France and US at odds over Mali force
EDITH M. LEDERER | ARABNEWS Tuesday 11 December 2012 UNITED NATIONS: France circulated a UN Security Council resolution Monday that would authorize the deployment of an African-led force to oust […]
French Muslim groups sue magazine over cartoons
France24: Two organisations – the Algerian Democratic Union for Peace and Progress (RDAP) and the Organisation of Arab Union – are claiming a total of €780,000 in costs and damages, according to AFP. The organisations say the court action is to “defend and support Islamic and/or Arabic people”. According to […]
Britain and France may recall envoys to Israel:
Source: TOI JERUSALEM: In an unprecedented move, Britain and France are mulling the option of recalling their envoys from Israel in protest against its decision to expand settlements, a media report here said. “This time it won’t just be a condemnation, there will be real action taken against Israel,” a […]
French wine consumption hits record low
The Telegraph : By Henry Samuel, Paris French consumption of wine has sunk to a new record low with the average adult now consuming barely a glass a day, a […]
France to back Palestinian U.N. status
Reporting by John Irish; Editing by Angus MacSwan: Source: Yahoo News PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Tuesday it would vote in favour of Palestinian non-member status at the United […]
France ends combat operations in Afghanistan
The Telegraph UK France has ended its combat operations in Afghanistan, pulling out hundreds of troops, earlier than other Nato allies. “This is the end of combat operations,” Mr Burkhard […]
Copé declared new leader of France’s opposition UMP
France24: Jean-François Copé has been declared the new leader of the opposition Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) by the party’s internal electoral body after a contested weekend vote that was plagued by allegations of fraud on both sides. Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s centre-right opposition UMP voted for its […]
French fury at Economist’s ‘time-bomb’ warning
France24: By Katharyn GILLAM France’s minister of industry slammed famed British weekly The Economist after it ran a 14-page special report calling the country’s economy a ticking time bomb and the biggest threat to the euro currency’s stability. In its edition set to hit news stands on Friday, the highly-respected […]
French soldiers’ wives strip in protest at late payments
France 24: By Charlotte BOITIAUX For one group of angry French soldiers’ wives, posing semi-naked has become a way of protesting against a computer glitch that has left their husbands unpaid. Their Facebook campaign, “Un paquet de Gauloises en colère” (a group of angry Frenchwomen) — which features the wives, girlfriends, […]
King Zog I returns to Albania 51 years after dying in France
Rfi: France The remains of Albania’s King Zog I were flown back to his country on Thursday after being exhumed in a cemetery near Paris. Zog, who reigned from 1928 to 1939, died in France in 1961. Details.
Death penalty: France condemns execution of soldier in Pakistan
Source: ET PARIS: France on Thursday condemned the hanging of a Pakistani soldier convicted of murder and called for the country to renew its moratorium on executions and work towards abolishing the death penalty. “This decision constitutes a step backwards in Pakistan’s move towards greater respect for human rights,” foreign ministry […]
Ahmadiyya Mosque, Epernay France, Wall Chalked
Spokesman Jama’at Ahmadiyya Epernay, France. Thurseday, 8th November 2012. It was informed that Wednesday night a right wing organization: Bloc Identitaire of France chalked the walls of Ahmadiyya Mosque, Epernay France. They also placed some stickers, bearing slogans against Islam, burqa, mosques and foreigners etc. Officials filed a report with national police, […]
French man dies in icy cold, snow expected in Paris
Rfi: France’s bitter cold temperatures have claimed their first life as forecasters said the thermometer will remain below freezing point longer than expected. Biting winds raked the east and centre Friday and snow is predicted in the Paris region on Sunday. A lot More to Read:
UK: Dr Iftikhar Ayaz, OBE, nominated for Active Refugee Advocacy Award
Lankaweb. Abdul Aziz Press Secretary Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’t Sri Lanka. OBE (Officer of the Excellent Order of the British Empire) Alfred Einstein Nobel Medal for Peace Man of the Year in Human Rights 2010 International Peace Prize University of Cambridge Ambassador of Knowledge Honoured as a Cambridge Blue Included amongst […]
Islamic School Trains Imams in France
Pupils study interpretations of the Koran’s twelfth chapter, at the European Institute of Social Sciences in central France.—AFP Photo SAINT-LIGER-DE-FOUGERET: Deep in the wooded hills of Burgundy in central France, an unusual institute is training unusual students: aspiring French imams who hope to minister to the country’s large Muslim population. Early in the […]
Hollande issues warning to Iran after meeting Israeli PM
PARIS — French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday said he wanted “concrete acts” from Iran to prove it was not pursuing nuclear arms, after his first direct meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Addressing a press conference with Netanyahu, whose aim during the two-day visit is to press for […]
French children to learn gay issues at primary school
Franca24. French Minister for Women’s Rights Najat Vallaud-Belkacem on Wednesday unveiled wide-ranging plans to fight homophobia in France that include teaching primary school children about issues affecting LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people. She said the Education Ministry was looking at changes to the school curriculum designed to reduce the […]
Arafat poisoning probe: Body to be exhumed in November
RAMALLAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 31 October 2012 Criminal investigators from France will exhume Yasser Arafat’s remains next month to try to find out how the Palestinian leader died, a French official said yesterday. The official said the team from France would arrive sometime between Nov. 24 and Nov. 26 in […]
Survey exposes French anxieties over Islam
France 24: Six out of ten French people believe the influence of Islam in France is “too big” and 43 percent see the religion as a “threat” to national identity, according to the results of an opinion poll published on Thursday. The sensitive poll, which will likely cause ripples in […]