PARIS – A man will stand trial in France for assaulting two Muslim women who were wearing headscarves, according to the women’s attorney. Lawyer Nabil Boudi said that the suspect will face charges at the Montpellier Criminal Court on September 14. The alleged assailant will face charges in court for temporarily preventing the two w...
WASHINGTON – Russia has formally protested via a diplomatic note against ongoing US arms shipments to Ukraine, warning of “unpredictable consequences” if they continue. The demarche came as US President Joe Biden signed off on an additional $800 million in military aid to Kyiv. Biden’s decision included heavy armaments ...
MOSCOW – Russia has declared 18 diplomats of the EU office in Moscow persona non grata, a move deplored by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell as “unjustified”. Earlier, the Foreign Ministry summoned EU ambassador Marcus Exeter and expressed its strong protest against the expulsion of 19 Russian diplomats from the country&#...
PARIS- France’s Council of State has postponed until next week the verdict in the case of the Pessac Mosque in the Gironde department of southwestern France, which is threatened with closure for allegedly conveying a “Salafist ideology.” More than 100 faithful Muslims gathered to show their support to the mosque. Defense lawyer Sefen Guez Guez...
MOSCOW – Russia has vowed to increase strikes on Kyiv in response to Ukraine’s attacks on the Russian regions bordering Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Ukraine’s combat helicopter that attacked Russia’s Bryansk region yesterday was shot down by the air defense systems. According to Konash...
On Wednesday, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov threatened to deploy nuclear weapons in and around the Baltic Sea region if Finland and Sweden join NATO. But Bloomberg reports that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on that possibility. Foreign Minister Ryabkov also said U.S. and NATO arms shipments in Ukraine will be ...
On Thursday, the Danish leader of a far-right party burned a copy of the Quran in a heavily-populated Muslim area in Sweden. According to media reports, Rasmus Paludan, head of the Stram Kurs party, placed the Muslim holy book down in a public square in the city of Linkoping and burned it. He was accompanied […]
Cameras, microphones and smartphones aren’t just used to stay in touch with people. Such gadgets have become essential technology for Muslims keeping track of their Ramadan rituals. For Omar Taha, they are essential for reaching out to his congregation — the Al Emaan Islamic Centre in south London. The 33-year-old physician manages and control...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union on Friday called for an immediate end to the violence in the occupied West Bank following clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. “Violence needs to stop immediately,” Peter Stano, the lead spokesperson of the EU’s diplomatic service, said in a statement. He expressed deep concern over the surge […...
LONDON (AA) – The UK has been accused of establishing its own “Guantanamo Bay” after it signed a deal with Rwanda to end human smuggling across the English Channel. Senior Tories, including former ministers David Davis, Andrew Mitchell and Simon Hoare, protested against the deal, saying it was like creating “a British G...
