(Politico) With the ban on abayas in schools, French President Emmanuel Macron is killing two birds with one stone: He sends a signal to the right and divides the left. But he also risks opening a Pandora’s box. The decision to forbid […]
(AFP) French authorities are to ban the wearing in school of abaya dresses worn by some Muslim women, the education minister said Sunday, arguing the garment violated France’s strict secular laws in education. “It will no longer be possible to wear an […]
(Politico) The left’s antisemitism problem has taken center-stage in France. The summer jamborees of the French Green party and the hard left were supposed to be opportunities to discuss climate change, wealth inequalities and next year’s European elections in a festive, holiday […]
(AFP) As riots raged around France earlier this month, infrastructure for next year’s Paris Olympics risked becoming engulfed in the violence, adding a fresh worry for organisers who face a head-spinning list of security challenges one year before the Games start. Surveillance […]
(National-UAE) France has banned the director of campaign group Cage from entering the country and accused him of spreading conspiracy theories about “Islamophobic persecution.” Muhammad Rabbani arrived in Paris last Tuesday but was detained for 24 hours before being sent back to […]
(Politico) Greece wants the EU to stop migrant boats before they even get to Europe. In an interview with POLITICO, newly appointed Greek Migration Minister Dimitris Kairidis called on the EU to resume an operation that aims to halt migrants before leaving […]
(AP) Widespread riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager with North African roots have revealed the depth of discontent roiling poor neighborhoods — and given a new platform to the increasingly emboldened far right. The far right’s anti-immigration […]
(AFP) In her first speech in parliament as France’s riots ebbed this week, far-right leader Marine Le Pen accused the government of turning the country into a “hell” that she had foreseen. “The reality is that you didn’t want to hear any […]
(Daily Caller) Former President Donald Trump said during a Friday speech in Iowa that he would reinstate a travel ban to prevent riots like those in France from happening. Riots broke out in France following the police shooting of a 17-year-old who […]
(AFP) One of the most senior figures in France’s mainstream right-wing party was accused of “crass racism” on Wednesday after claiming that immigrant-origin people who took part in riots over the past week had undergone “a regression to their ethnic roots.” Bruno […]
(Euractiv) The leader of the far-right party VOX, Santiago Abascal, indirectly accused radical Muslims living in the European Union of fuelling and masterminding recent rioting and looting in France. The French authorities are still on alert in Paris, although the sixth night […]
(JNS) Israel is closely monitoring and deeply concerned about “waves of antisemitism sweeping over France,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting. “In recent days, we have witnessed criminal assaults against Jewish targets. We strongly condemn these attacks […]
(Fox) Riots have gripped the suburbs of Paris and quickly spread to other towns and cities across France following the death of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop, but how did the situation spiral so far out of control? “What’s happening there […]
(AFP) France’s top administrative court on Thursday upheld a ban on women football players wearing Islamic hijab headscarves, after the issue was seized on by politicians claiming secularism was at risk. “Sporting federations whose task is to ensure the good functioning of […]
(National-UAE) Swedish court documents show that a Syrian man who attacked toddlers with a knife in a park in south-east France last month served in the Syrian Armed Forces in the early years of the civil war, leading to his citizenship being […]
(AFP) After spending past summers debating burkinis, France looks set for a new bout of arguing over Islamic clothing, this time over whether women’s football players should be allowed to wear headscarves during matches. At the centre of the latest soul-searching is […]
(AFP) A French women’s football collective seeking to overthrow a ban on players wearing the Islamic veil during [matches] scored a crucial legal goal on Monday in their judicial fight to force a rule change. Under its current rules, the French Football […]
(AFP) A reported increase in Muslim girls wearing the abaya dress at French schools has triggered a debate about their violation of the country’s sacrosanct commitment to secularism in education. France’s identity has long been wedded to its conception of secularism in […]
(Reuters) France has banned an upcoming Iranian opposition rally over the risk of an attack, according to a letter sent to the organisers and seen by Reuters, after the release of an Iranian diplomat convicted of masterminding a plot to bomb the […]
(AFP) When an Algerian woman with mental health problems killed a 12-year-old child in Paris last year, far-right idealogue Eric Zemmour wasted no time in labelling the crime a “francocide.” After a Syrian refugee stabbed four children and two adults at a […]
(AFP) French investigators on Tuesday searched the homes of a journalist and a former senior official over allegations of embezzlement from a fund set up in memory of a teacher beheaded by an Islamist radical. The controversy is casting a shadow over […]
(Reuters) The knife attack on toddlers in a French Alpine town, suspected to have been carried out by a Syrian refugee, has thrown a spotlight on President Emmanuel Macron’s struggles to find support for a new immigration bill in a fragmented parliament. […]
(AFP) A Syrian refugee armed with a knife stabbed four preschool children and injured two adults by a lake in the French Alps on Thursday in an attack whose motive remains unclear. The youngest victim in the quiet town of Annecy was […]
(Egypt Today) French authorities have frozen 25 million euros of the funds of the Muslim Brotherhood in France to limit the group’s activities, reported French daily newspaper Le Figaro this week. The authorities have suspended eight out of 20 funds belonging to […]
(AFP) A total of 14 people are set to face trial in France over the beheading of a teacher by an Islamist extremist in 2020, a crime that shocked the country, legal documents obtained by AFP showed on Tuesday. The most serious […]
