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France defends law combatting 'pernicious' Islamist radicalism
President Emmanuel Macron has pushed the legislation - which would tighten rules on issues ranging from religious-based education to polygamy - after a spate of...
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Four more students charged in France over teacher's beheading
Three other pupils were charged with complicity earlier this month over the beheading last month of Paty, who had shown his students cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad as part of a lesson on free speech.
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French bill clamps down on radical Islam
The bill, which was seen by AFP, also makes it an offence to share the personal information of a person in a way that allows them to be identified or located by people who want to harm them.
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Pakistani Islamists end anti-France protest after govt talks
Ultra-conservative Pakistan has seen scattered protests since French President Emmanuel Macron defended the right to criticise Islam as part of freedom of speech, triggering anger across the Muslim world.
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Three more face charges after French teacher's beheading
The three suspects, who were detained Tuesday, face charges of "associating with terrorist criminals" following the death of Samuel Paty near his school in a Paris suburb last month.
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Teenager charged in France for hailing teacher's beheading
The 14-year old boy, an Afghan national, openly welcomed the killing in class, saying he "would have done the same," the La Provence newspaper reported.
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France fighting Islamist extremism, not Islam: Macron
The French president sparked protests across the Muslim world after last month's murder of teacher Samuel Paty - who had shown his class a cartoon of Muhammad - by saying France would never renounce its laws permitting blasphemous caricatures.
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France honours slain teacher as school resumes
On Thursday morning, three people were knifed to death in a church in the southern city of Nice in another attack the government called an act of "Islamist" terror.
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Anti-France protests draw thousands in Asia, Middle East
Smaller anti-France protests also took place in the Middle East after Macron's defence of the right to publish controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad - a position that has sparked anger across the Muslim world.
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Muslims 'not persecuted' in France, says country's Muslim council
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to take the fight to Islamist radicals after the 16 October beheading of a history teacher who had shown cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to pupils in a class discussion on free speech.
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Pogba to take legal action after 'fake news' France retirement rumours
According to reports in the Middle East picked up by British tabloid The Sun, World Cup winner Pogba wanted to end his international career after Macron vowed to take the fight to Islamic radicals after the October 16 beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty.
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Man charged for 'liking' photo of murdered French teacher
He was already on the radar of the authorities for having endorsed a massacre at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that first published the Mohammed cartoons.
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Two French women charged over 'racist' stabbing of veiled Muslim women
The case comes amid heightened racial tensions following the jihadist killing last week of a French teacher who had shown his pupils cartoons of the prophet Mohammed.
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We will not give up cartoons: Macron in homage to murdered teacher
France will not give up cartoons, President Emmanuel Macron vowed Wednesday in a homage to teacher Samuel Paty, beheaded for having shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to pupils in a lesson on free speech.
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Pupils pointed French teacher out to killer 'for €300-350'
Samuel Paty was attacked on his way home on Friday from the junior high school where he taught in the suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.
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France honours beheaded teacher as Macron ramps up anti-extremism campaign
Police have carried out dozens of raids, while the government has ordered the six-month closure of a mosque and plans to dissolve a group that supports Palestinian militant group Hamas.
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French teacher's killer 'in contact' with pupil's father before attack
Police sources said earlier that the 18-year-old killer had exchanged messages on WhatsApp with the man who wanted Samuel Paty fired after his daughter told him how the teacher had shown cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a lesson on free speech.
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France closes Paris mosque in clampdown over teacher's beheading
The interior ministry said the mosque in Pantin, which has some 1,500 worshippers, would be shut on Wednesday night for six months.
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French police target Islamist networks after teacher's beheading
Fifteen people have been detained so far, including four pupils who may have helped the killer - an 18-year-old of Chechen origin who was killed by police - to identify the teacher in return for payment.
