Burkini
Laissez-faire French mayor reignites burkini war (LINK ONLY)
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Spain: Five Pakistan-linked men accused of glorifying terror attacks
(Breitbart) Spanish authorities have arrested and placed under investigation five young men, all linked to a radical party in Pakistan, who are believed to have glorified terrorist attacks, including the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty. All five of the young men are […]
News: North America
Is Khaled Barakat part of a terrorist group or a victim of Israeli intimidation? Israeli intelligence is not alone in situating Barakat, who resides in Vancouver, in the upper echelons of the PFLP’s chain of command
(National Post) He’s a high-ranking member of a Palestinian terrorist organization best known for dramatic airplane hijackings, suicide bombings and a 2014 massacre at a Jerusalem synagogue that left several worshippers severely injured and five dead, including Toronto-born rabbi Howie Rothman. That’s […]
Government & Politics
French government calls UK advocacy group Cage ‘Islamist militants’ Anti-radicalisation body accuses organisation of supporting terrorists and seeking to smear France
(National-UAE) UK advocacy group Cage, which has a focus on Muslim detainees, has been labelled “Islamist militants” by the French government’s anti-radicalisation body. The Interministerial Committee for the Prevention of Delinquency and Radicalisation has published nine tweets accusing Cage, founded by former […]
Government & Politics
French presidential election poll: 85 per cent of Muslims voted to keep Macron in power
(Breitbart) Muslims in France voted overwhelmingly for Emmanuel Macron, with 85 per cent of Muslim ballots going towards keeping the French president in power. 85 per cent of votes from Muslims in France during Sunday’s general election went to keeping Emmanuel Macron […]
Clothing
French election: 60 per cent support banning Islamic veil in public
(Breitbart) A poll released this week suggests that six in ten French people would support the government banning the Islamic veil in public spaces, a policy favoured by presidential election hopeful Marine Le Pen. The poll, which was conducted by the CSA […]
Clothing
Tensions over race, religion in France’s presidential race
(AP) From attacks on “wokeism” to crackdowns on mosques, France’s presidential campaign has been especially challenging for voters of immigrant heritage and religious minorities, as discourse painting them as “the other” has gained ground across a swath of French society. French voters […]
Clothing
Macron attacks Le Pen on Russia, Muslim headscarf ban pledge
(AP) French President Emmanuel Macron tore into his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a television debate Wednesday for her ties to Russia and for wanting to strip Muslim women of their right to cover their heads in public, as he seeks […]
Clothing
Voting for Macron is a bitter pill to swallow for some French Muslims
(Reuters) Ever since Lisa Troadec converted to Islam and began wearing a hijab almost a decade ago, the Frenchwoman says she has been subjected to verbal abuse, dirty stares and tripped in the street. She worries the alienation she feels will only […]
Clothing
Marine Le Pen says French headscarf ban ‘no longer main priority’ The once key campaign proposal would now be addressed after other measures such as cutting off Islamist funding, and would reportedly not target regular headscarf wearers
(Connexion) Banning the Islamic headscarf is no longer a “major priority” for far-right presidential election candidate Marine Le Pen, a member of her team said yesterday, in a U-turn on previous campaign pledges. “Banning the headscarf” was one of Ms Le Pen’s […]
Clothing
Faced with criticism, Le Pen allies tone down rhetoric on hijab ban
(Reuters) A planned hijab ban if French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is elected would come “little by little” and be determined by lawmakers, her allies said on Monday, marking a shift in tone less than a week ahead of the final […]
Clothing
Macron clashes with Le Pen over Islamic headscarf ban
(AFP) President Emmanuel Macron has clashed with his rival Marine Le Pen over her plan to ban women from wearing the Islamic headscarf in public, with an eye on the votes of Muslims in the second round of elections. Le Pen on […]
Animals
In France’s election, a meaty issue unites Jews and Muslims
(AP) As she cooks lunch and talks politics, Sarah Gutmann has a nasty feeling — of would-be French president Marine Le Pen invading the privacy of her home and meddling with her Jewish faith and the plates of chicken and kosher sausages […]
Academics & Education
Far-right presidential candidate wants total ban on Muslim headscarf in France Marine Le Pen says she wants to extend law prohibiting wearing the veil to entire public domain
(Anadolu) Right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen has pledged to impose a total ban on the wearing of the Muslim headscarf in public places if elected France’s next president. The leader of the National Rally party, who is currently leading second in polls […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
French interior minister’s Ramadan greeting message draws ire Gerald Darmanin defends message, denounces 'ordinary racism' for tweet
(Anadolu) France’s interior minister denounced racist comments Saturday and defended his greetings to French Muslims commemorating the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. Gerald Darmanin took to social media to post a message condemning “ordinary racism” for his tweet April 1 […]