(National-UAE) Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist and activist, was given a Metropolitan Police protection team on Tuesday evening after her appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored. Ms Alinejad spoke at the Sir Harry Evans Global Summit on Investigative Journalism in central London on […]
(BBC) The UK will give France almost £500m over three years to help stop migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. The cash was announced at a summit in Paris between UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Emmanuel Macron, who said […]
(Politico) The European Union warned Britain its crackdown on Channel migrant crossings violates international law — as the U.K. urged it to read the details. In an interview with POLITICO in Brussels, European Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said she had spoken […]
(AFP) France and Britain are working on a new deal to thwart migrants crossing the Channel, which could be agreed at a summit between leaders Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak later this week, a French official said Wednesday. Macron is set to […]
(BBC) A new law set to go before Parliament later will introduce new measures aimed at removing migrants entering the UK on small boats. The Illegal Migration Bill is set to prevent those arriving illegally from claiming asylum, and will block them […]
(Middle East Eye) The High Court in London has ruled that a tweet sent by the author and commentator Ed Husain had defamed a senior leader of the Muslim Council of Britain. Husain, also known as Mohammed Mahbub Husain, founded the defunct […]
(AFP) French politicians paid tribute Saturday to Charlie Hebdo staff and other victims of the January 2015 Islamist attacks, days after the satirical weekly’s latest edition sparked outrage in Iran. French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted the names of all 17 victims of […]
(AFP) French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is making headlines again by stirring outrage in Iran, demonstrating that it has lost none of its appetite for provocation or its ability to stir up diplomatic problems abroad. The irreverent and militantly atheist publication operates […]
(AFP) Iran warned France on Wednesday of consequences after satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Tehran deemed to be insulting. The weekly had published dozens of cartoons ridiculing the highest religious and political figure in […]
(AP) The family of a 12-year-old French girl who was brutally killed and had her body found in a plastic box led a silent march Wednesday in her honor through their Paris neighborhood. The parents of the girl, identified publicly only as […]
(AFP) Britain agreed to pay France another 72.2 million euros ($74.5 million) to prevent migrant boat crossings in the English Channel under a new deal signed on Monday that underlines improving ties between the neighbours. Around 42,000 people — most of them […]
(Connexion) French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne is among those to have paid homage to the victims of the terrorist attacks of November 13, seven years after 130 died and 350 were injured. A minute of silence was observed today, November 13, 2022, […]
(BBC) More than 40,000 migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats so far this year, the BBC has calculated, the highest number since figures began to be collected in 2018. Last year 28,526 people reached the south of England, while in […]
(AFP) The foreign ministers of Britain and France on Friday said significant progress was being made on an ambitious new deal to thwart illegal migration on small boats across the Channel. “They welcomed progress made towards a significant new UK-France agreement and […]
(BBC) Talks on a deal with France over small boat Channel crossings are in the “final stages,” No 10 has said. The comment came as Rishi Sunak had his first meeting as prime minister with French President Emmanuel Macron. Following the meeting, […]
(AP) Behind wire fences in southeast England, children wave their arms and chant “freedom” to grab the attention of people on the other side. A young girl throws a bottle with a message inside. “We need your help. Please help us,” the […]
(AFP) France’s National Assembly voted Friday to sanction a far-right MP with a rare 15-day suspension and pay cut after he yelled “back to Africa” at a black colleague, a clash that drew outrage across the political spectrum. Gregoire de Fournas, a […]
(BBC) The UK and France have pledged to boost co-operation to tackle migrant crossings in the English Channel, Downing Street has said. Rishi Sunak held his first call, since becoming prime minister, with President Emmanuel Macron on Friday. No 10 said the […]
(AFP) The parents of a French schoolgirl whose gruesome murder has shocked the country on Friday urged right-wing politicians to stop exploiting her death for political ends. A 24-year-old woman from Algeria with a history of psychiatric disorders has been charged with […]
(AFP) France’s government acknowledged Wednesday that it had to “do better” on illegal immigration after it emerged that an Algerian woman charged with the murder of a 12-year-old girl had been ordered to leave the country. The brutalised body of the victim, […]
(BBC) Grief and outrage in France over the murder of a 12-year-old girl found dumped in a plastic trunk in Paris has turned into a political row over the migrant status of the suspect. Lola’s body was found last Friday in a […]
(Radio France) As ceremonies continue on Monday commemorating the second anniversary of the death of secondary schoolteacher Samuel Paty, the French daily newspapers look back on a weekend of memorial events marked by sadness and dignity. Samuel Paty, teacher of history and […]
(National-UAE) The UK and France will work together more closely to tackle the migration crisis gripping both countries, British Prime Minister Liz Truss and French President Emmanuel Macron said during a meeting on Thursday. The pair met outside the first summit of […]
(Anadolu) France’s far-right politician Marine Le Pen has demanded more mosques be closed in the country. Her demand comes despite the closure of 24 mosques in France in the past two years upon the order of Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. In an […]
(Middle East Eye) Muslim civil society organisations have raised the alarm about a rising tide of state-sponsored Islamophobia in Europe at a major security and human rights conference in Poland. France, Denmark and Austria were among countries singled out over policies which […]
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