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French Muslim Group Sues Facebook, YouTube Over New Zealand Attack Video
A French Muslim group said Monday it was suing Facebook and YouTube for allowing a live broadcast of the grisly video of a massacre at a New Zealand mosque, reviving the debate over how social media amplifies such attacks.
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Singer Forced To Quit French Show Over Comments On Terror Attack Posts
A French singer who became an overnight star after dazzling judges on a TV talent show quit the contest Friday after coming under fire for past Facebook comments about terror attacks.
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Don't Confuse Islam And Terror, Says French Muslim Woman
A young French Muslim woman who lost three family members in the July 14 terrorist attack on Nice made an impassioned plea on Monday not to confuse the Islamic faith with terrorism.
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After Burkini Row, France's Interior Minister Meets Muslim Leaders, Experts
France's interior minister convened Muslim leaders today to discuss a French-style Islam that honours the nation's secular values, a task given new urgency after deep divisions surfaced over burkini bans in 30 French beach towns and after terror attacks that also stigmatized Muslims.
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Calls For French Women's Minister To Quit Over Veil 'Slavery' Row
France's women's rights minister faced growing criticism today, including calls on social media to resign, after comparing women who wear the Muslim headscarf and veil to "negroes who supported slavery".
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French Muslims Fear Repercussions From Paris Attacks
For the second time this year France's Muslims have seen carnage brought to the streets of Paris by a few radical Islamists and fear that they will now suffer as a consequence.
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Nicolas Sarkozy Party's 'Islam Meeting' Sparks Criticism
Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing opposition party held an internal meeting Thursday on the "question of Islam" in France, which drew criticism from Muslim groups and some members of the party for "stigmatising" the religion.
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French Muslims Have Both Rights, Responsibilities: Francois Hollande
President Francois Hollande says France's millions of Muslims should be protected and respected and in turn they should also respect the nation's strict secular policies.
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Man punches nurse for removing wife's burqa
A Muslim man in France has been jailed after he punched a nurse who tried to remove his wife's veil during childbirth. Nassim Mimoune, 24, had already been expelled from the delivery room for branding the midwife a 'rapist' as she carried out an intimate examination of his wife, the Daily Mail reported.
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French Muslim Group Sues Facebook, YouTube Over New Zealand Attack Video
A French Muslim group said Monday it was suing Facebook and YouTube for allowing a live broadcast of the grisly video of a massacre at a New Zealand mosque, reviving the debate over how social media amplifies such attacks.
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Singer Forced To Quit French Show Over Comments On Terror Attack Posts
A French singer who became an overnight star after dazzling judges on a TV talent show quit the contest Friday after coming under fire for past Facebook comments about terror attacks.
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Don't Confuse Islam And Terror, Says French Muslim Woman
A young French Muslim woman who lost three family members in the July 14 terrorist attack on Nice made an impassioned plea on Monday not to confuse the Islamic faith with terrorism.
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After Burkini Row, France's Interior Minister Meets Muslim Leaders, Experts
France's interior minister convened Muslim leaders today to discuss a French-style Islam that honours the nation's secular values, a task given new urgency after deep divisions surfaced over burkini bans in 30 French beach towns and after terror attacks that also stigmatized Muslims.
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Calls For French Women's Minister To Quit Over Veil 'Slavery' Row
France's women's rights minister faced growing criticism today, including calls on social media to resign, after comparing women who wear the Muslim headscarf and veil to "negroes who supported slavery".
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French Muslims Fear Repercussions From Paris Attacks
For the second time this year France's Muslims have seen carnage brought to the streets of Paris by a few radical Islamists and fear that they will now suffer as a consequence.
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Nicolas Sarkozy Party's 'Islam Meeting' Sparks Criticism
Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing opposition party held an internal meeting Thursday on the "question of Islam" in France, which drew criticism from Muslim groups and some members of the party for "stigmatising" the religion.
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French Muslims Have Both Rights, Responsibilities: Francois Hollande
President Francois Hollande says France's millions of Muslims should be protected and respected and in turn they should also respect the nation's strict secular policies.
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Man punches nurse for removing wife's burqa
A Muslim man in France has been jailed after he punched a nurse who tried to remove his wife's veil during childbirth. Nassim Mimoune, 24, had already been expelled from the delivery room for branding the midwife a 'rapist' as she carried out an intimate examination of his wife, the Daily Mail reported.
