France

A French fast food chain has fuelled the country's bitter debate over the influence of Muslim values by banning pig products from its menu. French burger chain causes outrage by

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the French First Lady, has been called a "prostitute” by Iran after she criticised the country’s decision to stone a woman to death. Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy,

The lack of a central body in France to oversee the authenticity of halal meat has made some experts doubt that animals have been slaughtered following the correct Islamic procedures. Estimates of

French police brought rape charges Sunday against a Muslim man targeted by the government in an earlier case of alleged polygamy, a state prosecutor said. Lies Hebbadj, 35, an Algerian-born

Opposition politicians and elements of the media have rounded on French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s proposals to strip French nationals of foreign origin of their citizenship if they endanger the

This was originally a power point presentation that was going around in email, and in French. I thought it was worth doing as a video and in English, as the rest of the world needs to know

There’s a movement afoot to ban the burqa in Europe. And it just scored another political point in France. On July 13, the lower house in the French Parliament voted overwhelmingly to outlaw

French soccer stars Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema were last night charged with bedding an underage vice girl. The pair could face up to three years in prison for allegedly paying Zahia Dehar for

Rioters torched cars and shot at police on the outskirts of the French Alpine city Grenoble after police shot dead a suspected robber. Rioters torched cars, looted shops and shot at police in

For Rev. Samir Khalil Samir, the French burqa ban is an invitation for Muslims to strive for integration and to marginalize Salafi trends of opposition and conflict. Moreover, the burqa has no