PARIS , France (AFP) — Anti-Muslim acts in France tripled in 2015, with peaks in activity coming after two sets of deadly terror attacks, a government advisory commission said Monday. A total of 429 anti-Muslim threats or hate crimes were reported last year, up from 133 in 2014, according to a report from France’s National Human Rights Commission (CNCDH). Two “peaks” in abuse came after jihadists attacked satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in January 2015 and […]
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Paris square lights up in France’s tricolor, one year after Charlie attacks
The Place de la Republique, a square in Paris, was lit up in the colors of the French flag on Sunday night (January 10) to commemorate victims of Islamist militant attacks last year. Hundreds of people, including Parisians and sympathizers from around France and other countries trooped to the square for the event. It capped a week of commemoration events, one year after two brothers shot editorial staff members of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. France […]
Decapitated body, scrawled with Arabic, found at French blast site
(REUTERS) A decapitated body daubed with Arabic writing was found at a U.S.-owned factory in southeast France on Friday after an assailant rammed a delivery van into gas containers at the site, triggering an explosion. A source close to the investigation said the victim was the boss of the suspect, a delivery man. The two had gone to the company to make a delivery but the assailant killed and beheaded his 50-year-old manager before entering […]
Al Qaeda admits involvement in Paris atttack
The Al-Qaeda in Yemen admitted that they are behind the attacks on the French satirical publication “Charlie Hebdo”, saying that it is in retaliation for the alleged insult against Prophet Muhammad.
Charlie Hebdo puts Mohammad on front page
Up to 3 million copies of Charlie Hebdo could hit newsstands this week, dwarfing its usual print run of 60,000, in response to soaring demand for the first edition of the satirical weekly since last week’s deadly attacks by Islamist militants. Seventeen people, including journalists and police, were killed in three days of violence that began on Jan. 7 when militants burst into Charlie Hebdo’s office during a regular editorial meeting and shot dead five […]
Satirical magazine depicts Prophet Muhammad on cover
The satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo revealed its new cover depicting Prophet Muhammad.
New issue of Paris’ ‘Charlie Hebdo’ to hit shelves despite attack
THE French satirical newspaper whose staff was decimated in an Islamist attack will come out as scheduled next week, one of its surviving staffers told news agencies on Thursday. ‘Charlie Hebdo’ will hit shelves next Wednesday to defiantly show that “stupidity will not win,” said columnist Patrick Pelloux, adding that the remaining staff will soon meet. “It’s very hard. We are all suffering, with grief, with fear, but we will do it anyway because […]





