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French writer and academic William Marx said on Tuesday that the hostility to religious values is an intellectual and political mistake.He added, in an article in Le Monde newspaper, that France is witnessing an increase in the motives for launching…

French President Emmanuel Macron said that he did not intend to offend Islam and Muslims, and that he distinguished between terrorism and extremism on the one hand, and Muslims and Islam on the other.Macron made a phone call to his…

An unknown person attempted to set fire to the Turkish mosque in the city of Chateaudun, in the Eure-et-Loir region in northern France.Media sources quoted the Secretary-General of al-Ro’ya Islamic Society, Fateh Sarikir, saying “An unknown person set fire to…

The administration of a school in the Molenbeek Saint-Jean region in the Belgian capital, Brussels, has suspended a teacher from work, after he showed his students insulting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.The Belgian teacher showed one…

The French economist, Thomas Piketty, known for his famous book “Capital in the 21st Century”, said that his country’s politicians are taking advantage of terrorism to suppress Muslims in France.This came in a tweet published by Piketty, through his Twitter…

A study conducted by two Belgian researchers confirmed that more than 600 children of ISIS terrorists in Europe, nearly a third of them French, are detained in two camps under Kurdish control in northeastern Syria.“Between 610 and 680 children from…

An administrative court has validated the Interior Ministry’s decision to close the Grand Mosque of Pantin near Paris for a period of six months after it was found to have shared a video criticizing a French history teacher which led…

Arab Christians on Sunday joined those condemning recent statements by French authorities against Islam and Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny.On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron said he will not prevent the publishing of insulting cartoons of…

Morocco on Sunday joined a number of other countries that have condemned the recent republication of French cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny.The country’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the systematic publication…

Muslims in Germany criticized the entry of policemen with their boots to the “Mevlana” mosque in the capital, Berlin.A statement issued by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Berlin stated that the German police conducted an inspection in five facilities and…