100 Muslims protest against religious radicalism in Paris

May 4, 2012   A hundred Muslims gathered on the steps of the Opera Bastille in Paris to “say no to religious radicalism” and proclaimed their attachment to France and the values of the Republic.   With French flags on their jackets and under a banner saying “Together against fanaticism”, demonstrators observed a moment of…

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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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French mosque attacker kills one

News Agencies – March 16, 2012 A man armed with a baseball bat has attacked worshippers at a mosque in the northern city of Arras in Pas-de-Calais, France, killing one person and seriously wounding another, police say. A suspect was detained after the incident. Police sources say the man is a 32-year-old French national of…

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6 women fined in France for wearing full-face veil in 8 months since law passed

News Agencies – January 2, 2012   France’s interior minister says that since a ban on face-covering Islamic veils took effect in April only six women have been convicted and fined. Claude Gueant said in an interview that no woman has been sent to a citizenship class — another potential punishment. Gueant says police cited…

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French Interior Minister says, “It’s easier for immigrants to integrate if there are less of them”

News Agencies – November 30, 2011 As he presented his party’s campaign platform ahead of next year’s presidential and legislative elections, French Interior Minister Claude Gueant laid down the gauntlet to the far right by hardening the government’s position on immigration. “It’s easier for immigrants to integrate if there are less of them,” Gueant told…

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