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President Jacques Chirac on Thursday received leaders of France's four million Muslims in a symbolic encounter hailed by his guests as an historic event bringing Islam into the French political landscape. The meeting was seen as a key goodwill gesture by the head of state in a sometimes uneasy multi-ethnic society with racial and social tensions. Islam is France's second religion after Catholicism. Most of the adherents are of North African origin. France's total population is 59 million, making the Muslim population 7 percent of the population
The first newspaper run by and for Muslims in India began publication in the last week of Ramadan. Milli Gazette is an English-language weekly that aims to express Indian Muslim aspirations and positions. The weekly has 16 pages, two of them in color.
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