After destroying Libya, France in Syria
HAKKI ÖCAL @hakkiocal The Delphi Initiative network “Defend Democracy Press” issued a very brief commentary based on a report by Anadolu Agency that French troops entered Syria’s Al-Hasakah Governorate […]
More than 70 countries commit to combat terror financing
Source: Associated Press By SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — More than 70 countries committed Thursday to bolster efforts in the fight against terrorism financing associated with the Islamic State group and al-Qaida. Participants at an international conference in Paris agreed to “fully criminalize” terror financing through effective and proportionate sanctions […]
Meet The Man Who Goes Inside The Minds Of ISIS
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Mitch Prothero & Annabelle Azadé Daniel Zagury has evaluated dozens of suspects for French courts, including Salah Abdeslam, who was sentenced by a Belgian court to 20 […]
When pushing for war, belief is all that matters
The dailyReport By Andrew Brennan April 25, 2018 10:48 PM (UTC+8) When will it stop? The Trump administration was “confident” that “animal Assad” was responsible for the alleged attack […]
No handshake, no citizenship, French court tells Algerian woman
Source: The New York Times By AURELIEN BREEDEN Photo Newly naturalized French citizens during a ceremony in Nice in 2014. CreditEric Gaillard/Reuters PARIS — An Algerian woman’s refusal to shake hands with male officials at a French naturalization ceremony is sufficient grounds for denying her citizenship, France’s top administrative court has ruled. […]
No Handshake, No Citizenship, French Court Tells Algerian Woman
Source: New York Times By Aurelien Breeden PARIS — An Algerian woman’s refusal to shake hands with male officials at a French naturalization ceremony is sufficient grounds for denying her […]
Struggling to prevent terrorist attacks, France wants to ‘reform’ Islam
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley April 17 at 6:00 AM Email the author PARIS — Speaking alongside the flag-draped coffin of a police officer killed in a terrorist attack in southern France, President Emmanuel Macron last month lay blame on “underground Islamism” and those who “indoctrinate on our soil and corrupt daily.” […]
Will Europe’s Muslims Ever Be Accepted as Europeans?
Interrogation The author of a new study on Islam in Europe on the challenge of European tribalism and what European Muslims can learn from Jews. By Isaac Chotiner April 12, […]
Professor Tariq Ramadan and France’s Islamophobia
HATEM BAZIAN @hatembazian Professor Tariq Ramadan takes part in a conference on the theme “Live together” in Bordeaux, March 26, 2016. The current imprint on Western society is a […]
Trump’s ‘mission accomplished’ tweet may come back to haunt him as another battle looms around Damascus
As Syrian troops move to another confrontation around the Syrian capital, what will the US president – and the British and French – do if more images of gassed civilians dying in agony appear? […]
Rare Israeli-Palestinian compromise at UNESCO brings hope
Source: Associated Press By ANGELA CHARLTON and CHRIS DEN HOND PARIS (AP) — Diplomats at UNESCO are hailing a possible breakthrough on longstanding Israeli-Arab tensions at the U.N. cultural agency. […]
The only way to end the war in Syria is negotiation with Assad – but no one wants to be seen shaking hands with the devil
Assad’s victory is becoming irreversible, but international recognition of it should be conditional on the return of refugees, along with an internationally monitored amnesty and freeing of prisoners Patrick Cockburn […]
U.S., Britain, France launch air strikes in Syria
By Reuters – Apr 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement about Syria at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2018 (Reuters photo) WASHINGTON […]
As Theresa May gears up for war in Syria, we should remember what hypocrites we are about chemical warfare in the Middle East
Not a soul today is mentioning the terrible war fought between 1980 and 1988, which was fought with our total acquiescence. It’s almost an ‘exclusive’ to mention the conflict at all, […]
France’s Macron asks Catholics to voice euthanasia concerns
Source: Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is encouraging religious leaders to voice their concerns ahead of a proposal to change the country’s laws on assisted reproduction and euthanasia. Speaking to Catholic bishops in Paris —a rare occasion in the historically Catholic country attached to its secular […]
Macron’s overtures to Catholic Church make waves in secular France
Source: Reuters Reuters Staff PARIS (Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron has blurred a line that has kept French government free of religious intervention for generations, critics said on Tuesday, after he […]
French Muslims Want to Be Like Anyone Else, Just Not Victims
French Muslims Want to Be Like Anyone Else, Just Not Victims Posted on April 7, 2018 By Faith Matters We have spent a week in France meeting with key organisations […]
As Saudi prince arrives, ties with France more complex than before
By Reuters – Apr 07,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud is seen during a meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the […]
Turkey or Kurdish militias? Pick a side, Turkish minister tells France
Reuters International This content was published on April 5, 2018 6:01 PMApr 5, 2018 – 18:01 By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Turkey warned France on Thursday that it […]
Too Radical for France, a Muslim Clergyman Faces Deportation
Source: The New York Times By ADAM NOSSITER El Hadi Doudi, an imam who preaches a fundamentalist form of Islam, at a courthouse in Marseille, France, in February. The French government […]