After months of arduous negotiations following September 2017’s federal elections, the new German government was sworn in on March 14. Complex personnel choices After the cornerstones of the coalition deal had been agreed upon in early February, the three participating parties – Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its conservative Bavarian sister party CSU, and…
Four people were killed and sixteen injured in Carcassonne and Trèbes (Aude) during a series of attacks claimed by Daech and carried out by a single person, who was later killed by police. The Bishop of Carcassonne Alain Planet led Mass following the attacks, where he prayed for the victims. Planet published a brief statement on…
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) condemned the recent terror attack in Carcassonne. It released the following statement: “Horror has once plunged our country into mourning in the name of a totalitarian and deadly ideology! The French Council of the Muslim Faith vigorously condemns the terror attacks in Carcassonne and Trèbes, leaving four…
The gunman who killed three people and fatally wounded a policeman in Carcassonne on Friday before being shot dead by police was a 25-year-old small-time drug dealer with a history of minor crimes. The rap sheet against Radouane Lakdim, a French citizen born in Morocco according to sources close to the inquiry, eventually drew deeper…
The French are more tolerant of Muslims than before, indicates a recent report by the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH). Muslims “remain, however, one of the least accepted minorities,” the Commission found. Admittedly, 81% of respondents believed that “French Muslims are French like anyone else,” and 82% said “it is necessary to allow…
