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France mobilises 10,000 troops after attacks

France is mobilising 10,000 troops to boost security, as security forces search for what the French prime minister called a “probable” accomplice to three days of bloodshed in and around the capital. After a crisis meeting on Monday, Manuel Valls said the search is urgent because “the threat is still[…]

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Syria slams Turkey over Paris suspect border crossing

The Syrian government has accused Turkey of allowing “terrorists” to freely cross the border after Ankara said the common-law wife of one of the Paris attackers entered Syria from Turkey earlier this month. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday that the woman, Hayat Boumedienne, arrived in Turkey from Madrid[…]

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Millions attend unity rallies in France

An estimated 3.7 million people joined by dozens of world leaders have marched across France in honour of the 17 people killed in attacks in Paris, according to the country’s interior ministry. In Paris, up 1.6 million took part in Sunday’s rally, among them family members of the 12 people[…]

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Anti-Islam protests to be held across Germany

Anti-Islam and anti-refugee protesters are expected to take to the streets across Germany on Monday, hoping to boost their ranks after last week’s attacks in Paris. The weekly demonstrations organized by Pegida, or Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, have been steadily swelling since they were launched about[…]

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MJC speaks out against attacks in France

The Muslim Judicial council has spoken out in condemnation against the recent attacks in France, more particularly on French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo last Wednesday. Spokesperson Nabeweyah Malick said that as the MJC they condemned in the fullest sense the killing of 12 innocent French nationals, amongst them several journalists[…]

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Arson attack at German paper after cartoon reprint

The offices of a German newspaper in Hamburg that reprinted Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the prophet Mohammed was hit by an arson attack early Sunday, police said. Unidentified assailants threw stones and an incendiary device at the Hamburger Morgenpost around 2 am (0100 GMT). Police in the northern German port[…]

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Freedom of speech has limits: MJC

Freedom of speech is to be respected, but does have limits when it borders on what could be perceived as hate speech, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) said on Saturday. “If someone criticises your place of work, your car, your shoes, these things are fine — but when someone insults,[…]

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French police seek slain radical’s widow

A young Frenchwoman of North African origin, she opted to wear an Islamic veil, though she said the pious choice of attire cost her a job as a cashier. She has accused the U.S. of killing innocent Muslims, and was photographed wielding a crossbow. Never convicted of a crime herself,[…]

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Don’t be provoked by offensive cartoons: CMRM

The following is a statement issued by the Claremont Main Road Mosque (CMRM), in response to the recent attack on the offices of a French satirical magazine: STATEMENT– The killing of 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris is an act that should be condemned in the[…]

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