Clerics & Preachers
Anti-Islam rhetoric in French election risks ‘spiral of hatred,’ says Paris mosque rector (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Pain endures for French Jews a decade after Toulouse shootings
(Radio France) Ten years after France was rocked by a series of Islamist shootings targeting Jewish children and French soldiers, President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday joined two of his predecessors — Nicolas Sarkozy and François Holland[e] — along with Israeli President Isaac […]
Academics & Education
French presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse denounces antisemitism on 10th anniversary of deadly attack at Toulouse Jewish school
(Algemeiner) French presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse on Friday visited the Jewish school in [the] southern city of Toulouse that 10 years ago was [the] site of a deadly Islamist terror attack that took the lives of a teacher and three small children. […]
Government & Politics
French interior minister dissolves pro-Palestinian NGOs advocating Israel’s destruction
(Algemeiner) France’s interior minister on Wednesday announced the dissolution of two pro-Palestinian advocacy organizations, accusing them of inciting violence and hatred. Gerald Darmanin confirmed on Twitter that both the “Collectif Palestine Vaincra” (“Palestine Will Overcome Collective”) and the Palestine Action Committee were […]
Government & Politics
EU states and Macron throw up obstacles to easing Channel migrant crisis (LINK ONLY)
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French bill banning hijabs in sports events moves to National Assembly
(Reuters) A draft bill that would ban the wearing of the hijab in sporting competitions will pass on to France’s National Assembly after the Senate on Wednesday declined to vote on the legislation. The broader bill is devoted to “democratising sport,” including […]
Clothing
French lawyer attacks EU over poster featuring Muslim woman Social media outburst puts France’s treatment of its minority Muslim population — the largest in Europe — back in the spotlight.
(Al-Jazeera) A French lawyer has criticised the European Union over an advertisement for its Conference on the Future of Europe event featuring a hijab-wearing Muslim woman. Thibault de Montbrial, an adviser to France’s centre-right presidential hopeful Valerie Pecresse, said the use of […]
Clothing
French minister condemns headscarf ban for Muslim footballers
(AFP) France’s gender equality minister threw her support on Thursday behind Muslim women footballers who are seeking to overturn a ban on players wearing headscarves on the pitch. Rules set by the French Football Federation currently prevent players taking part in competitive […]
Government & Politics
French Muslims uneasy as Islam takes centre stage in election
(AFP) The role of Islam in French society has emerged as a key battleground in the presidential election campaign, leaving many French Muslims uneasy over the bursts of rhetoric against the nation’s largest religious minority. Far-right candidates Marine Le Pen of the […]
Legal
French prosecutors probe death threats against TV reporter
(AFP) French prosecutors said Monday they have opened an investigation after death threats were issued against a journalist after she fronted a report over the rise of radical Islam in France. Ophelie Meunier has been under police protection since the M6 channel […]
Clerics & Preachers
Macron’s government seeks to reshape Islam in France
(AP) The French government on Saturday introduced a new body to reshape Islam in France, part of President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to rid it of extremism. The Forum of Islam in France leadership will be made up of clergy and lay people […]
Government & Politics
EU nations agree step-by-step approach to migration reform
(AP) European Union interior ministers on Thursday agreed to create a new decision-making body amid efforts to beef up the 27-nation bloc’s borders, and to kick-start desperately needed reforms to the EU’s malfunctioning asylum system on a step-by-step basis. The EU has […]
Government & Politics
Patel: Macron’s criticism of British immigration system ‘just wrong’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Macron takes aim at migration with eye on French election
(AP) French President Emmanuel Macron is taking aim at migration — a core issue in the country’s presidential campaign — by pushing to strengthen the European Union’s external borders against people illegally entering the bloc’s passport-free area. Macron is expected to run […]
Government & Politics
Let asylum seekers apply from France or there’s no Channel migrants deal, say Macron allies (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
France dumps Muslim advisory council that is ‘under foreign influence’
(Radio France) In what’s being described as a decisive period for Islam in France, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (Cfcm) — an official interlocutor between the government and religious leaders — is to be dissolved and replaced with a grassroots-style […]
Academics & Education
French journalist, 34, is given police guard over her report on radical Islam in town where shops sell faceless dolls (LINK ONLY)
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Alcohol & Drugs
Sarah Halimi’s killer is let out on day release — and could soon be freed (LINK ONLY)
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Alcohol & Drugs
French parliamentary report on the Sarah Halimi murder case reopens the wound it sought to heal
