A Moroccan national was arrested on Wednesday, 14th February, in Paris for being linked to the Thalys train attack that wounded two people, reports AFP quoting a source close to the file. The same source said that the arrested, 36, is accused of giving «logistical help» to Ayoub El Khazzani, the main assailant in the infamous attack. He boarded the train in Brussels and then opened fire on passengers once it entered France. The attack made no victims as three
Tariq Ramadan, a Swiss academic, philosopher and writer, was detained by French police on Wednesday, 31st of January, for having allegedly raped two women, a legal source told AFP. The Islamic scholar was summoned for a questioning to a Paris police station and was put into custody «as part of a preminilary inquiry in Paris into rape and assault allegations», the same source added after a report on the same case was made public by the RTL radio. For the record, two women lodged
Mehdi Benatia, a Moroccan-French footballer who plays for Italian club Juventus has been voted best Maghreb player in 2017 by France Football, a French weekly magazine containing football news from all over the world, ahead of Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez and the Dutch-Moroccan player Hakim Ziyech. «Trained at OM (Olympique de Marseille), the Juventus center back made a name in Italy before playing for Bayern de Guardiola. Despite his mid-October knee injury», he performed
A court in Meaux, a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Ile-de-France region in Paris, France, sentenced on Wednesday, 27th of December, a Moroccan national to four suspended months in prison for «puting the lives of others in danger», reports Le Parisien daily newspaper. The Moroccan driver’s driving license has also been suspended. The defendant was tried on the 20th of December «for having forced his way into King Mohammed VI’s royal cortege
Once again, the Moroccan singer is faced with yet another trouble. Saad Lamjarrad will have to compensate the company that orgnaized the infamous concert scheduled for October 26, 2016 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, then canceled following his arrest on the same day for rape and aggravated assault. His circle refused to reimburse Cairo By Night which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Exclusive details.
King Mohammed VI, accompanied by the Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, took part on Tuesday, 12th of December, in the lunch hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron in honor of the heads of State and delegations attending the «One Planet Summit», held in Paris. On his arrival at the Elysee Palace, the sovereign reviewed a detachment of the Republican Guard that paid the honors before being greeted by the French President, reports MAP news agency. The king was also greeted by UN
MEM by CGEM, the 13th region of the General Confederation of Enterprises of Morocco (CGEM), dedicated to the Moroccans entrepreneurs around the world, took part in the 10th edition of the «Tremplin Morocco» contest, organized by the association Maroc entrepreneurs, Saturday 2nd of December at the Economic, Social and Environmental Council in Paris, said the CGEM in a statement. This meeting, centered on the theme «Africa, land of entrepreneurs», showcases young creative
Three far-right sympathizers were tried on Wednesday, 29th of November, and sentenced to prison by the Criminal Court of Angers, a city in western France for vilence and racial assauls, reports Reuters. The sentences were pronounced against Tanguy Martin, currently put into custody for committing acts of violence in Nantes, Francois –Mamès Cosseron de Villenoisy, a 19-year-old man from Saint-Herblain and Francois-Aubert Gannat detained for uttering racist insults. The court
The Court of Cassation, a high instance court in France, issued a ruling on Wednesday, 22nd of November, confirming that a private company can ban its employees who have a direct contact with costumers from wearing religious symbols, reports Les Echos newspaper. The issue was decided when it comes to public sector, including privates companies. For the record, an employee who used to work for Baby Loup nursery had been dismissed in 2008 because she wore a headscarf while the rules
Archeologists from the Lumiere University Lyon 2 have discovered a medieval treasure near the Cluny Abby ancient monastery in France, containing a number of Islamic dinars. Accordingly, the excavated coins are believed to be coming from the large region of Islamic Andalusia which was controlled by Moroccan dynasties in the 12th century.