Should France Have Its Own Version of Islam?
Source: The Atlantic By Sigal Samuel With Marine Le Pen headed to the second round of elections, a top imam says he understands why some voters fear Muslims. Marine Le […]
Why French elections should matter to Arabs
Apr 25,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif It is a new era for French politics following the outcome of the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, which, as most polls had predicted, was won by independent centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron, followed by far right leader Marine Le Pen. […]
Macron vs. Le Pen: A New Political Reality for France
Never before in the six-decade history of the Fifth Republic have French voters so thoroughly rejected establishment parties. In this new political reality, only one thing is certain: There are no certainties. A Commentary by Julia Amalia Heyer in Paris Photos DPA April 24, 2017 12:08 PM Print Feedback Comment […]
Marine Le Pen may have progressed this far, but it is a Macron presidency that will present a new start for France
Yet what exactly that change will look like remains to be seen Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices Macron mobilised support with his En Marche! movement AFP Not, perhaps, the best of results for France and Europe, but by no means the worst either. The far-right National Front candidate, Marine Le Pen, appears […]
Is there such a thing as a ‘Muslim vote’ in France?
Source: The Conversation On April 8, the well-known French television show Salut les terriens turned sour when guests discussed the very sensitive topic of the so-called “French Muslim vote”. One […]
France Throws the Bums Out and Votes for a New Political Reality
Source: Time BY Vivienne Walt / Paris 11:01 PM ET No matter whether centrist economist Emmanuel Macron or far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen wins France’s presidency in two weeks’ […]
Growing anti-Muslim rhetoric permeates French presidential election campaign
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley PARIS — For some, the French presidential election will alter the course of a troubled nation steeped in economic and social turmoil. For […]
French Muslim party to run in parliamentary elections
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Anadolu Agency Photo The Turkish-Muslim Equality and Justice Party (PEJ), which mainly consists of young immigrants, will participate in France’s June parliamentary elections. The party was founded in January 2015, however some of its members had previously run in Municipal elections as independents. The […]
Baby girl born mid-air on Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A French woman successfully gave birth mid-flight with the help of the cabin crew on a Turkish Airlines flight on Friday as the aircraft was on its […]
Muslims protest with street prayer in Paris suburb
Source: Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Hemmed in and closely watched by police, hundreds of Muslims unrolled rugs and prayed outdoors Friday in the busy streets of a Paris suburb […]
Vandals desecrate 80% Jewish graves at small French cemetery
Source: http://www.rt.com The Jewish community of France has expressed “anger” over the toppling of some 40 headstones at an ancestral Jewish cemetery in Waldwisse, the same burial ground that already […]
What we do know about the Paris Orly attacker should concern us – terrorism doesn’t always start where we think
Zied is part of an increasing and chartable trend within counter terrorism: criminality, prison, radicalisation and terrorism. In Europe, the past 45 individuals out of the last 79 most recent terrorist profiles, have been incarcerated Joshua Stewart French police secure the area at Paris Orly airport in the aftermath of the shooting AFP/Getty […]
Why exactly did Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen waste so much time talking about the burkini?
Not the EU, not the eurozone crisis, not working with Trump or handling Brexit, but two political powerhouses trading blows over a swimsuit. Is this really the pinnacle of political debate in a country on the verge of an election that could prove defining in its cultural and geopolitical future? […]
Faced with rising seas, French Polynesia ponders floating islands
Low-lying, small islands of the Pacific are disproportionately at risk of losing land as sea level climbs Image Credit: AP Coral bleached white by heat stress in New Caledonia, an […]
Attacker killed at Orly airport France:
Source: BBC A man has been shot dead after trying to seize a soldier’s weapon at Orly airport in Paris, French officials say.He was killed by the security forces in a shop after the attack in the airport’s southern terminal. The airport has been shut after what the authorities described as […]
The Guardian view on the headscarf ruling: the toughest decisions have been left to national courts
Source: The Guardian The right of Muslim women to wear the headscarf and full-face veil in workplaces and public spaces has never been under greater scrutiny. It is a right […]
French city bans food handouts to migrants
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo The mayor of the northern French port city of Calais has taken measures to stop people from giving food to refugees as authorities struggle to […]
Marine Le Pen loses EU parliament immunity over tweets
Reuters International MAR 2, 2017 – Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and Member of the European Parliament, attends the election of the new President of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File photo (reuters_tickers) By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) – […]
EU Parliament lifts Le Pen immunity over gruesome tweets
Source: Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The European Parliament voted Thursday to lift the immunity from prosecution for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen for tweeting gruesome images of Islamic […]
Earliest known medieval Muslim graves are discovered in France
Shown are the oldest known Muslim graves in France, according to a new study. The finding suggests a Muslim community was established in Nimes, France, between the 8th and 9th centuries. (Yves Gleize) Deborah NetburnContact Reporter On the outskirts of the ancient Roman city of Nimes in southern France, archaeologists have discovered […]