https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The UN Human Rights Committee on Tuesday criticised France's so-called burqa ban, saying the law "violated" the rights of two women who were fined for wearing full-face veils in public. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181023/un-slams-french-burqa-ban-for-violating-rights Tue, 23 Oct 2018 14:43:02 +0200 un-slams-french-burqa-ban-for-violating-rights The UN Human Rights Committee is set to rule that France's 2010 law which forbids people from concealing their face in public is 'discriminatory' and 'goes against religious freedom', the French media has revealed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181011/un-body-to-point-finger-at-france-over-discriminatory-2010-burqa-ban Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:44:33 +0200 un-body-to-point-finger-at-france-over-discriminatory-2010-burqa-ban A new report by a Paris think-tank underlines "the progress of Islamist ideology among Muslims in France", suggesting that Salafi Islam can be stamped out through a “halal tax” and Arabic being taught in French schools. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180910/halal-tax-and-arabic-in-french-schools-to-stop-muslim-extremism-in-france Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:01:36 +0200 halal-tax-and-arabic-in-french-schools-to-stop-muslim-extremism-in-france France will create centres in each region of the country to de-radicalize people or prevent them becoming involved in jihadist groups, the prime minister said Monday as he laid out new anti-terror measures. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160509/how-france-plans-to-fight-radicalization Mon, 09 May 2016 14:53:00 +0200 how-france-plans-to-fight-radicalization Tensions between France and Belgium caused by the extent of the threat from Islamist extremists in Brussels were raised once again this week, as they were in the aftermath of the Paris attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160324/naive-slur-opens-up-franco-belgian-tensions-over-terror Thu, 24 Mar 2016 09:03:22 +0100 naive-slur-opens-up-franco-belgian-tensions-over-terror Europe's top rights body took aim at France this week for blocking websites accused of condoning terrorism, warning that restricting human rights to fight against extremism was a "serious mistake". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150320/rights-group-scolds-france-for Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:09:01 +0100 rights-group-scolds-france-for French intelligence services are concerned by a rise in the number of radical clerics taking over mosques in France, according to a French media report on Tuesday. There are reportedly 25 preaching in the Paris region alone. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150217/france-radical-clerics-terrorism-jihad Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:54:00 +0100 france-radical-clerics-terrorism-jihad A French-Turkish student sentenced last week to more than five years in prison for terrorist propaganda on Monday paid bail of 10,000 Turkish lira (€4,250) enabling her to return to France pending an appeal, her lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130219/student-home-on-bail-after-propaganda-charges-in-turkey Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:44:00 +0100 student-home-on-bail-after-propaganda-charges-in-turkey France on Wednesday expelled a Tunisian imam accused of anti-Semitism and of calling his followers to "violent jihad" and violence against women, the interior ministry said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121031/france-kicks-out-extreme-muslim-cleric Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:37:00 +0100 france-kicks-out-extreme-muslim-cleric