Minister Urges Imams to Speak French
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One in three of France's imams don't speak French, the country's interior minister said in an interview published Tuesday, proposing initiatives to help Islamic religious leaders better adapt.
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Political leaders say a homegrown breed of imams must be created to stanch the migration of Muslim clerics.
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PARIS -- In a new book seen as a prelude to a presidential bid, France's finance minister is taking up the thorny question of how to reach out to an increasingly assertive Muslim minority and integrate it into a largely secular society.
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A French Muslim minister and women's rights campaigner came out in support Monday of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali-born former Dutch deputy threatened with death for her criticism of Islam.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is calling on members of la Francophonie to play a key role in easing tensions around the world.Comment
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Deputies from France's ruling  centre-right UMP party have called on President Jacques Chirac  to persuade his European colleagues to declare Hezbollah a  terrorist organization.
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Deputies from France's ruling centre-right UMP party have called on President Jacques Chirac to persuade his European colleagues to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
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Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter  Balkenende visited a mosque on Sunday and urged dialogue among  different communities in the Netherlands after a wave of  sectarian attacks in a country once known for its tolerance.
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A minister orders an inquiry into an Islamic school which is accused of promoting religious intolerance.
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A teacher in France is the latest to face death threats for daring to criticize the religion and its prophet's emphasis on violence
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France will start enrolling future Muslim prayer leaders into secular universities next autumn to teach them the law, civics and history they need to integrate, Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said in an interview.
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"Neither a Whore nor Submissive"  President Nicolas Sarkozy sent a strong signal to France's disaffected minorities Tuesday by appointing an outspoken advocate of Muslim women and a woman of Senegalese origin Tuesday to his government _ among the country's most diverse ever.As junior minister for city policy, feminist activist Fadela Amara will oversee the renovation of dilapidated housing estates where many immigrants live _ neighborhoods similar to the one where she grew up with her Algerian immigrant parents.Senegalese-born Rama Yade was appointed to the new post of junior minister for human rights, an area Sarkozy has identified as a priority for his month-old government, which he reshuffled and expanded after his conservative party did not fare as well as expected in weekend parliamentary elections. Read more
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Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom said here Wednesday that he was confident French authorities are making every effort to fight against anti-Semitism.
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French President Jacques Chirac has sent his foreign minister to the Middle East to try to win freedom for two journalists held in Iraq by militants demanding France end its ban on Muslim headscarves in ...
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MARSEILLE, France : In a major broadside, President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin rejected a senior government minister's idea of using state funds to build mosques and train Islamic ...
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The Dutch parliament asked the government yesterday to draft legislation compelling mosques to employ only imams who have studied Islamic religion in the Netherlands.
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French Muslim and Jewish groups hold landmark talks on tackling racism and boosting understanding.