Source: france24.com Lassana Bathily, the Malian Muslim employee who helped save the lives of several customers during last week’s deadly attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris, will be awarded French nationality, France’s Interior Bernard Cazeneuve announced Thursday. More……http://www.france24.com/en/20150115-france-malian-hero-lassana-bathily-kosher-supermarket-attack-citizenship/
Source: bbc.co.uk French President Francois Hollande has vowed that his country will protect all religions, saying that Muslims are the main victims of fanaticism. Speaking at the Arab World Institute, he said Islam was compatible with democracy and thanked Arabs for their solidarity over terrorism in Paris. More…http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30829733
Source: independent.co.uk Pope Francis has said there are limits to the freedom of expression – and that anyone who swears at his mother deserves a punch. Francis spoke about the Paris attacks while on his way to the Philippines, where around 1,500 Muslims protested yesterdayagainst the depictions of the Prophet […]
by Khaled A Beydoun Khaled A Beydoun is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Barry University Dwayne O Andreas School of Law. He is a native of Detroit. French Islamophobia stands to become far more severe and strident, writes Beydoun [Reuters] Ahmed Merabat was the first of the 12 […]
Source: Stratfor: In his latest novel, French writer Michel Houellebecq presents a controversial situation: The year is 2022, and France has become an Islamicized country where universities have to teach […]
Eight Muslim-owned businesses were attacked in two separate incidents in Birmingham on Saturday night and Monday night. Witnesses claim groups of men shot at and used hammers to attack the shops, restaurants and boutiques in the Small Heath and Sparkbrook areas of the city. There were no reported injuries. On […]
Source: CNN No one should “kill in the name of God,” neither should they “insult other people’s faith.” More:
Source:independent.co.uk The Pope has said there are limits to freedom of expression when religion is insulted. Aboard a plane taking him from Sri Lanka to the Philippines during his Asian tour, Pope Francis, who has condemned the terrorist attacks in Paris, said: “You can’t provoke, you can’t insult the faith […]
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday accused hisIsraeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu of committing “crimes against humanity” comparable to those of the Islamist gunmen behind the Paris attacks that left 17 dead. More….https://uk.news.yahoo.com/turkish-pm-compares-netanyahu-paris-terrorists-083423594.html#XQVwSyE
A founding member of Charlie Hebdo says slain editor Stéphane Charbonnier “dragged” team to their deaths by “overdoing” provocative cartoons Source: telegraph.co.uk One of the founding members of Charlie Hebdo has […]
Charlie Hebdo allegedly remains a symbol of “the everyday humiliation of Muslims in France”. SourcE: huffingtonpost.com In the wake of the terrorist attack that shook France last week, the surviving editors […]
Source: keighleynews.co.uk | by Richard Parker THIS WEEK once again we have all witnessed the painful sickening scenes on our television screens when man regresses to his base animal instincts and becomes a […]
A HARTLEPOOL Muslim leader has condemned the Paris terror attacks and defended people’s right to free speech. Source: hartlepoolmail.co.uk Tahir Selby, the Imam of the Nasir Mosque, in Brougham Terrace, said ordinary Muslims “absolutely condemn” the shocking events in France and others carried out in the name of Islam. Mr Selby, […]
Shabazz Suleman studied at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe 19-year-old thought to have tried to cross into Syria while on holiday in Turkey He had a place at university, but was radicalised through jihadis on Twitter Teen was captured at Syrian border and held by Turkish police He was […]
Antithesis of Radical Islam Is Not Moderate Islam, It Is Secularism By Murat Yetkin January/14/2015 For centuries, ideologues and politicians in the West have positioned themselves regarding Islam in […]
The Swiss government has tasked foreign ministry and justice ministry with working out proposals on how best to reinforce Swiss support for victims of the Syrian conflict on a long […]
By Daniele Mariani swissinfo.ch JAN 13, 2015 – 16:50 Around 80% of all Muslims in Switzerland are from the Balkans region or Turkey where Islam is moderate and rarely politicised, […]
Summary The corpses were still warm last week when the Israeli prime minister alighted in Paris to tell French Jews that their real home was Israel. Netanyahu seemed unconcerned by the interests of the people most affected by his statements, namely France’s Jews. Here they were, looking for reassurances as […]
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Source: The Guardian: By Ben Child French film director calls for rejection of extremism and promises to work with Muslim community for a fairer society My brother, if you knew […]