...

Former Turkish prime minister serves as inspiration to many with political ethics, spiritual viewpoint - Anadolu Agency

Published date: 26 January 2021 15:27 UTC | Last update: 1 month 3 weeks ago The French Council of Muslim Faith (CFCM) last week adopted the “Imam charter”, which sets out a framework for Muslim faith leaders to transform Islam in France into an “Islam of France”, at the behest of France’s President Emmanuel Macron. Macron had tasked the CFCM, the de facto representative of Muslim faith federations to the French government, with drafting a ch...

Three Islamic groups say some statements in the text are "prejudicial to honour of Muslims", with a marginalising tone.

The head of France's main Muslim organisation on Thursday slammed a "unilateral" move by three Islamic groups not to sign up to an anti-extremism charter championed by President Emmanuel Macron. Macron wants French Muslim groups to sign up to the charter as he seeks to secure France's secular system in the wake of a spate of attacks blamed on Islamist radicals in 2020. But the Committee for Coordination of Turkish Muslims in France (CCMTF) and...

French Muslims at odds over Macrons anti-extremism charter AFP 1/21/2021 © THOMAS COEX The anti-extremism charter is sparking divisions in Frances main Muslim organisation The head of Frances main Muslim organisation on Thursday slammed a  "unilateral" move by three Islamic groups not to sign up to an anti-extremism charter championed by President Emmanuel Macron. Macron wants French Muslim groups to sign up to the charter as he seeks to secure Frances secular system in the wake of a spat...

Open dialogue on thorny issues Beyond all the intellectual debates about their religion, most Muslims in Germany face difficulties in their everyday lives that they would dearly like to solve. The Goethe-Institut, in co-operation with the Robert Bosch Stiftung, has initiated a project called "Muslim Associations as Community Activists". The project seeks not only to create stronger ties between mosque associations in German cities and the city authorities but also to improve relations between t...