French authories held five men suspected of providing logistical support to al-Qaeda to the group Islamic North Africa, were rounded up near the Normandy city of Rouen. Islamic North Africa claimed responsibility for twin truck bombings of the U.N offices on December 11t that killed at least 37 people. Police seized computers and searched the…
Thirty illegal Indian immigrants crossing the French Alps were caught traveling in inhuman conditions in a small truck, said Michel Drezen, head of the border police in France’s Haute-Savoie region. Aged from 16-30, most of the immigrants were from the northern Indian state of Punjab. They had each paid about $14,500 to be transported to…
PARIS – Though Islam is the continent’s second religion, Muslims across Europe are facing campaigns from far-right groups and some church leaders to have stately mosques. “The desire of Muslims to build a house of worship means they want to feel at home and live in harmony with their religion in a society they have…
