France’s culture war intensifies
May 10,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Brigitte Granville LONDON — By laying a wreath on Napoleon Bonaparte’s tomb on the 200th anniversary of his death, French President Emmanuel Macron has […]
Military letter warns Macron against making ‘concession’ to Islamism
AFP Paris, France ● Mon, May 10, 2021 A group of serving French soldiers has published a new open letter in a conservative magazine warning President Emmanuel Macron […]
‘If you are French, you do not wear the hijab’: A Response to Lydia Guirous
Mahrukh Arif-TayyebCONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 9th May 2021 Add Comment Mahrukh Arif-Tayyeb, UK In an interview with the French magazine Causeur, Lydia Guirous, a French politician formerly responsible for maintaining the […]
Will OIC confront France ?
Will OIC confront France? Pervez Hoodbhoy Published May 8, 2021 WHEN PM Khan summoned OIC ambassadors to his office last Monday, he assigned their countries a new mission. So far Muslim countries have […]
France targets Turkey’s Anadolu Agency for covering Islamophobia
BY ANADOLU AGENCY PARIS ISLAMOPHOBIA APR 28, 2021 France’s Interministerial Committee for the Prevention of Crime and Radicalization (CIPDR) claims that AA is a “propaganda body” and “attacking France in a deceptive […]
Fears of a coup in France are exaggerated, but a far-right president is a real possibility
Jean-Yves Camus Many people support an open letter raising the spectre of a military coup. Marine Le Pen is one of them Tue 4 May 2021 13.27 BST Arecent open letter to […]
French military personnel & retired generals write open letter warning of ‘civil war’
The letter was published on the 60th anniversary of a failed coup by French generals. Matthias Ang | April 28, 202 France’s government has reacted with fury towards an open letter signed […]
Pakistan faces unpleasant options amid violent protests over Prophet cartoons
Source: Arab News In TV address, PM Imran Khan said breaking ties with France in protest against the caricatures will hurt Pakistan more Religious political party TLP has demanded the […]
Fraxinetum: An Islamic Frontier State in Tenth Century Provence
By Mohammad Bailan: Assistant Professor of Medieval History at Stony Brook University. He is a historian of the pre-modern Mediterranean world, specializing in the political, intellectual and cultural history of […]
France should mobilize rather than marginalize its Muslims
ZAID M. BELBAGI April 15, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/wbu8p The egalitarian principles of the French republic would suggest that the state is blind to the creeds and private beliefs of […]
France’s ban on the veil looks far more sinister in historical context
Framing restrictions as liberating long justified colonial violence By Catherine PhippsCatherine Phipps is a doctoral student in global and imperial history at the University of Oxford and co-founder of the History of the Gendered Body seminar series.April 13, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. GMT+2 The French Senate recently voted to increase restrictions […]
France’s Senate Bill Calls for the Social Death of Muslim Women
Mahrukh Arif-Tayyeb CONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 7th April 2021 Mahrukh Arif-Tayyeb, UK French Muslim women are making headlines again. This time, it is regarding an amendment to the separatism bill […]
Amnesty makes last-minute appeal to France over anti-Muslim bill
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL EUROPE MAR 29, 2021 French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers a speech during the “Artificial Intelligence for Humanity” event in Paris, France, March 29, […]
Viewpoint: France’s President Macron doesn’t get the impact of colonialism on Algeria
Published1 day ago French President Emmanuel Macron is surrounded by security as he greets children in the streets of Algiers on December 6, 2017. IMAGE COPYRIGHTAFP French President Emmanuel Macron […]
Global coalition appeals to EU to probe Islamophobia in France
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL EUROPE MAR 09, 2021 Members of an Italian Muslim association stage a sit-in and prayer to condemn what they see as persecutory acts against […]
French minister complains about being unable to close mosques
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL EUROPE MAR 03, 2021 French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin visits the North Division police station of Marseille, France, Feb. 25, 2021. (EPA Photo) French […]
Macron admits France murdered Algerian independence figure
By AFP – Mar 03,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Algerian demonstrators march during an anti-government protest called by Algerian students on Tuesday in Algiers (AFP photo) PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron […]
France seeks ‘Sahelization’ of African conflict
Author KHALED ABOU ZAHR February 25, 2021 French soldiers set up camp in Ndaki, Mali, as part of Operation Barkhane. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/pu27f In a dull and simple way, […]
Islamophobes vandalize mosque in France’s Strasbourg
BY ANADOLU AGENCY PARIS EUROPE FEB 23, 2021 Words in French that translate to “No to Islam, go back to your village” are seen sprayed across the fence on the […]
Muhammed cartoons: Muslims should not ‘concern themselves’ about them – scholar
REINTERPRETATION OF TEXTS By Frida Dahmani Posted on Tuesday, 10 November 2020 Protest against Prophet Mohammad cartoon and French President Macron’s comments, in Dakar Senegalese protest against the publication of […]
