France
France’s far-right party targets Muslim vote in Paris region
France’s far-right National Front will launch a campaign to woo Muslim voters in Paris’ depressed suburbs in December regional elections, according to its lead candidate in the Ile-de-France region which includes the capital. The National Front (FN), which polls say could win around 20 percent of the region’s votes, up from 9 percent in 2010,…
US hero of Thalys train terror stabbed in California
Spencer Stone, one of the American heroes who thwarted a terrorist attack on a French train in August, was stabbed multiple times early Thursday in downtown Sacramento following an altercation in a bar, police said. Stone, a 23-year-old airman, received several significant — but non-life-threatening —stab wounds to his upper torso, Sacramento deputy police chief Ken Bernard told reporters. He was…
Can France’s new ‘stop jihadism’ counterterrorism program prevent westerners from joining ISIS?
“Our son lived in a very privileged atmosphere. He liked music, he liked sports, he did sketch comedy,” said Veronique, a blonde white woman, speaking from her apartment in Paris. “And then one morning he leaves for Germany, and then from Germany he never came back.” Veronique, identified only by her first name in a video…
Anti-Islam Tags near Béziers Mosque
The prefect of Hérault called on the government prosecutor after Islamophobic tags were found near the mosque of Béziers. On a traffic sign indicating directions to the mosque, the word “mosque” was crossed out and swastikas were drawn over it, according to an AFP journalist, who also saw a second tag: “Long live the FN,…
France’s Muslim men suffer CV discrimination
A practicing Muslim man is four times less likely to get a job interview in France than a Catholic counterpart, according to a study published on Thursday. The research was carried out by the Montaigne Institute think tank which sent out thousands of responses to job advertisements using fictional characters. The study found that men…