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Manuel Valls speaks with then economy minister Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, April 8, 2015. (Reuters)
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France’s Minister of the Interior Bernard Cazeneuve (C) meets with Vice President of the French Muslim council CFCM Abdallah Zekri (L) and CFCM Head Anouar Kbibech (R) at the Ministry of the Interior on August 1, 2016 in Paris. Muslims across France were invited to participate in Catholic ceremonies on July 31 to mourn a priest whose murder by jihadist teenagers sparked fears of religious tension. Masses will be celebrated across the country in honour of octogenarian Father Jacques Hamel, whose throat was cut in his church on August 2 in the latest jihadist attack on France. “We are all Catholics of France,” said Anouar Kbibech, the head of the French Muslim council CFCM, in an expression of togetherness in the wake of the attack. / AFP PHOTO / JACQUES DEMARTHON /
French Muslims to Launch Foundation to Finance Mosques
In the wake of recent statements made by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on inhibiting foreign funding of mosque construction in France, a new foundation will be created to help finance the mosques and keep out radical benefactors, the head of the French Muslim...Caption:
Flags fly at half-mast in memory of victims the day after a truck ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores and injuring more who were celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday, in Nice. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Nice Massacre Committer Carefully Planned for Operation
Paris-Investigations showed that Nice terrorist attack, adopted by ISIS, was not abrupt; as a matter of fact Mohammed Bouhlel, carefully planned for it. Thursday’s attack left 84 killed and dozens injured, some are still struggling for life. While the security bodies...Caption:
England and Russia fans brawl in Marseille on Saturday Reuters/Jean-Paul Pelissier
Russia Handed Suspended Euro 2016 Disqualification as Valls Vows Expulsions
Russia will be disqualified from the European Championship if there is more violence by their fans inside stadiums in France, UEFA said as it fined the Russian soccer federation after its supporters charged their English counterparts inside the Stade Velodrome over...Caption:
A general view of the upper parliament chamber is pictured in Algiers, Algeria. Reuters