PARIS – The curtain falls on a bevy of near-naked dancers in feathered headdresses, and Adir Rafael Pires glides into action. As a set-changer at the Lido, the racy cabaret on Paris’ Champs-Elysees, Pires could not be farther from his desert birthplace: Cape Verde, a rocky, drought-stricken archipelago off West Africa’s coast. But the door…
Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkiozy presented his proposal on immigration to the Council of Ministers. The objective of the new law is to make French immigration more “choosy”. More details on the bill and reactions are in the complete story. {(Article continues below in French)} Le texte pr_voit ainsi que l’obtention d’un visa de…
1905: Le D_bat Sur La La_cit_ Toujours Ouvert Mais Avec D’autres Enjeux With the rise of Islam in France, the 1905 law of la_cit_ has become a topic for debate. Muslims, the second largest religious group in France, often have a difficult time raising the funds for building mosques. Because of this, moneys are sometimes…
Minister of the Interior Domenique de Villepin declared Sunday that he opposed revision of the law of 1905 on secularism, while refusing to “open the Pandora’s box” after his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy had evoked this eventuality. “No, one should not open the revision of the law of 1905”, indicated Mr. de Villepin.
By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press PARIS In a new book seen as a prelude to a presidential bid, France’s finance minister is taking up the thorny question of how to reach out to an increasingly assertive Muslim minority and integrate it into a largely secular society. Nicolas Sarkozy argues his countrymen need to worry less…
