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28/08/2012 - France - Middle East

End of Ramadan saves France's tourist industry from wet summer blues

The end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan looks set to have saved France’s tourist industry from a miserable year, thanks to rich Middle Eastern tourists descending on luxury hotels in ...

20/08/2012

African press review 20 August 2012

South African headlines claim Africa's lives are cheap as ever and looks at what lessons can be learned from the recent shootings of miners and Nigeria headlines look at President Jonathan's calls ...

19/08/2012 - Slideshow

Slideshow: Eid el-Fitr celebrated in Niamey

 As Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou celebrated the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan under high security at Niamey’s main mosque, many families headed for the ...

18/08/2012 - Niger

Cautious but festive Eid celebrations in Niamey

Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou gathered with members of his cabinet and the country’s head imam under the shade of the neem trees outside Niamey's Grand Mosque on Saturday to hear the ...

02/08/2012 - France

Muslim and Jewish outrage after pig heads hung outside French mosque

French Muslim and Jewish groups have both expressed outrage after two pig heads were dumped at a mosque in the town near Toulouse where an Islamist gunman killed two paratroopers in March.

31/07/2012 - France

French summer camp workers sacked over Ramadan fast

France's main muslim organisation on Tuesday slammed as "arbitrary and discriminatory" a town council's decision to sack four summer camp workers for fasting during Ramadan.

29/07/2012 - Report: Palestinian territories

Palestinian Muslims attempt once-a-year trip to Jerusalem

On the second Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, thousands of worshippers from the West Bank attempt to cross the Qalandia checkpoint from the West Bank into Jerusalem to pray at the ...

20/07/2012

French press review 20 July 2012

Can diplomacy stop the violence in Syria? Is the French government being nasty to Peugeot-Citroën? Can France end prostitution? Should France accept the EU's stability pact?

30/08/2011 - Syria

At least seven killed in Syria on Eid al-Fitr feast

Syrian forces are reported to have killed seven people on Tuesday, the first day of the Eid al-Fitr feast which comes at the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

African music festival marks end of Ramadan
29/08/2011 - On-the-spot France

African music festival marks end of Ramadan

The end of Ramadam is approaching, and France's Muslim community is preparing to celebrate.

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