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French right-wing MP Guillaume Peltier said during an interview on Sunday that he wanted to propose a new bill setting up secularism as a fundamental value of France
Book Club: In his new study, Hashas makes a major contribution to the debate about Muslim identities in Europe by surveying the thoughts of some leading thinkers.
Islamophobia and the rise of respectable racism in France
Book Club: Jim Wolfreys illuminates both the uniqueness of France's anti-Muslim backlash and its broader implications for the West.
French-Lebanese linked to Sarkozy probe released in Lebanon
Ziad Takieddine, arrested following a request from Interpol on Friday, has been ordered released by Lebanon's prosecutor general.
Beirut detains Lebanese-French businessman close to Sarkozy: judicial source
Lebanon has detained a Lebanese-French businessman who was close to former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Ex-Sarkozy loyalist charged in Libya campaign funding probe
Sarkozy is standing trial in France on corruption charges.
Ex-French president Giscard d'Estaing dies of Coronavirus at 94
The former president died at the age of 94 due to complications because of covid-19, his family revealed.
Witness drops claim ex-French president took Libyan millions
A leading witness retracted allegations that former French president Nicolas Sarkozy took millions from deposed Libyan ...
Sarkozy charged with 'conspiracy' over Libyan financing
Prosecutors suspect that Sarkozy and his associates received millions of euros from the regime of Libya's former strongman Muammar ...
An unpopular Macron invokes the anti-Muslim playbook
Comment: Macron's tirade against 'Islamist separatism' is nothing but a racist and malicious attempt to win votes, writes Yasser Louati.
Ex-president Sarkozy to learn fate in cash-from-Libya case
Sarkozy was charged in 2018 with taking bribes, concealing the embezzlement of Libyan public funds and illegal campaign financing.
Date set for ruling in Sarkozy Libya funding case
A Paris court will rule in September on a legal challenge by Nicolas Sarkozy against an investigation into claims that Libyan ...
After Sultan Qaboos, Oman to retain its treasured neutrality
The sultanate of Oman, positioned geographically and diplomatically between the rival powers of Iran and Saudi Arabia, will be expected to ...
Michel Platini freed after World Cup corruption probe arrest
Platini, a former France national team great who became one of soccer's most powerful administrators before being banned from the game, was ...
Platini denies wrongdoing after World Cup corruption probe arrest
Former UEFA president Platini denied wrongdoing during police questioning following his arrest as part of a corruption probe into the vote that ...
Qatar 'stronger' despite blockade, says emir during museum opening
Qatar has grown stronger since the Saudi-led blockade was imposed in June 2017, the Gulf state's ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said on Wednesday.
Macron in Morocco to unveil French-backed high-speed railway
The French president and Moroccan king travelled on the high-speed train from Tangiers to the capital Rabat.
UN slams French 'burqa ban' for violating rights
The UN Human Rights Committee called on France to review the 2010 law that forbids women from publicly wearing clothing that conceals their face.
Turkish tourism makes a comeback after 2016 downturn
Tourists have returned in droves to Turkey, helped this summer by the sharp fall in the value of the Turkish lira following economic uncertainty ...
Daring to be a visibly Muslim woman in France
Comment: Pougetoux represents so-far elusive popular alliance that could transform politics in France for the better, writes Malia Bouattia.
Ban the Bible too? Erdogan slams French 'anti-Quran' statement
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reacted angrily to a group of some 300 well-known French personalities who urged prominent Muslims to ...
'Go to hell': Egypt's Al-Azhar blasts French anti-Semitism manifesto
A senior official in Egypt's top Islamic authority has slammed a controversial French manifesto that calls for certain passages of the Quran to ...
French Muslims blast anti-Semitism letter as attack on Islam
French Muslims have denounced an open letter calling for certain verses of the Quran to be removed.
French ex-leader decries 'mad allegations' amid Gaddafi corruption scandal
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has defended himself against the "mad allegations" that he accepted millions of euros ...
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