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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

French Muslims

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin (2nd R) and Police Prefect of the French Val d'Oise department, Philippe Court (L) arrive at the Saint-Maclou Cathedral in Pontoise, north of Paris, on March 31, 2024. (GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)
March 31, 2024, 1:49 pm
France decries ‘unacceptable acts’ after boar head placed at mosque
Interior minister announces probe into ‘incitement to racial hatred’ at site, says two other mosques in northern France ‘degraded’ amid Ramadan festivities
By AFP and ToI Staff
Staff leave the Louvre Museum as people are evacuated after it received a written threat, in Paris, Saturday Oct. 14, 2023. (Thomas Padilla/AP)
October 14, 2023, 11:56 pm
Louvre and Versailles Palace evacuated after bomb threats, with France on alert
Some staff return to Gambetta-Carnot in Arras, site of Friday’s terror stabbing; suspect in custody
By AP
A woman wearing a burkini at the beach in Marseille, southern France. (AP Photo)
May 26, 2022, 12:57 am
French court overturns council move to allow burkinis in city pools
Invoking country’s ‘Islamist separatism’ law, judges strike down local law enabling women to wear full-body swimwear
By AFP
Illustrative: Women, one, wearing a 'burkini,' a full-body swimsuit designed for Muslim women, walk in the water on Ghar El Melh beach near Bizerte, north-east of the capital Tunis, August 16, 2016. (AFP/FETHI BELAID)
May 16, 2022, 11:51 am
French city rekindles burkini brouhaha with pool rule change
Grenoble municipal council plans to scrap bathing suit code that bans the full-body covering that critics see as example of creeping Islamism
By Amelie HERENSTEIN and Adam PLOWRIGHT
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, left, talks to a woman as she campaigns in a market in Pertuis, southern France, on Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP/Daniel Cole, File)
April 21, 2022, 9:33 pm
Attacks on ‘wokeism,’ crackdowns on mosques: Race, religion headline French election
Le Pen has softened her public image, but top priority of her program is to prioritize French citizens over migrants, as Macron tries to make inroads in same base
By Arno Pedram
A picture shows a TV screen displaying a live televised between French President and La Republique en Marche (LREM) party candidate for re-election Emmanuel Macron (L) and French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (R), on April 20, 2020. (Ludovic Marin/AFP)
April 21, 2022, 5:34 am
In bitter debate, Macron accuses Le Pen of being ‘dependent on Mr. Putin’
Little cordiality shown in bruising 3-hour exchange ahead of Sunday’s election, with incumbent battering far-right challenger’s record on Russia, while she focuses on gov’t ills
By Stuart Williams and Adam PLOWRIGHT
Imams from the Paris Mosque gather before paying their homage to the victims of the November 13, 2015 attacks, near the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, on Friday, November 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant, File)
February 6, 2022, 12:02 am
In bid to fight extremism, Macron seeks to reshape Islam in France
Forum of Islam — a new body made up of clergy, laymen and women — is set to lead Europe’s largest Muslim community, with all its leaders hand-picked by the government
By Barbara Surk
The teenager identifying herself online as Mila, center right, leaves the courtroom on Monday, June 21, 2021 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
June 22, 2021, 6:35 pm
French teen critical of Islam becomes center of free speech debate
13 people are on trial in Paris for harassing the girl, known as Mila, forcing her to leave school and be placed under police protection
By Stuart Williams and Guillaume DAUDIN
A woman walks outside the Paris mosque, October 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
February 1, 2021, 11:18 pm
French lawmakers debate bill to root out country’s radical Islam
Interior minister says legislation protecting secularism and setting up oversight of religious institutions aims to stop ‘an Islamist hostile takeover targeting Muslims’
By Elaine Ganley
Police and forensic investigators at the scene of an attack that wounded two people near the former offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in Paris, France, September 25, 2020. Thibault Camus/AP)
February 1, 2021, 12:16 pm
French lawmakers to debate bill aimed at routing out radical Islam
Broad and controversial legislation, with 1,700 proposed amendments, is a priority for President Macron, who has warned nation of ‘counter society’ making inroads
By Elaine Ganley
French Prime Minister Jean Castex delivers a speech during a ceremony in Nice, on November 7, 2020, in homage to the three victims of an attack at Notre-Dame de Nice Basilica on October 29, 2020 (Valery HACHE / various sources / AFP)
November 7, 2020, 4:25 pm
After attacks, French PM says radical Islamism is the ‘enemy’
At Nice memorial for killing victims, Jean Castex says the ideology ‘distorts the Muslim religion by twisting its scriptures’
By AFP and ToI Staff
A RATP bus with a billboard of Sacha Baron Cohen wearing a ring with the word "Allah" on it moves through Paris, France on November 2, 2020. (Courtesy of @firehairedreamr/Twitter via JTA)
November 7, 2020, 3:22 am
Ads showing ‘Borat’ wearing ‘Allah’ ring (and little else) anger Paris Muslims
Bus drivers in French capital fume over posters for Sacha Baron Cohen’s new movie, which have been put up amid series of jihadist attacks in country
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Schoolchildren observe a minute of silence for slain history teacher Samuel Paty, Monday Nov 2, 2020 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
November 3, 2020, 3:56 pm
French schools reopen in mourning and tribute after beheading of teacher
Educational institutions hold minute of silence in memory of Samuel Paty; Macron increases protection of schools and churches, more than doubling number of soldiers deployed
By Lori Hinnant
A man walks inside a mosque in Paris, France, October 29, 2020. (AP/Thibault Camus, FILE)
November 1, 2020, 11:31 pm
Stigmatized by attacks, French Muslims feel they’re being held responsible
Latest acts of extremist violence have Macron forging ahead with effort to rid Islam of extremists, in campaign he labels ‘separatism,’ which makes Muslims wince
By Elaine Ganley
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech on October 2, 2020 in Les Mureaux, outside Paris. (Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
October 2, 2020, 11:49 pm
Macron calls Islam a religion ‘in crisis,’ unveils plan to fight radicalism
Radicals have ‘swooped in,’ says French leader; vows ‘no concessions’ in push to eradicate extremism in schools and mosques; warns Islamist ‘separatism’ creating counter-society
By Laurence Benhamou and Jérôme RIVET
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