Source: Independent By Rachael Revesz New York A Muslim couple who accused Delta Air Lines of Islamophobia for throwing them off a flight have spoken of their ordeal for the first time. They said […]
nder cover of darkness, they beached their small, lateen-rigged sailing vessel on the rocky shore and began the slow, silent climb to the manor house on the hill. Storm clouds shrouded the moon, darkening the coastal Mediterranean landscape; sporadic rain and gusting winds concealed the sailors’ approach. They were 20 […]
‘We don’t want any area that is only Muslim or any area where there are no Muslims’ Samuel Osborne @SamuelOsborne93 A halal supermarket in Paris has been ordered by local […]
AGENCIES | Published — Friday 5 August 2016 MARSEILLE: Plans for a waterpark in Marseille to set aside a day just for Muslim women wearing burqinis — full-body swimsuits — […]
Source: Associated Press By ELAINE GANLEY PARIS (AP) — French Muslims have been officially invisible, expected to blend in with the rest of the citizenry in secular France. But now […]
Source: breitbart.com | by LIAM DEACON The small number of Muslims who attended an “interfaith” Mass in France, after an Islamist beheaded a Catholic priest in Normandy, were from a moderate but persecuted sect who are considered “apostates” in mainstream Islamic thought. “We are very moved by the presence of our Muslim friends […]
Outside the church, a group of Ahmadi Muslims were applauded when they unfurled a banner: “Love for all. Hate for none.” Churchgoer Jacqueline Prevot said the attendance of Muslims was “a magnificent gesture.” “Look at this whole Muslim community that attended Mass,” she said. “I find this very heartwarming. I am […]
Source: The Guardian A new foundation will be created to help finance mosques in France in an effort to prevent the funding of places of worship by radical overseas benefactors, […]
Source: “Look at this whole Muslim community that attended Mass,” she said. “I find this very heartwarming; I am confident. I say to myself that this assassination won’t be lost, that it will maybe relaunch us better than politics can do; maybe we will react in a better way.” Many of […]
At some point, we in the West are going to have to learn that if we intervene militarily in Mali or Iraq or Libya or Syria or interfere in Turkey, or Egypt, or the Gulf, or the Maghreb – then we will not be safe ‘at home’ Robert Fisk @indyvoices […]
Source: independent.com.mt Ministry, Archbishop condemn ‘desecration’ of Koran copies at Mater Dei Hospital Saturday, 30 July 2016, 06:52Last update: about 1 day ago The Health Ministry this morning condemned the “desecration” of Koran copies that were at the multi-faith room at Mater Dei Hospital. The incident happened on Friday afternoon. The […]
July 26, 2016 DANIEL ESTRIN i Majda Belaroui, 21, answered the call to volunteer for the French military reserves following the recent terrorist attack in Nice. But Majda, a Muslim, refused to remove her headscarf and hijab, as required under a French law that prohibits displays of religion in government […]
Kermiche was an attention-seeking child whose behavioural problems led him to a psychiatric hospital Image Credit: Supplied This still image taken from video shows the two men, Abdel Malik Nabil Petitjean and Adel Kermiche, behind the church attack in Normandy in this video released July 28, 2016. Published: 14:13 […]
Source: The Guardian By Agence France-Presse in Paris France’s prime minister has said he would consider a temporary ban on the foreign financing of mosques, urging a “new model” for relations […]
Manuel Valls, under fire after recent attacks, says he is open to idea of banning foreign financing of mosques Manuel Valls meeting religious representatives at the Elysee Palace in Paris earlier this week. Photograph: Messyaz/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock Agence France-Presse in Paris Friday 29 July 2016 France’s prime minister has said he would […]
‘It is true that we found only their heads,’ the Archbishop of Algiers said quietly to me on a hot afternoon, the sound of police sirens echoing over the city, as he spoke of monks being slaughtered. ‘Three of their heads were hanging from a tree near a petrol station’ Robert Fisk […]
Source: Time (PARIS) — France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor says one of the men who attacked a Normandy church evaded police twice using relatives’ ID cards in attempts to reach Syria. Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins told reporters that 19-year-old Adel Kermiche was wearing an electronic surveillance bracelet when he and another attacker […]
Source. CNN Francis said Wednesday that “the world is at war” as he addressed the slaying of a Catholic priest by radical Islamists in France, but he stressed it was not a war of religion. Speaking on the papal plane en route to Krakow, Poland, for World Youth Day celebrations, Francis […]
Source: BBC French religious leaders have called for more security at places of worship following the murder of an elderly priest in Normandy on Tuesday. Representatives of Christian, Muslim, Jewish […]
Source: BBC An 84-year-old priest was killed and four other people taken hostage by two armed men who stormed his church in a suburb of Rouen in northern France. The […]