France to propose abolishing customs union between Turkey, EU
BY DAILY SABAH ANKARA EU AFFAIRS NOV 09, 2020 French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a press conference following a Defense Council meeting at Elysee Palace in Paris […]
French Foreign Minister, in Cairo, affirms respect for Islam in dispute over cartoons
Source: Reuters Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s visit comes in the wake of several attacks in France apparently provoked by anger over the defence of the caricatures, considered blasphemous by […]
Rising populism, racism, Islamophobia eroding EU values, Turkish FM Cavusoglu says
BY DAILY SABAH ANKARA EU AFFAIRS NOV 06, 2020 Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu heads the informal meeting of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) in Turkey’s southern Antalya province, […]
Austria honours Palestinian hero in Vienna attack
A Palestinian immigrant was honoured for his role in saving a wounded police officer during a Daesh-linked terror attack in Vienna November 4, 2020 A 23-year-old Palestinian was recognised for […]
Confronting France’s Muslim problem should be through dialogue
Nov 03,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif Religious extremism is not exclusive to Muslims as demonstrated by Buddhist zealots in Myanmar, Jewish fundamentalists in Israel and white Christian […]
Quran doesn’t tell people to fight any more than Gita, Bible, Torah. Why pick on Muslims
The offensive cartoons on Prophet Muhammad were projected on all government buildings in France. If this isn’t bullying the entire Muslim community, I don’t know what is. ZAINAB SIKANDER 2 […]
‘A beacon of hope’: Sicily’s enduring North African heritage
Evident in its cuisine, places of worship, language and culture, this Italian island boasts Arab DNA By Stefania D’Ignoti in Catania, for Middle East Eye On a late summer evening […]
Macron says he can ‘understand’ shock of prophet cartoons
By AFP – Nov 01,2020 – JORDAN TIMES PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron said that he could understand if Muslims were shocked by cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, as French authorities […]
Police arrest after man shoots priest in French city of Lyon
31.10.2020 French police on Saturday arrested a suspect in the investigation into the shooting of a Greek Orthodox priest in the city of Lyon, French news agency AFP The suspect […]
Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in Europe
Source: Daily Sabah BY İHSAN AKTAŞCOLUMNS OCT 31, 2020 At first glance, anti-Semitism appears to be a grievous but a distant memory. Throughout the second half of the 20th century, […]
Choices for French Muslims
Source: Daily Sabah BY HILAL KAPLANCOLUMNS OCT 31, 2020 Muslims arrive at the Great Mosque of Paris for the friday prayers, France, Oct. 30, 2020. (AFP Photo) After a refugee […]
Unspeakable acts of barbarism should not be an excuse for Emmanuel Macron to demonise Muslims
Source: Independent As his administration pursues a clampdown against Islam – including the closure of Mosques – the suggestion seems to be that Muslim hate is desirable By Nabila Ramdani, […]
Nice:Not in Our Name!
Source: Arab News BY FAISAL J. ABBAS There are no words too harsh to condemn the horrific attack in the Basilica of Notre-Dame in Nice, and the stabbing at the […]
Turkey condemns violent attack in France’s Nice, expresses solidarity with French people
BY DAILY SABAH The Turkish Foreign Ministry released a statement on Thursday condemning a violent attack that killed three people in the French coastal city of Nice. French police said […]
Saudi Arabia condemns Nice church attack
Police officers stand guard near the Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, after a knife attack killed three on Thursday. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/r8wms The foreign ministry stressed the […]
Islamophobia: Macron’s desperate bid for re-election
Source: Al Jazeera Macron’s Islamophobic approach to the French Muslim community will not help address radicalisation. By Ali Saad Ali Saad is a French sociologist and media critic, focusing on […]
Statement by Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in light of Recent Developments in France
OCTOBER 29, 2020 PRESS RELEASES Following today’s attack in Nice and following on from the murder of Samuel Paty on 16 October, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, […]
Knifeman kills three in suspected terror attack at French church in Nice
French members of the elite tactical police unit RAID enter to search the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Nice as forensics officers wait outside after a knife attack in Nice on […]
Europe’s migration ‘crisis’ isn’t about numbers. It’s about prejudice
Source: The Guardian By Shada Islam, who is a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs. She runs New Horizons project, a strategy, analysis and advisory company Reforming the EU’s inhumane refugee […]
Denmark to criminalise foreign funding for mosques in effort to ‘counter extremism
October 27, 2020 Guests arrive on June 19, 2014 for the official opening of Denmark’s first mosque with a dome and minaret in Rovsingsgade, in Copenhagen’s gritty northwest after receiving […]