ISTANBUL (AA) — France plans to ban the abaya, a long loose-fitting overgarment worn by some Muslim women, on school grounds, the country’s education minister said on Sunday. Gabriel Attal told broadcaster TF1 that the government intends to convey “clear rules” on the matter to school officials across the country. Attal also ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Niger’s military administration ordered only the French ambassador to leave the country, not the German, US, or Nigerian envoys. In a statement late Friday, it dismissed widely circulated reports indicating that the German, US and Nigerian envoys had been effectively expelled, specifying that “only the French ambassador i...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Anti-Muslim sentiment in France, especially in the public sphere, has also been reflected in French art and literature, says a scholar of multiculturalism. Speaking to the media, Nagihan Haliloglu, who teaches comparative literature at Istanbul’s Ibn Khaldun University, evaluated the impact of growing anti-Muslim sentimen...
