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 An 84-year-old former candidate for France's ultra-right party shot and seriously wounded two men in their 70s who saw him trying to burn a mosque in southwest France, police said, as the government expressed "solidarity" with Muslims. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191028/two-hurt-in-shooting-near-mosque-in-south-west-france Mon, 28 Oct 2019 19:21:22 +0100 two-hurt-in-shooting-near-mosque-in-south-west-france Just a short drive from the opulence of Versailles Palace, a closed-off community of strictly conservative Muslims is posing the most visible challenge to French authorities hoping to stem the rise of homegrown extremists. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180616/paris-suburb-defies-efforts-to-loosen-salafist-grip Sat, 16 Jun 2018 10:12:21 +0200 paris-suburb-defies-efforts-to-loosen-salafist-grip Eight people including a girl were lightly wounded late Sunday in a shooting in front of a mosque in the southeast French city of Avignon, the prosecutor's office said, ruling out terrorism. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170703/shooting-at-french-mosque-not-believed-to-be-terror-related Mon, 03 Jul 2017 11:11:47 +0200 shooting-at-french-mosque-not-believed-to-be-terror-related A mosque in the eastern suburbs of Paris was ordered closed on Tuesday because authorities deemed it "a threat to security". https://www.thelocal.fr/20170412/france-shuts-down-another-mosque-for-preaching-violent-jihad Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:55:41 +0200 france-shuts-down-another-mosque-for-preaching-violent-jihad France's Interior Minister has announced that authorities have taken action to close down a mosque on the south coast suspected of promoting a radical form of Islam. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170406/france-forces-closure-of-radical-mosque Thu, 06 Apr 2017 12:35:22 +0200 france-forces-closure-of-radical-mosque An unregistered Islamic school, where 20 children as young as six were understood to have been "at risk of indoctrination", has been discovered by police concealed in a mosque in the eastern suburbs of Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160901/hidden-koranic-school-uncovered-in-french-mosque Thu, 01 Sep 2016 16:19:34 +0200 hidden-koranic-school-uncovered-in-french-mosque A synagogue in central Marseille has been bought by an Islamic cultural organization for €400,000. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160427/a-synagogue-in-marseilles-will-become-a-mosque-religion-islam-muslim-jewish-judaism-france Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:26:06 +0200 a-synagogue-in-marseilles-will-become-a-mosque-religion-islam-muslim-jewish-judaism-france The mayor of Nice is going to great lengths to stop a new mosque from opening, and looks set to sue the French state over it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160426/why-doesnt-nice-want-its-new-saudi-owned-mosque Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:37:48 +0200 why-doesnt-nice-want-its-new-saudi-owned-mosque A Frenchman of Tunisian origin was charged on Sunday with attempted homicide after he tried to run down troops guarding a mosque in the southeastern town of Valence, a prosecutor said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160104/man-charged-over-car-attack-on-french-soldiers Mon, 04 Jan 2016 09:43:55 +0100 man-charged-over-car-attack-on-french-soldiers A 29-year-old man who tried to run down soldiers guarding a French mosque said he wanted to kill them and be killed himself “to appear like a martyr,” a prosecutor said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160103/france-attacker-wanted-to-become-a-martyr Sun, 03 Jan 2016 11:30:00 +0100 france-attacker-wanted-to-become-a-martyr A Frenchman who tried to run down soldiers guarding a mosque in central France said he wanted to kill them and be killed himself, a prosecutor said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160102/driver-wanted-to-kill-soldiers-guarding-french-mosque Sat, 02 Jan 2016 18:43:59 +0100 driver-wanted-to-kill-soldiers-guarding-french-mosque A driver was shot and wounded on Friday as he drove a car at four soldiers guarding a mosque in southeastern France, local authorities said, as the country remained on high alert after the November 13 Paris attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160102/man-shot-as-he-drives-at-french-soldiers-guarding-mosque Sat, 02 Jan 2016 09:29:15 +0100 man-shot-as-he-drives-at-french-soldiers-guarding-mosque Imams in France's mosques should deliver all their sermons in French to help stop the spread of extremism, politicians on both sides of the French political spectrum argue. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151125/politicians-call-for-end-to-arab-sermons-in-mosques Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:49:43 +0100 politicians-call-for-end-to-arab-sermons-in-mosques France's President Francois Hollande has condemned an arson attack on a mosque in southern France after investigators ruled that the building was torched deliberately. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150825/hollande-condemns-arson-attack-on-mosque Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:19:55 +0200 hollande-condemns-arson-attack-on-mosque A father-of-three, suspected of bombarding his children with violent images glorifying jihad, has been charged with "inciting acts of terrorism", prosecutors in south-eastern France said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150124/father-charged-with-inciting-his-children-to-jihad Sat, 24 Jan 2015 16:46:00 +0100 father-charged-with-inciting-his-children-to-jihad Muslim places of worship in two French towns were fired upon overnight, leaving no casualties, prosecutors said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150108/muslim-targets-attacked-after-magazine-killings Thu, 08 Jan 2015 12:49:00 +0100 muslim-targets-attacked-after-magazine-killings The head of a mosque in a Paris suburb has appeared in court charged with embezzlement for allegedly diverting donations into a personal offshore bank account. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140712/rector-probed-over-missing-mosque-funds Sat, 12 Jul 2014 13:05:00 +0200 rector-probed-over-missing-mosque-funds Muslim women reacted angrily this week to a new ruling that the sexes must be separated during prayers at the Great Mosque in Paris - France's biggest Muslim centre. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131227/muslim-women-slam-mosques-separation-of-sexes Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:04:00 +0100 muslim-women-slam-mosques-separation-of-sexes As many as 20 graves have been destroyed and vandalized in the Muslim section of a cemetery near Paris, in the latest in a lengthening list of Islamophobic incidents in France in recent months. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130429/vandals-desecrate-muslim-graves Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:28:00 +0200 vandals-desecrate-muslim-graves Police have launched an investigation after vandals 'desecrated' the building site of a planned mosque near Paris, spraying Nazi graffiti and leaving a pig's head. It is only the latest in a series of Islamophobic attacks in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130415/nazi-graffiti-and-pigs-head-found-on-mosque-site Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:24:00 +0200 nazi-graffiti-and-pigs-head-found-on-mosque-site