France would not be France without Arab, Muslim contribution
Source: Arab News BY LUDOVIC POUILLE At a time when France has once again been struck by terrorism and targeted by a hateful online campaign instigated by those claiming the […]
Insulting someone’s faith not freedom, Erdoğan says
BY ANADOLU AGENCY Insulting people’s beliefs has nothing to do with freedom, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, decrying rising anti-Muslim sentiment in Western countries. “You have been closely following the […]
The new scapegoats of Europe and the solace for Muslims
27th November 2020 The new liberal (or illiberal – we’ll let the readers decide) laws passed by French President Emmanuel Macron, blatantly targeting Muslims, unveil the very real far-right sentiments brewing in Europe. Separatist laws, which give birth to further “separatism” and alienate Muslims who make up 8.8% (5.7 million) […]
France versus Turkey
By • Natalya Degtyarova , journalist ; Yuri Menshikov , editor The international scandal between Turkey and France is gathering pace. On October 26 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged […]
Turkish Parliament condemns France for recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh as ‘republic’
BY DAILY SABAH İSTANBUL DIPLOMACY NOV 27, 2020 A general view of the Turkish Parliament. (AA Photo) Four rival political parties in Turkey’s Parliament, the ruling Justice and Development Party […]
Why the current anti-terror debate is flawed
Foreign affairs Leandra Bias The public discourse on terrorist attacks emanating from France and Austria via Switzerland is extremely dangerous for human rights, writes political scientist Leandra Bias. Leandra Bias […]
Yes, Islam Is Facing a Crisis. No, France Isn’t Helping Solve It.
By Mustafa Akyol, who is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, focusing on Islam and modernity, and the author of the forthcoming Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, […]
The Bataclan terrorists were the product of war-honed Isis nihilism – not Muslim council estates
Nabila Ramdani 19 hrs ago In the most devastating terrorist attack ever carried out on French soil, it was the random targeting of its victims that was perhaps the most […]
French politician Marine Le Pen calls for ban on immigration from Pakistan
Thousands of protestors in Bangladesh even burned effigies of Macron October 31, 2020 File photo of Marine Le Pen French leader Marine Le Pen, in light of protests in Pakistan […]
Islamophobia disguised as secularism in France, opposition leader Melenchon says
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES Anti-Muslim hatred is being disguised as secularism in France, a French opposition leader said in criticism of the Emmanuel Macron-led government, which recently came under […]
Macron’s anti-Islam, pandemic management hand power to French far-right
BY ABDENNOUR TOUMI OP-ED NOV 13, 2020 In the autumn of 2018, the “yellow vests” movement against rising taxes and the high cost of living rocked French streets. Faced with […]
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 […]
Attacks in France and Austria bring home Europe’s violent extremism problem
Police officers stand guard by the Notre-Dame de l’Assomption Basilica in Nice after a knife-wielding man killed three people at the church. Two women, below, react to the attack. (AFP) […]
Why has the West turned against Islam?
Source: The Daily Sabah BY MUHITTIN ATAMAN Historically, Western governments prefer liberal values and principles in their foreign relations only when they enjoy a competitive advantage. When the governments experience […]
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 […]
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, […]