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 French authorities have charged 10 suspected far-right extremists in connection with an alleged plot to attack Muslims, a judicial source said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180628/france-charges-10-ultra-right-suspects-over-plot-to-attack-muslims Thu, 28 Jun 2018 11:08:35 +0200 france-charges-10-ultra-right-suspects-over-plot-to-attack-muslims French police on Tuesday continued questioning 10 suspected far-right extremists over an alleged plot to attack Muslims that has fuelled safety concerns in Europe's biggest Muslim community. But what kind of a threat do these extremists actually pose? https://www.thelocal.fr/20180626/what-we-know-about-the-threat-posed-by-frances-radical-far-right Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:12:50 +0200 what-we-know-about-the-threat-posed-by-frances-radical-far-right Ten people with links to the radical far-right have been arrested by anti-terrorist police in France over an alleged plot to attack Muslims, judical sources said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180625/france-arrests-10-ultra-right-suspects-over-plot-to-attack-muslims Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:47:41 +0200 france-arrests-10-ultra-right-suspects-over-plot-to-attack-muslims While the role of Islam in French society has long been a divisive and inflammatory topic a new study suggests people in France are now more accepting of the religion. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180212/more-and-more-french-believe-islam-compatible-with-life-in-france Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:59:35 +0100 more-and-more-french-believe-islam-compatible-with-life-in-france There are currently an estimated 5.7 million Muslims in France but that number could grow dramatically by 2050, a new study has predicted. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171201/how-frances-muslim-population-will-grow-in-the-future Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:08:54 +0100 how-frances-muslim-population-will-grow-in-the-future The subject of Muslim integration in France is one of the country's most hotly debated issues. But how do Muslims themselves feel about their home country? A new survey offers some insight. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170922/how-do-muslims-in-france-feel-about-their-country Fri, 22 Sep 2017 18:28:03 +0200 how-do-muslims-in-france-feel-about-their-country Marine Le Pen, who wants to ban the Islamic headscarf, could still pull off a shock election win but that doesn't mean France's Muslim voters are all panicking over the far-right, National Front candidate taking power. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170505/why-frances-muslim-voters-are-not-as-scared-of-le-pen-as-you-might-think Fri, 05 May 2017 18:04:04 +0200 why-frances-muslim-voters-are-not-as-scared-of-le-pen-as-you-might-think US President Donald Trump has stunned the world with his travel ban targeting Muslim countries but could he go further? He's suggested in the past that he might be in favour of suspending immigration from France because "it's been compromised by terrorism". https://www.thelocal.fr/20170130/donald-trump-muslim-ban-extend-travel-ban-to-include-french-citizens Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:40:36 +0100 donald-trump-muslim-ban-extend-travel-ban-to-include-french-citizens Air France refused to allow 15 passengers to board US-bound flights this weekend as a result of Donald Trump's new travel ban on citizens from Muslim countries. Many French citizens may also find they are blocked from the US. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170130/muslim-ban-air-france-refuses-to-let-15-passengers-fly-to-us Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:56:41 +0100 muslim-ban-air-france-refuses-to-let-15-passengers-fly-to-us French President Francois Hollande on Saturday warned his new US counterpart Donald Trump against adopting a protectionist stance and called on him to respect the principle of accepting refugees. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170129/hollande-warns-trump-against-dead-end-response Sun, 29 Jan 2017 14:39:40 +0100 hollande-warns-trump-against-dead-end-response 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. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161107/french-muslims-must-make-more-effort-to-adapt-to-france Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:27:43 +0100 french-muslims-must-make-more-effort-to-adapt-to-france Five men have been handed jail sentences for a beach brawl that highlighted and heightened inter-community tensions on France's "island of beauty". https://www.thelocal.fr/20160916/corsica-beach-clashes-five-handed-jail-sentences Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:15:33 +0200 corsica-beach-clashes-five-handed-jail-sentences In another incident revealing how fraught intercommunal relations are on the French island of Corsica two Muslim mothers wearing headscarves were accosted and prevented from entering a nursery school by other parents. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160906/veiled-muslim-mothers-accosted-by-parents-at-school Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:58:26 +0200 veiled-muslim-mothers-accosted-by-parents-at-school More knowledge, more jobs and far greater acceptance of Islam - What France must really do to help integrate its Muslim community into French life. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160905/what-france-mustto-do-integrate-its-muslim-community Mon, 05 Sep 2016 16:27:03 +0200 what-france-mustto-do-integrate-its-muslim-community France's government sought Monday to open a new chapter in relations with the country's Muslims following a summer scarred by jihadist attacks and a ban on burkinis that ratcheted up communal tensions. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160830/france-hopes-to-open-new-chapter-in-muslim-relations Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:41:01 +0200 france-hopes-to-open-new-chapter-in-muslim-relations As France struggles to get to grips with an increasing number of terror attacks the French PM says the country needs a new relationship with Islam. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160729/french-pm-we-need-new-relationship-with-islam Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:09:09 +0200 french-pm-we-need-new-relationship-with-islam Several thousand members of the Muslim community marched on Sunday in memory of the police officer and his partner who were brutally murdered by an Islamist extremist last week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160620/thousands-of-muslims-march-for-slain-french-policeman Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:32:02 +0200 thousands-of-muslims-march-for-slain-french-policeman A young Muslim bar tender was reportedly beaten up at a bar in the city of Nice, southern France because she served alcohol on the first day of Ramadan. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160608/muslim-barmaid-in-france-beaten-for-serving-alcohol-during-ramadan Wed, 08 Jun 2016 18:52:02 +0200 muslim-barmaid-in-france-beaten-for-serving-alcohol-during-ramadan "Sisters on Saturdays and Sundays only." A Muslim shopkeeper's sexist opening hours falls foul of the law in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160426/french-muslim-shopowner-fined-over-sexist-opening-hours Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:44:29 +0200 french-muslim-shopowner-fined-over-sexist-opening-hours France has seen a massive drop in the number of anti-Islam acts, according to the National Observatory against Islamophobia, although Muslim leaders sounded a note of caution. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160422/france-sees-huge-drop-in-islamophobic-acts Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:10:39 +0200 france-sees-huge-drop-in-islamophobic-acts