The hypocrisy of world leaders at WWI’s 100th anniversary
Nov 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN During the solemn commemoration in Paris of the end of World War I, French President Emmanuel Macron urged the 71 other world […]
French President on Nationalism Versus Patriotism
In World War I remembrance, France’s Macron denounces nationalism as a ‘betrayal of patriotism’ Source: The Washington Post The French president’s remarks at a solemn ceremony in Paris could be […]
Will Europe fold under US sanctions against Iran?
KAMRAN GASANOV Published November 7, 2018 Europe’s stance on the U.S. sanctions against Iran will reveal whether the continent can be independent from Washington or not and, secondly, will […]
Kristallnacht anniversary: France warns of steep rise in anti-Semitism
Source: BBC News On the 80th anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht attack on Germany’s Jews, French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has revealed a 69% increase in anti-Semitic incidents this year. […]
French bishops to set up ‘independent’ review on sex abuse in Catholic Church
Source: The Local French bishops said Wednesday they were setting up an “independent” commission to “shed light on the sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic church since 1950”. The […]
France’s Jews Look to Pittsburgh ‘Across a Narrow Bridge’
Source: The Atlantic BY RACHEL DONADIO PARIS—So many times in the past few years, as France underwent a wave of terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of people from 2012 to 2016, […]
French mothers in Syria face terrible choice
Women walk at a camp for Daesh group-affiliated people in the northern Syrian village of Malikiya near the border with Turkey, walks with a child on September 29, 2018. […]
Istanbul summit fails to deliver map to end Syrian conflict
Oct 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF The four-way summit that was held in Istanbul on Saturday on Syria was extraordinary in more than one way. Turkish President […]
For European Jews, a horrifying sight on the other side of the Atlantic
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley October 28 PARIS — Jewish children slaughtered in school. Jewish customers shot in a kosher supermarket. Elderly Jewish women beaten in their apartments, then thrown […]
France’s niqab ban violates human rights, UN committee says
Source: CNN France’s niqab ban violates the human rights of Muslim women and risks “confining them to their homes,” the United Nations Human Rights Committee said Tuesday. The committee said two women fined for wearing the full-face Islamic veils should be compensated and it called on France to review its […]
A Painting Made by Artificial Intelligence Has Been Sold at Auction for $432,500
Source: Time By CASEY QUACKENBUSH October 26, 2018 An artwork made by an artificial intelligence program sold at a Christie’s auction for $432,500, nearly 45 times its high estimate. Portrait of Edmond Belamy, a […]
Four-nation Syria summit urges preservation of Idlib ceasefire
By AFP – Oct 27,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and French President Emmanuel Macron hold hands after a conference […]
Pew Research Center: 66% in France Have a Positive View of Islam
% who say Islam is “fundamentally incompatible” with their country’s culture and values: 🇫🇮Finland 62% 🇮🇹Italy 53% 🇩🇪Germany 44% 🇬🇧UK 42% 🇪🇸Spain 37% 🇫🇷France 34% 🇸🇪Sweden 34%https://t.co/26OkMQwVSA pic.twitter.com/NYfUIwg1bW — Pew […]
In France, a Push to Teach Arabic in Public Schools, Not Mosques
Source: Wall Street Journal By Stacy Meichtry and Nick Kostov PANTIN, France—Every Sunday, parents in this working-class neighborhood just north of Paris bring their children to a small school operated by the […]
French ban on full-face Islamic veil violates human rights – U.N. panel
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 23, 2018 FILE PHOTO: A women, wearing a niqab despite a nationwide ban on the Islamic face veil, gives a phone […]
Salvini, Macron clash after France caught migrant dumping
By AFP – Oct 16,2018 – JORDAN TIMES French President Emmanuel Macron attends a joint news conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Elysee Palace in Paris on […]
Explainer: The Tariq Ramadan Affair
Homepage : In-depth : Explainer: The Tariq Ramadan affair Florence Dixon Explainer: The Tariq Ramadan affair Martyr or monster? Tariq Ramadan’s case has become the centre-point of debate [Getty] Date […]
Tensions between Italy and France as ministers meet on immigration
AFP news@thelocal.it @thelocalitaly 9 October 2018 Matteo Salvini (L) meets Edouard Philippe in Lyon. Photo: Jeff Pachoud/AFP French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe urged Italian leader Matteo Salvini on Monday to […]
Anglophones and Francophones still approach Islam differently
Source: The Economist IN BOTH internal and external affairs, every Western democracy is facing tricky questions over Islam. In this delicate area, domestic and foreign-policy questions can never be completely […]
French gangster evaded police in burka
BBC.COM Image copyrightIBO/SIPA/REX/SHUTTERSTOCKImage captionRédoine Faïd, pictured here in 2010, gained fame by writing a book France’s most-wanted fugitive Rédoine Faïd was tracked down by police through phone-taps and was discovered using a burqa as a disguise, prosecutors say.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45732226 Faïd, 46, was detained on Wednesday in the town where he grew […]