Paris floods: Seine set to peak as more rain forecast
Source: BBC Floodwaters in Paris continue to rise with the River Seine due to hit a peak of up to 6.5m (21ft) later on Friday. The world-famous Louvre and Orsay […]
The even darker side of Israel
Jun 02,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – GEORGE S. HISHMEH The upcoming international conference to relaunch Palestinian-Israeli peace efforts, sponsored by French President Francois Hollande and to be held in Paris on June 3, is rife with serious damaging problems precipitated by Israel’s right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who expanded his […]
Why halal offers opportunities in France grocery sector
By Jacques Dupré, IRI | 1 June 2016 Halal is growing category in France Ramadan begins next week, a month when Muslims fast from dawn until sunset but outside those hours prepare meals with plenty of food. However, in many markets, the halal sector is in growth year-round. Jacques Dupré, […]
France Wants To Build More Than 600 Miles of Solar Roads
Source: Niume The French Minister of Ecology and Energy, Ségolène Royal, has announced that the country plans to cover 1,000 kilometres (621 miles) of roads with solar panels, according to the Global Construction Review. A single kilometre segment of the surface, called Wattway, can generate enough power for a town of […]
What is French secularism?
Source: History Today By Martin Evans Martin Evans is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Sussex. He is the author of Algeria: France’s Undeclared War (Oxford University […]
A medieval castle-that floats
Source: BBC By Amanda Ruggeri St Michael’s Mount, located half a mile south off the Cornish coast, can be accessed on foot – but only at low tide. Fraternal forts […]
Israel rejects French peace bid; Zionists kill woman
AFP | Published — Tuesday 24 May 2016 Israeli soldiers and police gather around the body of a Palestinian (front) who was allegedly shot in head by an Israeli soldier in West Bank town of Hebron, in this March 24, 2016 photo. (AFP) JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Islam and Christianity share ‘idea of conquest’, says Pope Francis
theguardian: by Pontiff condemns ‘ghettoisation’ of migrants and hails Sadiq Khan’s election as first Muslim mayor of London Pope Francis: ‘Talk of the Christian roots of Europe … can seem triumphalist or even vengeful.’ Photograph: AGF/Rex/Shutterstock Islam and Christianity share an inherent “idea of conquest”, and those who refer to […]
WHAT CAN THE U.S. LEARN FROM RADICALIZATION IN THE FRENCH-SPEAKING WORLD?
Source: The New Yorker By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Benjamin Wallace-Wells began contributing to The New Yorker in 2007, and joined the magazine as a staff writer in 2015. He writes mainly […]
How the Sykes-Picot Agreement Helped Make a Messed-Up Middle East
Source: Time By Ian Bremmer The 100th anniversary of the Sykes-Picot agreement comes on May 19, marking a century that helped shaped the Middle East May 19 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, signed by diplomats Sir Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot to help Britain and France divide the […]
Israel shuns French initiative after UNESCO vote
By AFP – May 15,2016 – An Israeli soldier asks a protester with a Palestinian flag to go further during confrontations following a rally to commemorate the ‘Nakbeh’ or ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic in reference to the creation of Israel in 1948 on Palestinian land on Sunday in the […]
US cool on France Mideast peace push, may not attend
By AFP – May 12,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Palestinians stand atop a damaged building as they wait for their relatives to return to Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, after it was opened by Egyptian authorities on Wednesday for two days for the first time in three months, […]
In France, an uncertain future for Jews
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley PARIS — France is home to the largest Jewish community in Europe, and its most troubled. A wave of anti-Semitic violence in recent […]
French government battles intolerance with new public relations campaign
Source: RNS By Elizabeth Bryant PARIS (RNS) On a sunny spring morning, an 18-year-old college student wrapped a scarf around her head to feel what it would be like to […]
France unveils new €40m plan to fight radicalization
Prime Minister Manuel Valls at the press conference. Photo: Eric Feferburg/AFP France unveils new €40m plan to fight radicalization Published: 09 May 2016 12:53 GMT+02:00 France will create centres in each region of the country to de-radicalize people or prevent them becoming involved in jihadist groups, the prime minister said […]
The Marseille synagogue that is becoming a mosque
Source: BBC By Lucy Williamson BBC News, Marseille For the first time, a synagogue in Marseille is in the process of being sold to a Muslim organisation, which has plans […]
Will France Stop Muslim Soccer Players From Praying?
Source. The Daily Beast NICE, France — Wearing Muslim head scarves in schools has been banned all over the country since 2004. But will the mayor of Nice get away with telling Muslim football players they can’t pray on the field? Many in Nice question why Mayor Christian Estrosi is […]
Will France Stop Muslim Soccer Players From Praying?
Dana Kennedy http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/02/will-france-stop-muslim-soccer-players-from-praying.html?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning NICE, France — Wearing Muslim head scarves in schools has been banned all over the country since 2004. But will the mayor of Nice get away with telling Muslim football players they can’t pray on the field? Many in Nice question why Mayor Christian Estrosi is suddenly […]
Marseille synagogue to be converted into mosque
Source: Yahoo News Marseille (AFP) – A synagogue in cfris to be converted into a mosque, reflecting demographic shifts in the southern French city, a Jewish leader has told AFP. […]
Revived French peace process
Apr 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH The French government’s repeated attempts to thaw the frozen Palestinian-Israeli peace process do not seem to have ceased despite lack of enthusiasm for the endeavour from almost all those supposedly concerned. Apart form the Palestinian Authority, the two other key partners, […]