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 Two swastikas have been found spray-painted on buildings in a Paris suburb that served as a World War II transit camp for some 63,000 Jews deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260226/swastikas-tagged-at-former-nazi-transit-camp-near-paris Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:36:57 +0100 swastikas-tagged-at-former-nazi-transit-camp-near-paris Of all the inappropriate shapes a teacher could use to teach geometry a swastika has to be near the top of the list, but not for one prof in France, whose use of the Nazi symbol to demonstrate angles has landed her in a spot of bother. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130523/teacher-in-hot-water-for-using-swastika-in-geometry-class Thu, 23 May 2013 17:26:00 +0200 teacher-in-hot-water-for-using-swastika-in-geometry-class 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 Islamophobia continues to rear its ugly head in France, as was seen recently in a series of graffiti attacks on mosques across the country. But how bad is the problem? For this week's Tête-à-tête we've asked two experts to offer their views. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130215/islamophobia-has-become-trivialised-in-france Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:00:00 +0100 islamophobia-has-become-trivialised-in-france The recent spate of Islamophobic graffiti attacks against mosques in France continued this weekend when red swastikas were daubed on the wall of a place of worship in a town near Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130211/swastikas-daubed-on-mosque-in-anti-islam-attack Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:20:00 +0100 swastikas-daubed-on-mosque-in-anti-islam-attack