August 12, 2016
3:22 am

Illustrative photo of a burqini (YouTube screen capture)

French mayor bans burqinis on Cannes beaches

Full-body swimsuits worn by devout Muslim women ‘create risks of disrupting public order,’ says ruling

By AFP

August 6, 2016
9:25 am

A picture taken on August 6, 2016 shows the damaged Au Cuba Libre bar after a fire in Rouen. (AFP/Matthieu Alexandre)

At least 13 killed in birthday party fire at French bar

Blaze in Rouen caused by candles at celebration which ignited polystyrene ceiling

By AFP

August 5, 2016
9:22 pm

French Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia seen on September 29, 2008. (Wikimedia commons)

French embassy worker in Tunisia probed for anti-Semitism

Selim Dakhlaoui says hackers posted the Holocaust-praising, anti-Israel comments on his Facebook page

By JTA

August 5, 2016
4:47 pm

The interior of the Sublime House, believed to be the seat of a 12-century yeshiva in the city of Rouen, France. (screen capture: YouTube)

France to rescue Europe’s ‘oldest Jewish building’

12th-century structure discovered under a courthouse parking lot in the city of Rouen is believed to be remains of ancient yeshiva

By JTA

August 4, 2016
9:52 pm

French police identified 19-year-old Adel Kermiche as one of the assailants who stormed a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray and murdered an elderly priest on July 26, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Denmark Muslim group not offering to bury French jihadist

Danish Islamic Burial Fund disassociates from offer by its deputy chief to give priest’s killer a religious funeral

By AFP

August 3, 2016
10:24 pm

Muslim group in Denmark offers to bury French priest killer

Danish Islamic Burial Fund held funeral for jihadist who murdered Copenhagen synagogue security guard Dan Uzan last year

By AFP

August 3, 2016
1:20 am

Archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun blesses Father Jacques Hamel's coffin at the Rouen cathedral in northern France on August 2, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU)

France lays to rest priest slain by jihadists

With Christians, Muslims and Jews in attendance, reconciliation forms main theme of service for Father Jacques Hamel

By Hervé LIONNET

August 2, 2016
11:34 pm

A city employee cleans graffitis of the statue of Place de la Republique in Paris, August 2, 2016. (AFP Photo/Thomas Samson)

Worn down by terror grief, Paris cleans symbolic landmark

133-year-old statue of Marianne has become a battered rallying point for France’s secular republic after string of devastating attacks

By Fran Blandy

August 2, 2016
7:32 pm

Photo from 'The 770: Lubavitchs of Brooklyn' series by Sacha Goldberger. (Courtesy)

French Jewish photographer trains wry eye on Brooklyn’s Lubavitchers

In bid to combat ‘fashionable’ anti-Semitism in France, Sacha Goldberger creates stylized scenes to entertain while educating about Jews and Judaism

By Renee Ghert-Zand

August 1, 2016
7:22 pm

An online recruiting advertisement for binary options company BetaMedia, the Israeli operational name for 24Option. (Screen capture: Facebook)

France bans a ‘dangerous’ Israeli binary options firm, US fines two more

French authorities outlaw 24Option for dishonest conduct; US trading commission fines Vault Options Ltd. and Global Trader 365 over $4.5 million

By Simona Weinglass and Raoul Wootliff

August 1, 2016
12:28 am

A Muslim faithful woman sits as she attends a mass in tribute to priest Jacques Hamel at the Saint-Leu Saint-Gilles Bagnolet's Church, near Paris, on July 31, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Thomas SAMSON)

Muslims pray with Catholics over priest’s barbaric murder in Normandy town

Hundreds attend mass across France and Italy to show solidarity and express horror at Islamic extremism

By Hervé LIONNET

July 31, 2016
2:32 pm

A Muslim woman looks on as people attend Mass in tribute to priest Jacques Hamel in the Rouen Cathedral on July 31, 2016. (AFP/Charly Triballeau)

