French High School Student suspended for wearing a too long skirt

A Muslim high school student is suspended for wearing a too long skirt. The principle of a high school located in Val D’Oise considered the length had a religious meaning and therefore decided to suspend the student

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Le Pen Calls for UOIF to be banned

News Agencies – March 30, 2012   French Presidential Candidate, Marine Le Pen, leader of the nationalist Front National party, called for the Union of Islamic Organizations of France (UOIF) to be banned and its congress next week to be scrapped, the FN said. “Marine Le Pen calls for a ban on the event in…

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Algeria doesn’t want French gunman’s body

News Agencies – March 28, 2012   A young man who claimed responsibility for France’s worst terror attacks in years will be buried Thursday in a Muslim cemetery near the southern city where he was killed in gunfight with police, religious leaders said. Burying Mohamed Merah is a sensitive issue for both his native France…

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France arrests suspected Islamic militants

News Agencies – March 30, 2012 Police commandos arrested 19 suspected Islamic militants in raids in several French cities including Toulouse, where seven people were killed by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman this month. President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose firm handling of the response to the shooting spree may have improved his odds in an election race…

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Pakistani Taliban training Frenchmen

News Agencies – March 24 2012   Dozens of French Muslims are training with the Taliban in northwestern Pakistan, raising fears of future attacks following the shooting deaths of seven people in southern France allegedly by a man who spent time in the region, Pakistani intelligence officials claim. Authorities are investigating whether Mohamed Merah, the…

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