NY Times: India, France and Secularism
Source: New York Times By Sylvie Kauffmann The Indian organizers of two concerts by Ghulam Ali, a veteran Pakistani singer, did not want to take chances. They had received local […]
French Far-Right Politician Will Go on Trial for Comparing Muslims to Nazis
Time: French nationalist politician Marine Le Pen is set to face a trialin October for her past comments likening Muslim public prayers to the Nazi occupation, officials from her party and prosecutors in the eastern city of Lyon said Tuesday. The Lyon prosecutor’s office said Le Pen will be charged […]
Europe’s religious war: Failure and its consequences
Economist: MAX WEBER, the great German theorist of religious influence on economics, seems to be gaining more followers by the day. The latest person to posit a religious explanation for […]
War begets refugees
War begets refugees Aug 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES On April 26, 2011, a meeting that can only be described as sinister took place between then-Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The most pressing issue discussed at the meeting in Rome was how to deal with African immigrants. […]
A Creeping Sharia Freakout: How France’s latest “Muslim Problem” Really Wasn’t One
http://www.patheos.com/: As is usually the case in France, any time anything happens where Muslims could even remotely be involved, it becomes a media circus – any time is a good […]
MH370 investigators to meet in France ahead of wing analysis
French and Malaysian officials will meet as authorities confirm metallic debris found by locals did not come from an aircraft. Telegraph Reports Five days after the discovery of a Boeing 777 wing fragment on La Reunion island, French and Malaysian aviation experts will meet together with police and magistrates in […]
Swiss tourists warned of French burqa ban
Tourists in Annecy have been told that France banned veils back in 2011. Photo: AFP Swiss tourists warned of French burqa ban Published: 23 Jul 2015 11:11 GMT+02:00 Police in […]
French public beach closure due to Saudi royal family holiday angers locals
Guardian: Beach lovers on the French Riviera expressed their anger on Sunday over the imminent arrival of the Saudi royal family, who have ordered a long stretch of beach to […]
Anorexia Crackdown: France Bans Fashion Models Who Are Too Thin
nbcnews.com PARIS — France will ban excessively thin models and expose modeling agents and the fashion houses that hire them to possible fines and even jail, under a new law passed on Friday. France joins Italy, Spain and Israel which all adopted laws against too-thin models on catwalks or in […]
Tabligh Enthusiasm a century ago- A letter from British Library Collections
Excerpt from letter from Abdul Rahim to Fatah Muhammad Syal – This is an excerpt from a letter written by an Indian Post Office clerk, Abdul Rahim, to Fatah Muhammad […]
What is behind the recent bombing wave?
Summary Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon The most dangerous and troubling of the terror attacks in the past week in Tunisia Kuwait, France, Egypt and Yemen are probably the Kuwaiti and Egyptian attacks. The bombing of a Shiite mosque in Kuwait City […]
France opens terrorism probe after beheading attack at gas factory
France opens terrorism probe after beheading attack at gas factory CATHERINE LAGRANGE SAINT-QUENTIN-FALLAVIER , France — Reuters Published Friday, Jun. 26, 2015 5:56AM EDT Last updated Friday, Jun. 26, 2015 10:02AM EDT 45 38 1 https://apis.google.com/u/0/se/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&size=medium&annotation=bubble&width=&hl=en&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theglobeandmail.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theglobeandmail.com%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fone-dead-in-attack-explosion-at-french-gas-factory-arabic-banners-found-near-decapitated-body%2Farticle25128916%2F&gsrc=3p&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en.gKmhOycH3WM.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DAQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Ft%3Dzcms%2Frs%3DAGLTcCMO1egpdt63yfFOvaheZfmhqK-KOw#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh%2Conload&id=I0_1435347149997&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theglobeandmail.com&pfname=&rpctoken=41312302 AA A decapitated body daubed with Arabic writing was found at a U.S. gas […]
US ‘spied on French presidents’ – Wikileaks
Source: BBC The US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on French Presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande in 2006-12, Wikileaks says. The whistleblower website cites “top secret intelligence reports and technical documents” from the NSA. A French official said spying “between allies was unacceptable”. Mr Hollande is to […]
US 'spied on French presidents' – Wikileaks
Source: BBC The US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on French Presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande in 2006-12, Wikileaks says. The whistleblower website cites “top secret intelligence reports and technical documents” from the NSA. A French official said spying “between allies was unacceptable”. Mr Hollande is to […]
Pope ‘moved to tears’ by asylum seekers’ plight
By AFP – Jun 21,2015 – TURIN, Italy — Pope Francis said Sunday the plight of asylum seekers hoping for a new life in Europe was enough to make him […]
Hate and extremism 'not Islam': French PM
Source: ET Prime Minister Manuel Valls attends a meeting with French Muslims organisations in Paris, on June 15, 2015. PHOTO: AFP PARIS: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stressed on Monday there was no link between extremism and Islam, as he opened a conference aimed at improving ties with France’s large Muslim […]
Hate and extremism ‘not Islam’: French PM
Source: ET Prime Minister Manuel Valls attends a meeting with French Muslims organisations in Paris, on June 15, 2015. PHOTO: AFP PARIS: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stressed on Monday there was no link between extremism and Islam, as he opened a conference aimed at improving ties with France’s large Muslim […]
French Muslims say Veil Bans Gives cover to Bias
French Muslims say constant talk about banning veils has made them targets of abuse. Credit Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times WISSOUS, France — Malek Layouni was not thinking […]
French mayor expelled for claiming Islam will be banned from France by 2027
A French mayor, who claimed on Twitter that Islam will be banned in France by 2027, is facing expulsion from the country’s main opposition conservative party after rightists termed his […]
Charlie Hebdo accused of hypocrisy as it suspends journalist after death threats over her articles attacking Islam
the daily mail: Satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has been accused of hypocrisy after it suspended a journalist who has received death threats for her articles attacking Islamic extremism. Zineb El […]