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04/05/2012 - France

Franco-Algerian nuclear physicist jailed for terror plot

A Franco-Algerian nuclear physicist has been jailed for plotting terror attacks in France.

Europe fails to protect Muslims from discrimination, report
25/04/2012 - World news explained

Europe fails to protect Muslims from discrimination, report

Human rights group Amnesty International has released a new report, Choice and Prejudice: discrimination against Muslims in Europe.

24/04/2012 - France

France slammed by Amnesty International for discrimination against Muslims

France is one of the countries highlighted by rights group Amnesty International as discriminating against Muslims for demonstrating their faith, especially in the fields of education and ...

18/04/2012

French press review 18 April 2012

Is French election law out of date? Will Bayrou be the presidential kingmaker? Are the French a nation of petrol thieves? What law do millions of French women break every day?

New York police under fire for Muslim surveillance
13/04/2012 - International report

New York police under fire for Muslim surveillance

One hundred civil rights groups are urging the US Department of Justice to investigate the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim Americans.

One year of France's burka ban
11/04/2012 - On-the-spot France

One year of France's burka ban

A year ago France's law against covering your face in public came into force. It has turned women wearing the full-face veil, or niqab, into outlaws.

10/04/2012 - Analysis: French presidential elections 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy – love him or hate him? The referendum election

No one would dispute that Nicolas Sarkozy has stamped his considerable personality on the French presidency in a way few other presidents have.

09/04/2012 - France

Bomb attack in Corsican capital partially destroys Muslim prayer room

A prayer room used by the Muslim community on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica was partially destroyed overnight by a bomb in an attack described by the Interior Ministry as ...

08/04/2012 - France

Unite France don't divide it, controversial Muslim academic tells Sarkozy

Swiss Islamic intellectual Tariq Ramadan laid into French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a speech to the annual meeting of a major Muslim organisation Saturday.

07/04/2012 - France

Stop stigmatising Muslims, Islamic leader tells French politicians

French politicians are stigmatising Muslims, the leader of one of France’s major Islamic organisations said at the opening of its annual conference near Paris on Saturday.

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