(BBC) Almost 280 people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Wednesday, the Home Office has confirmed. The nine boats with 279 people on board were brought to Dover, with French authorities stopping one boat with 25 people on board from […]
(Radio France) The terrorist survivor of the Paris attacks Salah Abdeslam resumed his evidence late on Wednesday, after the court had heard and dismissed claims of prejudice from some of the defence lawyers. It was as if Tuesday’s mass walk-out by the […]
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(Radio France) Tuesday’s session at the special criminal court in Paris ended abruptly when the fifty lawyers defending those accused of complicity in the November 2015 terrorist attacks left the courtroom en masse. They were protesting against “an atmosphere unfavourable to their […]
(Anadolu) France has shut down a mosque for a six-month period amid an ongoing drive against Muslims and their places of worship. The Al-Farouk Mosque in Pessac district near the city of Bordeaux in southwestern France was closed for allegedly defending “radical […]
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(Algemeiner) The French interior ministry on Tuesday reversed a decision ordering the closure of a mosque in the riviera city of Cannes that was identified as a hotbed of Islamist agitation. The ministry waived what was termed the “administrative closure” of the […]
(Reuters) Salah Abdeslam, believed to be the sole surviving member of the Islamist squad that struck Paris in November 2015, told a court on Tuesday that he did not know of the attack plot from the outset and that he bore no […]
(Breitbart) African migrants, along with a host of other nationalities, are exploiting the war in Ukraine to enter France, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) has claimed. Nicolas Bay MEP has claimed that African migrants are using refugee channels aimed at […]
(Radio France) On Thursday, the accused Ali El Haddad Asufi was questioned by the special criminal court about his possible involvement in helping the November 2015 Paris killers to obtain the Kalashnikov machine guns used in the attacks. Asufi admits that he […]
(Radio France) On Wednesday, the trial of those suspected of involvement in the November 2015 terrorist attacks heard from a police investigator, from a DNA expert, and from a friend of several of the accused. The evidence was frequently intimidating, not to […]
(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 […]
(AFP) A French court on Wednesday sentenced to jail terms of up to 13 years three men charged with connections to the brutal 2016 jihadist killing of an 85-year-old priest that shocked the country. Father Jacques Hamel had his throat slit at […]
(Radio France) Tuesday was an unsatisfactory day at the Special Criminal Court in Paris, where those suspected of involvement in the November 2015 terrorist attacks are being tried. The Belgian police investigation has never identified the source of the weapons used in […]
(Radio France) France’s National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday opened an inquiry into the violent attack in a southern jail which left Corsican militant Yvan Colonna in a coma. Meanwhile, tension has mounted after his supporters blocked a ferry in the port of […]
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(Radio France) The second day of Belgian police evidence at the Paris terror trial was very similar to Tuesday’s opening of this chapter on the preparations for the attacks, especially in the combination of DNA evidence suggesting the presence of several of […]
(Reuters) France’s highest court on Wednesday upheld a ban on barristers wearing the hijab and other religious symbols in courtrooms in the north, a ruling that is the first of its kind and sets a precedent for the rest of the country. […]
(Radio France) After an unscheduled two-week break provoked by cases of Covid-19 among the 14 accused, the Paris terror trial resumed on Tuesday with Belgian police evidence on the preliminary planning for the attacks — the efforts by the terrorists and their […]
(BBC) Four small boats with 132 people on board crossed the English Channel on Saturday, the Home Office said. The Home Office has released figures showing that 28,526 people made the crossing from France in small boats [in] 2021, treble the number […]
(Radio France) Despite the ravages provoked by Covid-19, which have already led to three weeks of suspensions, the Paris terror trial has reached the end of its second major stage: the examination of the activities and religious attitudes of the accused up […]
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(AFP) France has violated the rights of French children by leaving them for years in inhuman and life-threatening conditions in Syrian camps for family members of suspected jihadists, a UN watchdog said Thursday. The UN child rights committee ruled that “France has […]
(Reuters) French lawyer Sarah Asmeta wears a hijab at work but that means she is banned by her local Bar Council from representing clients in the courtroom. She has been fighting to overturn that rule. Next Wednesday, France’s highest court is due […]
(Breitbart) A French teen who was subjected to a torrent of death threats in 2020 for her criticism of Islam on social media was allegedly sexually assaulted by an illegal migrant in Lyon over the weekend. French teen Mila, who was subjected […]
(Radio France) The Paris trial of 20 men accused of involvement or complicity in the November 2015 attacks which cost 131 people their lives has again been adjourned for a week following positive coronavirus tests among the prisoners. Hearings are now scheduled […]
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(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 […]
(AFP) The alleged accomplices in the 2016 murder of an 85-year-old French priest appeared in the dock in Paris on Monday after years of investigation into an attack that shocked a country already reeling from a spate of jihadist assaults. Father Jacques […]
(Radio France) Four weeks of testimony from and about the Paris attacks accused ended on Friday with evidence concerning Ali El Haddad Asufi, suspected of having provided weapons for the terrorists who killed 130 people in Paris on the night of 13 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(Radio France) On Wednesday, the Palais de Justice in central Paris was invaded by hordes of journalists anxious to report on the testimony of Salah Abdeslam, brother of one of the suicide bombers, and the sole survivor of the attack teams who […]
(AFP) The only suspected assailant still alive after the terror attacks that rocked Paris in November 2015 claimed Wednesday he went back on a plan to blow himself up, as he took the stand for the first time in the trial over […]
(Radio France) Tuesday’s main witness at the Paris terror trial was the 28-year-old Tunisian, Sofien Ayari. He was arrested in Brussels at the same time as Salah Abdeslam, engaging in a gun battle with police officers. On the basis of DNA evidence, […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(ANSA) A suspected “radicalised” Moroccan Islamist suspected of terrorism who escaped from Avellino jail south of Naples on January 11 was caught at Metz in northeast France Sunday, but a second jail breaker, a 21-year-old Romanian, is still on the run, sources […]
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(Radio France) Abdellah Chouaa is suspected of having helped with the preparation of the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks which cost 131 people their lives. He risks 20 years in prison if convicted. On Friday he gave evidence about himself, and about […]
(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 […]
(Radio France) On Thursday, it was the turn of Hamza Attou and Ali Oulkadi to give evidence at the Paris attacks trial. Both are suspected of having helped Salah Abdeslam, the only member of the Paris terror squads still alive, to avoid […]
(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 […]
(Radio France) Yassine Atar faces a life sentence for his suspected role in providing a hideout for the terrorists who killed 131 people in the November 2015 attacks in Paris. Along with close family members, he took the stand Tuesday and Wednesday, […]
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(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 […]
(AFP) French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour on Wednesday suggested criminals in high-rise housing estates are fighting alongside jihadists in a “civilisational battle” pitting immigrants against traditional French culture. The 63-year-old, who has often used the hundreds of people killed by jihadists […]
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