French town tells halal supermarket to sell pork and alcohol or get shut down
A halal supermarket in Paris has been told by local authorities it must start selling pork and alcohol or else it will be shut...
French court imposes burkini ban despite State Council declaring it illegal
The French island of Corsica has upheld the burkini ban issued by a local mayor despite a higher court squashing it in Paris last...
France’s far-right National Front party sacks Muslim convert councillor
A local councillor for France’s far-right National Front (FN), who made headlines earlier this year after converting to Islam, has been sacked, the party...
ISIS claims responsibility for deadly Paris attacks killing 127 people
France has declared a national state of emergency and tightened borders after at least 127 people were killed in a night of gun and...
French prime minister wants to ban the hijab in universities
Prime Minister Manuel Valls of France has sparked controversy by suggesting the hijab should be banned in universities, and that a majority of French...
French court declares burkini bans as “clearly illegal”
France’s highest administrative court has ruled that the enforcement of "burkini bans" on the country’s beaches are illegal and a violation of civil and religious...
Moroccan man jailed on terror charges can lose French nationality
France can strip a French-Moroccan man convicted of terrorism-related crimes of his French nationality, the country’s constitutional council has ruled.
The authority, whose 12 members...
France to bomb ISIS in Iraq and Syria following Nice attacks
The French President Francois Hollande has vowed to "strengthen his country's role" in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria after a deadly...
French Muslims call for Europe-wide march against Islamophobia on March 15
A French Muslim organisation has called for a march in different European cities on March 15 to protest against Islamophobia.
Coordination against Racism and Islamophobia...
Charlie Hebdo shooting triggers violent anti-Muslim backlash in France
Two mosques in France were fired upon overnight, leaving no casualties, prosecutors said earlier today.
Four training grenades were thrown into the courtyard of a...
