February 06, 2018 8:45 PM Lisa Bryant FILE – Tariq Ramadan talks to the media after a conference at the Er-Rahma mosque in Nantes, western France, April 25, 2010. PARIS — A Paris judge on Tuesday denied bail to a controversial Swiss Muslim scholar facing rape accusations, as fresh allegations promise […]
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Source: CNN (CNN) Islamic scholar and TV analyst Tariq Ramadan has been arrested in Paris and charged with rape, a judicial source told CNN. Ramadan, 55, was arrested on Wednesday, charged Friday and will remain in custody in France until his next hearing, the source said. The arrest of the Oxford […]
Source: BBC News An eight-year-old boy wearing a Jewish skullcap, or kippa, has been attacked in a suburb of the French capital, Paris, in what officials suspect is the latest […]
Source: The Guardian Three young Americans who are playing themselves in a Clint Eastwood-directed movie about how they foiled a terrorist attack in France say their actions were guided by God. The […]
Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan, a leading professor at Oxford University, was detained on Wednesday in France, where he is facing allegations of rape. French police on Wednesday detained prominent Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, a legal source said, months after two women filed rape charges against him. Ramadan was summoned for questioning […]
Source: Associated Press By LORI HINNANT PARIS (AP) — Six families of French jihadis captured during Islamic State’s retreat filed a complaint Wednesday demanding that the government bring them home, […]
Source: Travel and Leisure Take a look at the countries travelers have been heading to most. BY TALIA AVAKIAN JANUARY 16, 2018 While France is set to remain the world’s most popular tourist destination, Spain is […]
Reuters International This content was published on January 14, 2018 Migrant walks past the fence which secures the approach to the city from migrants trying to reach Britain, in […]
Source: Associated Press By PHILIPPE SOTTO PARIS (AP) — A French labor court was unable to agree Thursday whether four Muslim security guards were unfairly fired from their jobs at […]
Source: The Guardian Decision by far-right local authority in southern France, affecting about 150 mainly Muslim pupils, has been called ‘an attack on the rights of children’ In a newspaper […]
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley November 27 PARIS — In many respects, the subject of France’s biggest abuse scandal is similar to several of the men named in assault allegations on […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 19, 2017 3:08 AMNov 19, 2017 – 03:08 French President Emmanuel Macron and Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon’s […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 17, 2017 French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for the EU Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth in Gothenburg, Sweden, November […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, left, welcomes Christian leader Michel Aoun, right, after he announced his support for Aoun to be the Lebanese […]
From the section Middle East French President Emmanuel Macron has paid an unscheduled visit to Saudi Arabia amid an escalating crisis between the kingdom and Lebanon. His trip comes days after Lebanese PM Saad Hariri resigned while in Riyadh, saying he feared for his life. Foes Saudi Arabia and Iran […]
Source: BBC News Is it acceptable to name your baby “Jihad” in France, which has suffered Europe’s worst Islamist terror attacks in recent years? France’s chief prosecutor now has to […]
A complaint by the Swiss Islamic scholar and theologian ‘alleging a false allegation will be lodged with the procurator in Rouen on Monday’ Tariq Ramadan (AFP/file photo) MEE staff Saturday […]
By Amira El Masaiti – October 20, 2017 Rabat – Author and former Salafi Henda Ayari has accused prominent public intellectual Tariq Ramadan of rape. ?Ayari said though she “may […]
October 17, 2017 5:43 PMOct 17, 2017 – 17:43 PARIS (Reuters) – French anti-terrorist police have arrested 10 far-right militants, a court official said on Tuesday. The official declined to detail why the men were arrested, but TV station M6 said that the 10 were suspected of planning attacks on […]