Azouz Begag September 27, 2024 France has witnessed an unprecedented event. At his farewell address, Gérald Darmanin, born in 1982 in Valenciennes and now former minister of the interior, dropped a bombshell before handing over to his successor, conservative Catholic Bruno Retailleau. As he often did during his seven-year tenure, […]
An upcoming prosecution barely addresses France’s growing Islamophobia and in fact exposes the state’s reluctance to fully confront its role in enabling increasing instances of hate. Hannan Hussain More than […]
By Kerim Sultanov The newly appointed French Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, selected by Emmanuel Macron, plans to revive the Ministry of Immigration. According to French media reports, he is already […]
Video Duration 46 minutes 55 seconds46:55Al Jazeera World The Chibanis – Bitter Bread: Algerian pensioners’ struggle in France Algerians who came to France in the ’50s now face laws making it […]
Paris (AFP) – After being knocked back at some 50 interviews for consulting jobs in France despite his ample qualifications, Muslim business school graduate Adam packed his bags and moved to […]
Paris’s oldest mosque is the epicentre of France’s Muslim community and serves as a bridge between the state and its Muslim citizens Gardens of the Great Mosque of Paris (MEE/Adrien le Coarer) By Kait Bolongaro Published date: 9 January 2017 PARIS – Behind the Jardin des Plantes, a solitary minaret overlooks a quiet […]
David Hearst 30 August 2024 The US and UK have shunned the growing concerns of Muslim communities, opening the door to a far-right surge British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks […]
Athlete Sifan Hassan has been praised for wearing a hijab when she collected her gold medal at the Olympics on Sunday, following France’s stance on the garment. The New Arab […]
Nadia Ahmad 1 August 2024 From the Paris Olympics to US elections, true inclusivity requires more than lip service Women pose with a banner reading ‘football for all’, protesting […]
Arnab Neil Sengupta July 31, 2024 The brouhaha over the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris has struck many Francophiles as a case of much ado about nothing, […]
Egypt’s Al-Azhar condemned ‘insulting’ scenes that organisers say depicted Olympian gods The Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony in Paris, 26 July 2024 (Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski) By Alex MacDonald Published date: 29 July 2024 The opening ceremony of the Olympic games in France provoked a backlash from Christian and Muslim religious […]
ANDREW HAMMOND July 28, 2024 Many governments still believe that hosting major sporting contests commands significant prestige, yet that assessment may be sorely tested with the huge challenges facing the […]
By Social Links for Katherine Donlevy Published July 26, 2024 A crew of drag queens and dancers performed an apparent “parody of the Last Supper” at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony […]
BY HILAL KAPLAN JUL 25, 2024 – DAILY SABAH A mourner reacts during the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at Al-Nasser Hospital, in Khan […]
The French ban on Muslim Olympians from wearing the hijab is not a secular value—its fascist oppression—and a symptom of France’s systemic abuse of women QASIM RASHID JUL 25, 2024 […]
NEWS July 16, 2024 The ban on French women athletes who wear headscarves from competing at the Olympic Games breaches international human rights laws and exposes the discriminatory hypocrisy of French authorities and the craven weakness of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said Amnesty International in a new report published […]
Residents of working-class neighbourhoods fear an increase in police violence and discrimination if National Rally takes power Mounia Merzouk (centre) – the mother of Nahel, a 17-year-old who was shot […]
Qasim ChoudharyCONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 2nd July 2024 ©Shutterstock Qasim Choudhary, USA ‘Kylian Mbappé is against the extremes, the groups that divide us. We have the opportunity to choose the […]
French society has witnessed a sharp escalation in Islamophobia in recent years, along with many anti-Muslim policies. For France, the writing seems to be on the wall: the general elections […]
SALAH GUEMRICHE July 03, 2024 In his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Elie Wiesel said: “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.” For an Algerian who lived through the […]