Migrants at sea: Viva España!
EMRE GÖNEN Migrant children onboard the French NGO’s Aquarius as the rescue ship is on its way to Spain, June 15. For all who cherish human rights and have empathy […]
Italy and France try to patch up migrant row, draw papal rebuke
Source: Reuters BY Steve Scherer, Massimiliano Di Giorgio ROME (Reuters) – Italy and France tried to patch up a row over immigration on Thursday as Pope Francis urged politicians everywhere to […]
Muslim Rapper’s Plans to Play at the Bataclan in Paris Prompt Furor
Source: The New York Times By Alex Marshall In March, the French rapper Médine released “Bataclan,” a song about how, ever since he was a boy, he had dreamed of […]
The forgotten Muslim heroes of WWI
How Muslim soldiers helped save the allies from defeat in the First World War David Crossland June 7, 2018 A grave of a Muslim soldier who died during the First World War […]
OPINION: France shows its ‘irrational collective hysteria’ towards Muslim veil once again
The Local news.france@thelocal.com @thelocalfrance 18 May 2018 France has once again been reduced to near hysteria over the Muslim veil, this time after the president of a local student’s union […]
For some French officials, the headscarf is such a threat they are attacking a teenager
Source: The Washington Post by James McAuley PARIS — She is a 19-year-old student union president who never wanted to be a culture warrior. But this is France, and Maryam […]
The Mali ‘Spider-Man’ Was Offered French Citizenship. What About the Muslim Migrants Who Aren’t Superheroes?
Source: Time By H.A. Hellyer Hellyer is a senior non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council and the Royal United Services Institute in London, and the author of “A Revolution Undone: […]
Hero migrant ‘Spiderman’ joins Paris fire brigade as French citizenship awaits
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP PARIS Malian migrant Mamoudou Gassama arrives to receive his temporary residence permit at the Prefecture of Bobigny, northeast of Paris on May 29, 2018. (AFP […]
Mamoudou Gassama: Mali ‘Spiderman’ to be made French citizen
Source: BBC News A Malian migrant, hailed as a hero after mounting a daring rescue to save a small boy dangling from a balcony in Paris, is to be made […]
Syrian Kurds announce capture of French jihadist known for Nice attack claim
© AFP Archive | Nice, France, truck attack aftermath, July 15, 2016. Text by FRANCE 24 Follow france24_en on twitter Latest update : 2018-05-24 Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria on Thursday announced the capture of French jihadist Adrien Guihal, known as the voice that claimed 2016 attacks in France for […]
French Muslim student Maryam Pougetoux hits back over headscarf claims
Source: BBC News A French student union leader who has been accused by ministers of using her headscarf for political gain has hit back, calling the claims “pathetic”. France’s interior […]
EU must defend firms against U.S. Iran sanctions – Macron
Reuters International This content was published on May 17, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for an informal dinner ahead of a summit with leaders of the six Western Balkans […]
Paris attack: Knifeman kills one before being shot by police
Source: BBC News A knifeman has killed one person and wounded four in a suspected terror attack in central Paris, French officials say. The attacker was then shot dead by police in the Opéra district. Witnesses say they heard him shout “Allah Akbar”. So-called Islamic State (IS) later said one […]
Man Behind Deadly Paris Attack Was on Radicalism Database
Source: Time By ANGELA CHARLTON/AP (PARIS) — Investigators working to understand why a 20-year-old French citizen born in the Russian republic of Chechnya went on a stabbing rampage in central Paris […]
French call to change Quran aims to promote antagonism toward Muslims
Source: The Daily Sabah MEHMET ÇELIK @celik ISTANBUL The controversial call by some 300 famous French figures to change the Quran is a provocative move which targets Muslims, experts say, […]
Erdogan slams French personalities over statement on Quran
Source: Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reacted angrily to a group of some 300 well-known French personalities who urged prominent Muslims to denounce anti-Jewish […]
Alarm Grows In France Over Anti-Semitic Violence
Source: NPR By ELEANOR BEARDSLEY In late March, thousands of people took to the streets of Paris to protest the murder of an elderly woman whose killers may have been motivated by […]
Muslims Recoil at a French Proposal to Change the Quran
Source: The Atlantic BY KARINA PISER A manifesto published in the French daily Le Parisien on April 21—signed by some 300 prominent intellectuals and politicians, including former President Nicolas Sarkozy and former Prime Minister Manuel […]
These Prominent French Figures Tried to Get Verses Removed From the Quran and Were Rejected
Source: Popsugar.com 29 April, 2018 by Najla Moussa A call to omit verses from the Quran was denounced by Al-Azhar, Egypt’s oldest university and the most renowned Islamic Studies […]
French troops patrol alongside US soldiers in Manbij
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL It has been reported that there are approximately 250 French soldiers in regions that are under the control of the SDF, including Kobane, Raqqa and Deir […]