75-year-old “The Satanic Verses” author Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie was attacked on Friday 12th August at the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York where he was to speak about the importance of America giving asylum to exiled writers.He sustained multiple life-threatening injuries and was put on a ventilator1. 24-year old Hadi Matar has been arrested…
“’We are Beginning to Spread Terror: The State-Sponsored Persecutions of Muslims in France” is the latest report to be produced by CAGE, an independent advocacy organisation that works to empower communities impacted by the War on Terror policies worldwide1. Authored by French legal Jurist and Cage researcher Rayan Freschi, it is considered a “first-of-its-kind”2 report that…
The awful decapitation on October 16th of Samuel Paty, a 47 years high school teacher, has created great emotion in French society. While the rallies to honor Samuel Paty seemed to unite the whole country and to bring out some important features of French values, e.g. the evocation of Camu’s debt to his teacher[1], the…
Tuesday 11th of December, a man opened fire in Strasbourg’s city centre, a place called the big Island [la Grande Île], killing 5 people. The attack took place in the emblematic Christmas Market, where the 300 wood chalets, arranged around a large decorated fir tree, attract 2 Millions visitors from all over the world each…
Below is the official statement made by the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) regarding the recent knife attack in Paris. “Horror has once again engulfed our country in the name of a totalitarian and deadly ideology! The French Council of the Muslim Faith vigorously condemns the attack, which according to a provisional assessment,…
