Documentary on radical Islam raises hackles in France
Source: Yahoo News Paris (AFP) – A documentary on radical Islam has struck a nerve in France two-and-a-half months after a devastating jihadist attack in Paris and sparked a debate […]
French Minister Christiane Taubira resigns amid terror row
Source: BBC French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has stepped down from her job, shortly before plans to strip people convicted of terrorism of their citizenship go before parliament. Ms Taubira […]
Rouhani due in Paris as Iran drums up business with French
Source: BBC Iranian president Hassan Rouhani will arrive in France on Wednesday for the second leg of his state visit to Europe, after three days in Italy. Mr Rouhani is […]
France to overhaul secularism teaching to help stop radicalisation
Source: The Guardian By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Education minister says pupils should be taught that separation of church and state is there to protect them, accusing rightwing politicians of […]
France to overhaul secularism teaching to help stop radicalisation
Source: The Guardian The French principle of secularism has been twisted by politicians and so often wrongly used to attack Islam that schoolchildren have been left baffled, the French education […]
Cartoon posted by the Queen of Jordan in response to Charlie Hebdo goes viral
By Mohammad Ghazal – Jan 16,2016 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A cartoon published by Her Majesty Queen Rania in response to the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s mocking of the three-year-old Syrian boy found dead on a Turkish beach last year went viral over the weekend. On her Facebook […]
23 Dead in a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso: Finding solutions to the menace of terrorism
Source: BBC At least 23 people of 18 different nationalities are now known to have died after Islamist militants attacked a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso. Al-Qaeda militants attacked the […]
Charlie Hebdo attacks: Paris hero Lassan Bathily tells of mixed emotions a year after atrocity
The young Malian went from migrant worker to right-wing target after helping hide Jewish hostages at a kosher supermarket before briefing police before their successful assault John Lichfield Paris Thursday 7 January 2016 Lassana Bathily with his book ‘Je ne suis pas un heros’ (‘I Am Not A Hero’) Getty Images Lassana […]
Hundreds of French mosques open their doors to the public
Source: Yahoo News Paris (AFP) – Hundreds of mosques across France are participating in a major open-house event this weekend, offering visitors the opportunity to come in for tea and […]
French mosques extend open invitation
Source: BBC French mosques have invited non-Muslims in to try to create greater understanding of Islam in France. Visitors are being offered hot drinks, pastries, calligraphy demonstrations and discussion during […]
The little car you can drive in France without a licence
Source: BBC If you are planning on driving in France, beware – one could be heading straight for you at the next roundabout. Carolyn Brown, who lives part of the […]
Vatican newspaper denounces ‘woeful’ Charlie Hebdo cover
Source: Reuters The Vatican newspaper has criticized French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo for depicting God as a Kalashnikov-carrying killer, saying it was “woeful” and disrespectful to true believers of all […]
Charlie Hebdo anniversary cover disrespects all faiths, Vatican newspaper says
theguardian — Osservatore Romano says cartoon shows sad paradox of world that is increasingly careful to be politically correct yet does not respect believers’ faith The anniversary edition of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo at a printing house near Paris. Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images The Vatican’s newspaper on Tuesday […]
Françoise Frenkel’s escape from the Nazis and Vichy France: A bitter, beautiful and important book
Françoise Frenkel’s book ‘Rien où poser sa tête’ has been rescued from obscurity. Robert Fisk celebrates an extraordinary writer, and her story which has a mystery at its heart. Robert Fisk @indyvoices Tuesday 29 December 2015 German-occupied Paris, 1942. The Jewish population were forced to wear the yellow […]
Muslims Seek a Delicate Balance in a Secular Europe
Source: Pulitzer Center BY NICK SHINDO STREET A light rain was falling as young men and women — some in hip European street clothes, others in hijabs or ankle-length robes […]
Refugee crisis: Inside the Dunkirk camp where 2,500 refugees live in conditions ‘far worse’ than the Calais Jungle
At the Grande-Synthe camp, children are forced to play in the mud as a sanitation crisis looms Adam Lusher Wednesday 23 December 2015 286 comments Mohammad Faiq, four, plays outside his family’s tent at the Grande-Synthe camp, near Dunkirk, yesterday Justin Sutcliffe In front of a tent pitched beside a […]
Corsica demos banned after two days of anti-Arab protests
By AFP – Dec 27,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Demonstrators, most of them angry against Muslim residents, march in Ajaccio, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, on Saturday (AP photo) AJACCIO, France — France banned demonstrations in part of the Corsican capital Ajaccio on Sunday following two days of anti-Arab […]
Protesters ransack Muslim prayer hall on French island
AFP — DAWN.COM 43 COMMENTS A picture taken on December 25, 2015 shows a devastated Muslim prayer hall in Ajaccio, after protesters vandalised it and tried to set fire to copies of the Holy Quran.—AFP AJACCIO: Demonstrators ransacked a Muslim prayer hall and attempted to burn copies of the […]
Israel reports record immigration of Jews from France in 2015
Reuters International DEC 24, 2015 – swissinfo.ch JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A record number of French Jews moved to Israel this year, an immigration official said on Thursday, citing anti-Semitic violence […]
Birmingham’s ancient Koran history revealed
Source: BBC When the University of Birmingham revealed that it had fragments from one of the world’s oldest Korans, it made headlines around the world. In terms of discoveries, it […]