‘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 […]
Opinion: Erdogan and Khan are hypocritical about Macron’s France
By Deutsche Welle 2020/10/27 It feels strange to hear Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan talk about secular values and lecture French President Emmanuel Macron […]
Campaign to boycott French products gains steam
By Maram Kayed – Oct 26,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians lift placards during a rally in front of the municipality of the West Bank city of Hebron, in response to […]
Liberty, equality, fraternity, except Muslims
BY HILAL KAPLAN COLUMNS OCT 23, 2020 An attendee waves a French flag during a demonstration against the killing of a French teacher by an extremist attacker, Oct. 21, 2020. […]
Deporting Muslim Immigrants Won’t Make Poland Safer
The right-wing government in Warsaw has weaponized a 2016 anti-terrorism law to ruthlessly pursue suspected foreign terrorists while ignoring homegrown threats. BY AGNIESZKA PIKULICKA-WILCZEWSKA | OCTOBER 19, 2020 Several dozen members of […]
How Switzerland and France approach ‘Islamic separatism’
President Emmanuel Macron wants to rid France of what authorities say is a “parallel society” of radical Muslims thriving outside the values of the nation. Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. […]
Two Muslim women are stabbed under the Eiffel Tower by white female attackers shouting ‘Dirty Arabs’
Source: Mail online French police have arrested two female suspects after suspected racist attacks Two Muslim women were ‘stabbed repeatedly’ under the Eiffel Tower on Sunday Paris Police have now […]