Biden’s unilateral approach bad news for America’s allies
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB January 17, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/88abs French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian last week made a subtle criticism of the US. He said there is no […]
France shuts mosque in Beauvais for sermons ‘defending jihad’
A mosque in the northern French region of Oise has been closed because of an imam’s radical sermons, said to have “defended jihad”. The mosque in the town of Beauvais […]
The French presidential race presents Macron with a daunting challenge
DR. JOHN C. HULSMAN December 25, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/2e6ca On the surface, things are looking up for the endlessly ambitious Emmanuel Macron, president of France. With the recent installation […]
Muslims’ freedom under great threat in France
BY HACI MEHMET BOYRAZ DEC 08, 2021 – 12:05 AM GMT+3A general view of the entrance to the Grand Mosque of Paris, the capital Paris, France, Dec. 11, 2020. (Photo […]
France’s ‘surrealpolitik’ polic in Libya
BY ABDENNOUR TOUMI NOV 19, 2021 – 12:05 AM GMT+3A photo illustration by Daily Sabah’s Büşra Öztürk shows French President Emmanuel Macron as Libya’s national flag is seen. Emmanuel Macron, […]
France needs to ask: ‘What does it mean to be French?’
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB November 19, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/jyp26 French President Emanuel Macron has changed the shade of blue on the French flag, although apparently the switch was made in 2020 without anyone realizing. The Elysee Palace said that the darker blue is punchier and more elegant, but there […]
Macron delivers a message of hope on war-torn Libya
KHALED ABOU ZAHR November 18, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/z9mfk In the first months of his presidency in 2017, French leader Emmanuel Macron hosted bitter Libyan rivals Fayez Al-Sarraj, then-prime minister […]
Is colonialism a thing of the past in France?
BY ISLAM ABDEL-RAHMAN OP-ED NOV 16, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3A photo illustration by Daily Sabah’s Büşra Öztürk shows French President Emmanuel Macron. Unfortunately, the answer to the question is a big ‘no’ […]
Religion, secularism and French paradox
WORLD There is another theory why Macron is pushing this bill. Ahead of elections in 2022, he is making a political calculation to win support of the far right and the left. French political framework is complicated because a portion of the left tends to be most strict about existence […]
Tensions escalate between France, Algeria over French president’s remarks
Algeria’s official history has been rewritten based on hatred against France, Emmanuel Macron reportedly says Yusuf Ozcan |04.10.2021 PARIS Tensions between France and Algeria have continued to rise following […]
Algeria recalls envoy to Paris after Macron’s visa move, remarks
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL EUROPE OCT 02, 2021 6:21 PM GMT+3French President Emmanuel Macron reacts as he hosts a dinner at the Elysee Palace as part of the closing ceremony of […]
‘I felt violated by the demand to undress’: three Muslim women on France’s hostility to the hijab
In France, a new law could seriously restrict women’s rights to wear headscarves in public, and there are fears that it will entrench Islamophobia Source: The Guardian By Myriam François, […]
Macron party head warns candidate in headscarf won’t get party support
18 HOURS AGO Stanislas Guerini, who helped found President Macron’s centrist movement in 2016, threatens to pull back support for Sara Zemmahi, who is running for office in the southern […]
France should mobilize rather than marginalize its Muslims
ZAID M. BELBAGI April 15, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/wbu8p The egalitarian principles of the French republic would suggest that the state is blind to the creeds and private beliefs of […]
Viewpoint: France’s President Macron doesn’t get the impact of colonialism on Algeria
Published1 day ago French President Emmanuel Macron is surrounded by security as he greets children in the streets of Algiers on December 6, 2017. IMAGE COPYRIGHTAFP French President Emmanuel Macron […]
West fails to act against rising anti-Islam sentiment: Erdoğan
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL POLITICS FEB 06, 2021 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at the Ali Cami after a Friday prayer, Istanbul, Feb. 5, 2021. (AA Photo) “Muslims are being […]
‘Je ne regrette rien’ won’t do, M. Macron
Author DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB January 24, 2021 French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to the French Bakery and Pastry Federation members next to the traditional epiphany cake, at […]
France: Commission approves bill targeting Muslims
Bill introduced by French president to fight so-called Islamist separatism Alaattin Dogru | 24.01.2021 PARIS A special commission in the French National Assembly approved the “charter of republican values” which […]
Macron hails French Muslim charter against extremism
By AFP – Jan 18,2021 – JORDAN TIMES PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron praised French Muslim leaders on Monday after they agreed on a “charter of principles” aimed at combatting […]
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