Muslim Tombs Vandalized in the Military Cemetery in Notre-Dame de Lorette

148 Muslim tombs were desecrated with anti-Islamic and insults against Rachida Dati in the military cemetery of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in the Pas-de-Calais in Northern France. Numerous French officials, including Nicolas Sarkozy, Fran_ois Fillon, Rachida Dati and Mich_le Alliot-Marie have pronounced their condemnation of the act. The incident took place almost exactly a year after 52 other

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Debate on Muslim integration

The debate about the integration of immigrants continues in Spain as the conservative opposition is pledging to toughen integration requirements if they win the March 9th elections. The main opposition, the conservative People’s Party (PP) plans to push schools to ban the Islamic headscarf with the exception of the North African enclaves of Ceuta and

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Sarkozy Pledges Aid, Security for Slums

French president Nicolas Sarkozy says that the very idea of the nation is at stake unless the poor, and mainly ethnic minority suburbs are revived. Sarkozy spoke as he announced a three-year proposal to deploy 4,000 more police and roll out a half-billion euro plan aimed at key neighborhoods. Also in his plan, were goals

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Sarkozy’s immigration policy is ‘racist,’ commission says

On Wednesday, January 23rd, a member of a French commission on social and economic reform said that President Nicolas Sarkozy’s proposed policy of using quotas for immigrants is racist. Herve Le Bras said: If we will have quotas for specific nationalities and specific professions it will lead to a racist policy.” Also a concern, was

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Sarkozy calls for “unity” in facing the “challenge of Al Qaeda,” and encourages “values” of the West

Upon returning from a diplomatic tour of the Arab Gulf countries, Nicolas Sarkozy spoke with foreign ambassadors at the Elysee Palace on January 18th, highlighting the need to combat religious extremism and Al Qaeda, stressing the membership of France as a western family. To cope with these challenges, Sarkozy said: “some (religious) groups want to

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