May 27, 2014 To the surprise of many, the far-right parties’ overwhelming success in the recent European Parliament elections has united European Muslims and Jews. In response to such victories, notably the Front national’s, Imam Ahmed Miktar, president of the Association of the Imams of France, told Reuters, “We must learn to work together effectively…
May 26, 2014 Marine Cécile Naves, political scientist and director of Think Tank Different, discussed the Front national’s recent victories and how the media’s fascination with Islam may have bolstered the FN’s credibility. While the percentage of voter abstention was relatively consistent with that of the previous European Parliament elections in 2009, the FN’s success…
June 2, 2014 Following the recent arrest of Mehdi Nemmouche, a 29-year-old Frenchman who is the primary suspect of the Brussels Jewish Museum shooting, Franco-Muslim leaders fear the shift towards jihad by radical Islamists in France. Nemmouche visited Syria in December 2012 immediately after being released from prison. He was apprehended on May 30 in…
