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'French Muslims must make an effort to adapt to France'

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:27:43 +0100

Conservative Muslims should do more to integrate into mainstream French society says the Frenchman who was controversially chosen to head France's new Foundation for Islam.

'Stop telling immigrants to be French and help it happen'

Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:05:19 +0200

French politicians are once again aggressively demanding immigrants drop their own identities and assimilate into French culture and way of life, but they are mistaken and harming the natural process of integration.

Majority in France against immigration

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:04:00 +0200

Fifty-seven percent of French people believe that there are "too many immigrants" in France, according to a new survey published on Monday which showed France as having one of the most negative views of migrants worldwide.

Muslims pray for France as reprisals soar

Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:50:00 +0100

Muslims at over 2,000 mosques in France will gather at 1:30pm on Friday to pray for France and its future. Meanwhile, there have been more anti-Muslim incidents recorded in the last two weeks in France than in the whole of 2014.

Should expats support France at the World Cup?

Fri, 13 Jun 2014 18:56:00 +0200

It's question many of us expats grapple with every time there’s an international football tournament. Here The Local ponders how much loyalty we should show to the tricolor and we also take to the streets of Paris with Parisian News TV to hear the views of other expats.

Islam 'too prominent', French think

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:21:00 +0200

Sixty percent of the French think Islam is too prominent in their country and nearly half view the religion as a threat to national identity, according to a survey published Thursday.

Sarkozy bans controversial cleric

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:46:00 +0200

President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday that influential Qatar-based Sunni Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi was not welcome in France.

Couple to take burqa ban to Euro court

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:41:00 +0200

A French Muslim husband and wife living in Britain are to challenge France's ban on full-face coverings at the European Court of Human Rights, their lawyer said on Thursday.

Police foil forced-marriage kidnap

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:57:00 +0200

German police said on Tuesday they had foiled a bid by two Turks to kidnap a 17-year-old girl from Sarregumines, in eastern France, for a forced marriage in Turkey.