(JTA) A new parliamentary report on the 2017 killing of a Jewish woman by a Muslim attacker was meant to restore French Jews’ faith in their country’s police and justice systems. Instead, the report released last week has added fuel to the […]
Government & Politics
Emmanuel Macron calls on Britain to change policies to tackle migrant crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
France moves closer to banning veils in sports competitions
(AP) The French Senate has voted in favor of banning the wearing of headscarves in sports competitions, arguing that neutrality is a requirement on the field of play. The French upper legislative house voted late Tuesday in favor of amending a proposed […]
Children & Teens
French far-right hopeful Zemmour convicted of hate speech
(AFP) A French court on Monday found far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour guilty of racist hate speech for a televised tirade against unaccompanied child migrants. Zemmour drew widespread [outrage] in September 2020 when he told the CNews channel that child migrants were […]
Government & Politics
Macron rival Pecresse slams EU’s ‘sieve-like’ borders
(AFP) French right-wing presidential hopeful Valerie Pecresse on Saturday slammed the EU’s “sieve-like” borders for allowing migrants to enter undetected and backed calls for barbed-wire fences to prevent them crossing illegally into the bloc. Pecresse, whom polls show as President Emmanuel Macron’s […]
Government & Politics
French presidential candidate says strong EU borders needed
(AP) French presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse stressed the need for strong European borders Friday, during a visit to Greece that will also see her visit a camp for asylum seekers on an Aegean island used by migrants to enter Europe from neighboring […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Board of Deputies senior VP asked to ‘step down’ over far-right social media posts Exclusive: Investigation launched into posts by Gary Mond, deputy for JNF UK, who is accused of showing support for anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller, who is banned from the UK.
(Jewish News) Board of Deputies senior vice-president Gary Mond has been asked to “step down from his duties” while an investigation into allegations of anti-Muslim sentiment takes place. Mond — the deputy for Israel charity JNF UK where he is a trustee […]
Government & Politics
France to push for EU-wide UK migration treaty over Channel crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Gov’t overhaul of Muslim representation in France to move ahead in 2022
(CNS) With effect from January, the French government will deal with Muslims through a new, government-created body, with the aim of promoting Islam not related to foreign governments or radical Islamists. The new entity, the National Council of Imams (CNI), will replace […]
Government & Politics
Muslim groups to sign French Islam values charter after months of resistance
(Breitbart) Three Islamic federations have agreed to sign the French government’s proposed “Charter of Principles of Islam of France” after resisting signing the document for at least a year. The Turkish federations of the Coordination Committee of Turkish Muslims of France (CCMTF), Millî […]
Academics & Education
‘Hounded’ university lecturer Klaus Kinzler provides totem for France’s right (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Macron calls for EU emergency response system to control borders
(Reuters) The European Union needs an emergency response mechanism that a member state can trigger when the bloc’s external borders are under threat, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. Migration crises along the EU’s eastern flank this autumn underlined Europe’s need […]
Government & Politics
France rejects joint Channel border patrols with UK
(AFP) French Prime Minister Jean Castex told his British counterpart Boris Johnson that the UK held “a large part of the solution” to the Channel migrant crisis and rejected the idea of joint border patrols, according to [a] letter seen by AFP […]
Immigration
French police evict migrants from camp on Channel coast
(Reuters) Police on Tuesday tore down a makeshift camp near the northern French port of Dunkirk where scores of migrants who say they are fleeing war, poverty and persecution in the Middle East were hunkered down with hopes of reaching Britain. Armed […]
Employment
France accuses UK employers of ‘quasi-modern slavery’ amid Channel migrant crisis Cross-Channel migration is ‘first and foremost an English issue,’ said Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
(Politico) French Europe Minister Clément Beaune on Monday accused the U.K. of “an economic model of, sometimes, quasi-modern slavery” amid the ongoing migrant crisis in the English Channel. Also on Monday morning, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin called on the U.K. to […]
Government & Politics
France to offer Johnson EU deal on migrants
(AFP) France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex is preparing to write to British counterpart Boris Johnson with proposals for a new post-Brexit deal on migration with the EU after the disaster in the Channel last week that left 27 migrants dead, a minister […]
Crime
France urges Britain to do more on Channel migrant trafficking
(AFP) France on Sunday urged Britain to help more with cracking down on people-smuggling gangs following a row between the two countries last week over an unprecedented boat accident in the Channel that cost 27 lives. “We have to work with our […]