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PARIS -French President Emmanuel Macron said he understood the feelings of Muslims who are shocked by the displaying of cartoons of Prophet Muhammad but added that the “radical Islam” he is trying to fight is a threat to all people,…
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ISLAMABAD -Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday (28) wrote to the leaders of Muslim countries calling on them to act together against Islamophobia, as anger grows over France’s defence of the right to mock religion. Muslims…
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By Steven Erlanger   BRUSSELS — Since a young Muslim beheaded a French schoolteacher who had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in a class, France has conducted dozens of raids against suspected Islamic extremists, closed a major…
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1886 - The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York Harbour by President Grover Cleveland. Liberty Enlightening the World is a colossal neoclassical copper sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbour. A gift from the people of …
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NEW DELHI - As Muslims across the world protest and broaden their calls for a boycott of French products over comments by President Emmanual Macron about Islam and depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, hashtags with a different message are…
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ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Turkish citizens against buying French goods, amid growing calls across the Muslim world for a boycott. His remarks on Monday (26)  widened a rift between Turkey and France. “I call…
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan accused French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday (25) of "attacking Islam", after the European leader criticized Islamists and defended the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet…
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By Adam Nossiter PARIS — As a wave of anger continued to sweep over France following the decapitation of a high school teacher, French police conducted dozens of raids Monday (19) targeting individuals associated with radical Islamists,…
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By Constant Méheut PARIS — A retired French surgeon has been charged with the rape and sexual assault of more than 300 people, a vast majority of whom were under 15, in what could be France’s biggest-ever paedophilia and sexual abuse…
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By Eleonore Dermy and Alice Lefebvre CONFLANS-SAINTE-HONORINE - A history teacher beheaded in a Paris suburb on Friday (16) had been the target of online threats for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in class, France's…
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