Police arrest leader of radical Islamist party in Lahore

April 12, 2021 Article

Police in Pakistan have arrested the leader of a radical Islamist political party a day after he threatened the government with protests if it did not expel France’s ambassador over depictions of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed. Saad Rizvi was arrested in the eastern city of Lahore to “maintain law and order”, said Ghulam Mohammad Dogar, chief […]

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Bill to tackle radical Islamic beliefs in France under debate

February 1, 2021 Article

French legislators are set to debate a bill to tackle radical Islamic ideology. Some authorities maintain that such radical beliefs are creeping into public services, schools and online platforms, with the goal of undermining national values. The bill is broad and controversial, with 1,700 proposed amendments, and guarantees heated debate for the next two weeks […]

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World leaders condemn beheadings by extremist rebels in Mozambique

November 11, 2020 Article

Reports of more than 50 beheadings by Mozambique’s Islamist extremist rebels have raised international alarm over the new level of violence in the country’s north. The killings mark a bloody turn in the three-year insurgency in Cabo Delgado province, prompting condemnations from the United Nations secretary-general and the presidents of France and Zimbabwe. In the […]

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World leaders condemn beheadings by extremist rebels in Mozambique

November 11, 2020 Article

Reports of more than 50 beheadings by Mozambique’s Islamist extremist rebels have raised international alarm over the new level of violence in the country’s north. The killings mark a bloody turn in the three-year insurgency in Cabo Delgado province, prompting condemnations from the United Nations secretary-general and the presidents of France and Zimbabwe. In the […]

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European leaders say collaboration key in anti-terror fight

November 10, 2020 Article

French President Emmanuel Macron said that extremist attacks are a “European reality” and the European Union must tighten the screws on weak spots like external borders and the internet. The calls follow two deadly extremist attacks in France and another in Austria in recent weeks. Mr Macron’s remarks came after he, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, […]

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Former Malaysia PM Mahathir refuses to apologise for France attack comments

October 31, 2020 Article

Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad defends his widely condemned comments on attacks by Muslim extremists in France, saying that they were taken out of context as he criticised Twitter and Facebook for removing his posts. The 95-year-old sparked widespread outrage when he wrote on his blog on Thursday that “Muslims have a right to be […]

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New arrest by French investigators probing church attack in Nice

October 30, 2020 Article

Detectives investigating an attack by a Tunisian man who killed three people in a Nice church have a second suspect in custody, as France heightens its security alert amid religious and geopolitical tensions around cartoons mocking the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. Tunisian anti-terrorism authorities have opened an investigation into an online claim that the attack was […]

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French militant group and mosque to close after teacher’s killing

October 21, 2020 Article

France’s president has named a domestic militant Islamist group as “directly implicated” in last week’s beheading of a history teacher who had discussed caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed with his class. Emmanuel Macron said the group will be ordered dissolved on Wednesday, when a mosque that relayed a denunciation of the high school teacher is […]

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Suspect in French beheading horror was Chechen teenager

October 17, 2020 Article

A suspect shot dead by police after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris was an 18-year-old Chechen, French police said. Authorities investigating the horrific killing of the man in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine have also arrested nine suspects, including the grandparents, parents and 17-year-old brother of the suspected attacker. The teacher had discussed caricatures of Islam’s […]

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Emmanuel Macron condemns racism but rules out removal of contested statues

June 14, 2020 Article

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to stand firm against racism but also praised police and insisted that France would not take down statues of controversial, colonial-era figures. It was the first time Mr Macron has spoken on the issues since George Floyd’s death in the US unleashed protests around the world, including several in […]

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