Gaza conflict continues to reverberate in France: imam threatened

France – home to the largest Jewish and Muslim communities in Western Europe – continues to see protests and violence related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These reactions have been strongly expressed in the past three weeks in demonstrations that have drawn tens of thousands of French people to react. As Jean-David Levitte, Nicolas Sarkozy’s chief…

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CFCM leader condemns attacks on French Jews; Fadela Amara organizes meeting

Mohamed Moussaoui, President of the French Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM), voiced his opposition to attacks on French Jews, their properties or synagogues. He told IslamOnline.net that, “We are still waiting for the results of investigations into these attacks, but if the perpetrators turn out to be Muslims they must understand that showing solidarity…

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Firebombs thrown at synagogue north of Paris

Two Firebombs intended for a synagogue north of Paris, in Saint-Denis, blackened the façade and shattered the windows of an adjacent kosher restaurant, the third time a Jewish place of worship has been targeted since Israel began a military operation in the Gaza Strip in late December. No one was hurt and no group or…

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