France police arrest woman for saying Islamic greeting ‘assalam alaykum’
October 15, 2023 at 9:03 am A woman seen passing near a squad of police during the rally on October 13, 2023 in Paris [Telmo Pinto/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images] […]
Fraxinetum. An Arab State in Southern France and Switzerland in the 10th century
Fraxinetum Coordinates: 43°19′17″N 06°27′50″E From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fraxinetum or Fraxinet (Arabic: فرخشنيط, romanized: Farakhshanīt or فرخشة Farakhsha, from Latin fraxinus: “ash tree“, fraxinetum: “ash forest”) was the site of a Muslim fortress in Provence between about 887 and 972. It is identified with modern La Garde-Freinet, near Saint-Tropez. […]
French schools’ ban on abayas and headscarves is supposedly about secularism − but it sends a powerful message about who ‘belongs’ in French culture
September 29, 2023 Surel Twitter Facebook81 LinkedIn Cetak France’s decision to ban public school students from wearing the abaya – a long dress or robe popular among women in certain Muslim cultures […]
France hijab ban ‘against Olympic spirit’: Islamic sports body
DISCRIMINATION The Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation says the hijab is “an aspect of many Muslim women’s identity and should be respected”, adding that the French ban could prevent some French […]
Observers of France’s abaya ban should look to Britain for a sensible example
The UK seems to understand that coercion is counter-productive in a multi-faith society H A HELLYER RIM-SARAH ALOUANE The recent banning of the abaya in France’s public schools has become the new […]
Don’t tell women what to wear, UN says after France bans hijab at Olympics
UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO FacebookTwitter GENEVA – The United Nations stressed on Tuesday it was opposed to most dress codes for women, after France barred its Olympic athletes from wearing […]
‘Conquer the women’: Colonial roots of France’s abaya ban
The state-sanctioned disenfranchisement of minorities, especially Muslims, is a byproduct of a colonial doctrine that was aimed at Algerian women in the 1930s. LOUBNA REGUIG It is not just the […]
European action day against Islamophobia: Assessing the ongoing struggle of Muslims
As September 21 is marked as the European Action Day against Islamophobia, we are confronted with an unsettling reality: Europe has become a breeding ground for anti-Islam hatred. From the […]
Muslim girl banned from school for kimono sues France in UN court
BY ANADOLU AGENCY PARIS SEP 22, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A Muslim woman, wearing the style of dress called an abaya, walks in a street in Nantes, France, Aug. 29, 2023. […]
Pope calls for greater tolerance towards migrants
The Star Worldwide (English) Story by by EMMANUEL WANJALA • Pope Francis said on Saturday that migration was not an emergency, but rather “a reality of our times. • He […]
Migration: Pope Francis condemns EU’s refugee policy
Story by Frank Hofmann, Christoph Strack •9h The Pope is heading to Marseille in southern France. He’s expected to deliver harsh comments on the living conditions of migrants. Pope Francis has […]
French schizophrenia: ‘La laicite’ as the state religion
BY ABDENNOUR TOUMI SEP 20, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Women wearing an “abaya” walk on a bridge in the southwestern city of Toulouse, France, Sept. 6, 2023. (AFP Photo) Macron […]
Anti-Western Sentiment Growing in Senegal. “We Must Free Ourselves from France’s Stranglehold!”
West Africa has seen a number of recent coup d’états. Might Senegal be next? The mood in the country is rapidly turning against France – and the change is primarily […]
Syrian physicians fled violence to start over abroad – and then the doors slammed in their faces
Mark Lee Hunter Loujein Haj Youssef 14 September, 2023 A year-long data-driven ARIJ investigation establishes that official figures on the emigration of Syrian doctors are a steep underestimate. Many qualified […]
Why Is France So Obsessed With Controlling Muslim Women’s Bodies?
Source: MSN Earlier this month, France’s top administrative court upheld the government’s decision to ban abayas in schools, after a Muslim rights group had argued that the measure was discriminatory. […]
Epidemic or revolution: the other side of the West Africa upheaval
September 13, 2023 at 11:59 pm Thousands of people gather in front of the French military base to hold a demonstration in the capital Niamey demanding the French soldiers to […]
What we are witnessing in Africa is not an anti-colonial revolution
OPINION OPINION, Opinions Let us stop celebrating coups aimed at furthering the interests of a few military elites as acts of anti-imperialist resistance. Published On 5 Sep 20235 Sep 2023 […]
French shrug off Muslim upset at abaya ban in schools
By Hugh Schofield, Khadidiatou Cissé & Kaine Pieri BBC News in Paris and London Why should a teenage girl not be able to express her religious beliefs and at the […]
Macron plans changes to allow immigration referendum in France
AFP – news@thelocal.fr Published: 7 Sep, 2023 French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he would offer proposals to widen referendums in France to allow a possible ballot on immigration demanded […]
Top court in France backs abaya Muslim dress ban in schools
BY AGENCIES PARIS, FRANCE SEP 07, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A woman wearing an abaya dress walks in the streets of Marseille, southern France, Aug. 29, 2023. (AFP Photo) The French […]