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 A French bill on preventing radicalisation, completed after the Islamist beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, makes it a crime to intimidate public servants on religious grounds, according to the text unveiled on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201119/whats-in-frances-new-law-to-crack-down-on-radical-islamism Thu, 19 Nov 2020 10:08:40 +0100 whats-in-frances-new-law-to-crack-down-on-radical-islamism Ten prisoners have reportedly been relocated from Europe's biggest jail, after officials feared "an attempt to form a network". https://www.thelocal.fr/20160822/paris-prison-dismantles-suspected-radical-network Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:41:35 +0200 paris-prison-dismantles-suspected-radical-network Police have arrested a Parisian cab driver after finding explosives at his home, according to reports in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160719/paris-explosives-found-at-home-of-private-cab-driver Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:25:35 +0200 paris-explosives-found-at-home-of-private-cab-driver A teachers union in France claims school examiners were ordered to flag up any references in this year's baccalauréat tests that could suggest pupils have been radicalized. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160706/french-school-examiners-ordered-to-flag-up-jihadist-words Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:09:15 +0200 french-school-examiners-ordered-to-flag-up-jihadist-words Worrying new figures released on Wednesday show that 8,250 people are believed to have been converted to extremist Islam - twice as many as the year before. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160203/france-sees-twofold-hike-in-radicalization Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:13:27 +0100 france-sees-twofold-hike-in-radicalization Salafistes, a controversial documentary about radical Islam, will be off-limits for those under 18, France's Minister of Culture announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160127/france-salafistes-film-about-radical-islam-rated-18 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:28:26 +0100 france-salafistes-film-about-radical-islam-rated-18 A radicalized Frenchman has gone on the run after being granted a brief leave of absence from a prison in the suburbs of Paris. He reportedly told inmates they would "soon be hearing about him". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150928/converted-radicalist-on-the-run-from-paris-prison Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:06:04 +0200 converted-radicalist-on-the-run-from-paris-prison French President François Hollande criticized a lack of information-sharing by intelligence services on Friday, after it emerged that a Muslim convert who stabbed a soldier in Paris was known to police, who didn't pass on their concerns. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130531/hollande-scolds-police-failure-in-knife-attack-on-soldier Fri, 31 May 2013 18:02:00 +0200 hollande-scolds-police-failure-in-knife-attack-on-soldier France said on Thursday it had expelled a Moroccan citizen linked with an Islamist extremist group from French territory. The move comes days after Interior Minister Manuel Valls vowed to deport several radical Islamist preachers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130131/france-deports-islamist-extremist-to-morocco Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:32:00 +0100 france-deports-islamist-extremist-to-morocco