08 February 2013 Spanish Police Force arrested yesterday in the city of Valencia a suspect of Islamic terrorism, a Moroccan citizen, Mohamed Echaabi. The monitoring and control carried out by the National Police on the detainee and his activities, have confirmed his intentions to commit terrorist acts against personalities or other targets, according to…
Campbell Soup Co., the Camden, N.J., food giant, has been fighting a grass-roots boycott of its products after its Canadian subsidiary rolled out a line of soups certified as halal, meaning they’re prepared according to Islamic dietary laws. Campbell Co. of Canada introduced the soups in a few Canadian markets in January, although American bloggers…
Richard Prasquier, president of the CRIF (Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions or the Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France) noted in the organization’s annual political dinner that “Anti-Semitism in France is back.” Prasquier denounced the “explosion of hatred” he claims was apparent during the organized protests against the Israeli attack in the Gaza…
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…
Muslim Vld politican Hicham El Mzairh and chief editor of the Belgian Jewish magazine ‘Joods Actueel’ are making a joint appeal for peace and calm in Antwerp, after recent tensions in the city mounted over the conflict in the Gaza Strip. The two want to make it clear that there are more similarities than differences…