French Catholics, Muslims join in prayer to mourn priest

Thousands attend mass near Normandy town where two jihadist teens brutally murdered Jacques Hamel, 85, last week

By Hervé LIONNET

July 31, 2016
1:53 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the weekly cabinet meeting at Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 31, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL)

Netanyahu accuses France of funding anti-Israel groups

As Paris weighs ban on foreign financing of mosques, PM orders probe into French-sponsored organizations that ‘incite’ against Jewish state, encourage boycotts

By Tamar Pileggi

July 30, 2016
5:49 pm

Anouar Kebibech, president of the CFCM (R) talks, as Mohammed Karabila, President of the Muslim Regional Council of Haute-Hormandie and director of the Yahya Mosque in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray (L) and Father Pierre in charge of relations with other religions listen on, July 29, 2016. (AFP/Charly Triballeau)

Christians, Muslims mourn murdered French priest

Regional Muslim council plans ‘brotherhood march’ in Lyon; church in Bordeaux said to hold non-denominational vigil for slain cleric

By Sophie Deviller

July 30, 2016
5:17 am

Muslims put flowers and hold a minute of silence on July 29, 2016 in front of the church if Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, western France, where French priest Jacques Hamel was killed on July 26 in the church during a hostage-taking claimed by Islamic State group. (AFP/Charly Triballeau)

First charges filed over jihadist France church attack

French premier says he’ll consider temporary ban on foreign funding of mosques in wake of murder of Normandy priest

By Sophie Deviller

Topic: France

French mayor bans burqinis on Cannes beaches

Full-body swimsuits worn by devout Muslim women ‘create risks of disrupting public order,’ says ruling

At least 13 killed in birthday party fire at French bar

Blaze in Rouen caused by candles at celebration which ignited polystyrene ceiling

French embassy worker in Tunisia probed for anti-Semitism

Selim Dakhlaoui says hackers posted the Holocaust-praising, anti-Israel comments on his Facebook page

France to rescue Europe’s ‘oldest Jewish building’

12th-century structure discovered under a courthouse parking lot in the city of Rouen is believed to be remains of ancient yeshiva

Denmark Muslim group not offering to bury French jihadist

Danish Islamic Burial Fund disassociates from offer by its deputy chief to give priest’s killer a religious funeral

Muslim group in Denmark offers to bury French priest killer

Danish Islamic Burial Fund held funeral for jihadist who murdered Copenhagen synagogue security guard Dan Uzan last year

France lays to rest priest slain by jihadists

With Christians, Muslims and Jews in attendance, reconciliation forms main theme of service for Father Jacques Hamel

Worn down by terror grief, Paris cleans symbolic landmark

133-year-old statue of Marianne has become a battered rallying point for France’s secular republic after string of devastating attacks

French Jewish photographer trains wry eye on Brooklyn’s Lubavitchers

In bid to combat ‘fashionable’ anti-Semitism in France, Sacha Goldberger creates stylized scenes to entertain while educating about Jews and Judaism

France bans a ‘dangerous’ Israeli binary options firm, US fines two more

French authorities outlaw 24Option for dishonest conduct; US trading commission fines Vault Options Ltd. and Global Trader 365 over $4.5 million

Muslims pray with Catholics over priest’s barbaric murder in Normandy town

Hundreds attend mass across France and Italy to show solidarity and express horror at Islamic extremism

French Catholics, Muslims join in prayer to mourn priest

Thousands attend mass near Normandy town where two jihadist teens brutally murdered Jacques Hamel, 85, last week

Netanyahu accuses France of funding anti-Israel groups

As Paris weighs ban on foreign financing of mosques, PM orders probe into French-sponsored organizations that ‘incite’ against Jewish state, encourage boycotts

Christians, Muslims mourn murdered French priest

Regional Muslim council plans ‘brotherhood march’ in Lyon; church in Bordeaux said to hold non-denominational vigil for slain cleric

First charges filed over jihadist France church attack

French premier says he’ll consider temporary ban on foreign funding of mosques in wake of murder of Normandy priest

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