Disturbing developments in some Western countries
Dec 03,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh These developments are primarily at the political and social levels, which are more serious. Informed observers have noted, for decades, the […]
French court fines restaurant owner for banning Muslim woman
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL NOV 30, 2022 – 6:52 PM GMT+3 AFrench court fined a restaurant owner in southwest France for prohibiting the entry of a Muslim woman for wearing the […]
Why the Francophonie and Commonwealth are now orphan twins
KHALED ABOU ZAHR November 24, 2022 Short Url The Francophonie Summit came to an end earlier this week. The gathering of French-speaking countries brought together 31 heads of state and […]
Qatar World Cup: Emmanuel Macron makes tone-deaf comments about ‘not politicising sport’
CHANTELLE BILLSON NOVEMBER 18, 2022 French president Emmanuel Macron. (ERIC GAILLARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) French president Emmanuel Macron has said the Qatar World Cup shouldn’t be a forum for raising political […]
Iranian who inspired ‘The Terminal’ dies at Paris airport
Merhan Karimi Nasseri sits among his belongings at Terminal 1 of Roissy Charles De Gaulle Airport, north of Paris on Aug. 11, 2004. (AP/File) Short Url Updated 16 sec ago […]
‘They’re risking their lives to come here. There must be a reason’: how Dover really feels about migrants
‘People are just getting on with their lives’ … Dover, complete with white cliffs. Photograph: Prisma by Dukas Presseagentur GmbH/Alamy The home secretary talks of ‘invasion’. Council leaders say Kent is […]
Migrant charity ship spurned by Italy heads to France
November 8, 2022 By Alvise Armellini and Angelo Amante 0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 0% Italy lets in NGO ship’s migrants, other vessels in limbo ROME, Nov 8 (Reuters) – A migrant […]
French cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard admits to abusing 14-year-old girl 35 years ago
Ricard released a statement confessing to sexually abusing the child during his early days in the Catholic Church Source: The Guardian One of France’s highest-ranking prelates of the Catholic Church […]
French model Marine El Himer converts to Islam
‘There are no words strong enough to express intensity of happiness, emotions experienced at this very moment,’ says El Himer Burak Bir |05.11.2022 ANKARA French model and reality […]
Never-ending Islamophobia in Europe
BY IRFAN ASHRAF NOV 03, 2022 Europe, and especially France needs to understand that hatred against Muslims will only serve to disrupt peace in the continent. Discrimination against the faithful […]
Adding insult to injury
Oct 31,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby This past week, a major US daily paper ran a lengthy feature article reporting on France’s repatriating to Algeria 24 skulls […]
As French influence rapidly declines, are we witnessing the end of Francafrique?
HAFED AL-GHWELL October 22, 2022 Short Url Anti-French sentiment has sharply increased in Sahelian and North African countries, driven mostly by enduring animosity toward the contributions of Paris to the […]
UK, France, Germany seek UN probe of Russia’s alleged use of Iranian drones
Britain, France, Germany are seeking a UN probe of accusation that Russia is using Iranian drones in Ukraine. (File/AMA/Getty Images) Short Url Updated 18 sec ago REUTERS October 21, 2022 […]
Nobel Prize to Annie Ernaux should switch global attention from Ukraine to Palestine
Oct 12,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to French writer Annie Ernaux should switch global attention from Ukraine to Palestine for […]
Twitter isn’t impressed with French actors’ ‘performative activism’ of cutting their hair in solidarity with Iranian women
Twitter isn’t impressed with French actors’ ‘performative activism’ of cutting their hair in solidarity with Iranian women PUBLISHED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO IMAGES STAFF DESK REPORT A video was heavily criticised […]
Le Pen urges more mosque closures in France
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL OCT 04, 2022 – DAILY SABAH French far-right party Rassemblement National (National Rally) leader Marine Le Pen speaks to the media after meeting with France’s […]
Topless swimming allowed, burkinis prohibited
France rules against burkini swimwear for religious reasons AP , Tuesday 21 Jun 2022 France’s top administrative court ruled Tuesday against allowing body-covering “burkini” swimwear in public pools for religious reasons, […]
European governments accused over ‘suppression of Muslim civil society’
OSCE conference in Poland hears plea for member states to protect Muslim citizens from Islamophobia and ‘state racism’ Lamies Nassri said Islamophobia in Denmark was “no longer a far-right issue” […]
Raisi says he lamented France’s passiveness regarding JCPOA
September 30, 2022 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN— Speaking in his 7th live interview since he took office late on Wednesday, President Ebrahim Raisi said he lamented France and its President […]
PTI Punjab Bigwigs Stoke Religious Fervor After Shehbaz Meets Macron
Far-right TLP emerged as a major politico-religious force after becoming the fifth-largest political party in the 2018 general elections by securing 2.2 million votes by News Desk September 21, 2022 in News […]