Muslims slam French kidnapping in Iraq
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Muslim countries Monday denounced the kidnapping of French journalists in Iraq, saying there is no link to a veil ban in France. A group calling itself the &quot;Islamic Army
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_ Islamic militants released a brief tape showing two French journalists kidnapped recently in Iraq and said they were holding the men to protest a French law banning headscarves in schools, according to footage aired Saturday by an Arab
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AMMAN, August 30 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Prominent Muslim groups and governments added Monday, August 30, their voice to those denouncing the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq and calling for their release.
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The Vatican expresses anger at the abduction of Georges Casmoussa, one of Iraq's most senior Christian clerics.
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CAIRO: Iraqi militants last night kidnapped two Frenchmen to protest France&#39;s ban on students wearing Islamic head scarves in schools, according to a tape aired by Al Jazeera TV.
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Masked members of a radical Islamic faction called the Secret Islamic Army of Iraq urged a rival group to free two French journalists held hostage since August 20, in a video obtained by AFP.
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The French government Sunday scrambled to develop a response to kidnappers who grabbed two French journalists in Iraq, demanding Paris revoke a law banning Islamic head scarves in public schools.
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The Vatican voices outrage at the abduction of Georges Casmoussa, one of Iraq's most senior Christian clerics.
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A French Muslim delegation in Iraq said Thursday they had proof that two French hostages held by Islamic militants were alive, even though France refused to lift a ban on Muslim headscarves as the school year began.
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Iraqi militants have kidnapped two Frenchmen to protest France&#39;s ban on students wearing Islamic head coverings in public schools, according to a tape aired by Al-Jazeera television.
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CAIRO, Egypt - France's foreign minister appealed Monday for the release of two French journalists abducted in Baghdad, saying the French respect all religions. He did not rule out traveling to Baghdad...
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France has criticized unofficial negotiators for complicating release efforts for two French hostages held in Iraq, the BBC reported Saturday.
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The kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq has injected new tension into France&#39;s debate over banning Islamic headscarves in schools just as Paris was hoping for a smooth start to the school year this week.
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CAIRO, EGYPT - A group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq says it has kidnapped two French journalists to protest a new French law that forbids the wear of religious items in schools.
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French Muslims jammed Paris&#39; main mosque Friday to pray for two journalists taken hostage in Iraq - a show of unity with the government despite Muslims&#39; opposition to a new law banning Islamic head scarves in public schools.
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TWO French hostages held in Iraq were shown in a video today urging their government to revoke a ban on the Islamic scarf, while their kidnappers extended their deadline.
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Iraq&#39;s radical Shiite Muslim leader, Moqtada Sadr, is calling for the release of two French reporters being held hostage in Iraq.