French Muslim Group

France is to end funding for its biggest Muslim high school on the grounds of administrative failures and questionable teaching practices, a local official said on Monday, the latest in what some rights groups say is a wider crackdown on Muslims.

A French Muslim group said Monday it was suing Facebook and YouTube for allowing a live broadcast of the grisly video of a massacre at a New Zealand mosque, reviving the debate over how social media amplifies such attacks.

Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing opposition party held an internal meeting Thursday on the "question of Islam" in France, which drew criticism from Muslim groups and some members of the party for "stigmatising" the religion.

France's main Islamic groups urged Muslims across the country to observe a minute of silence on Thursday and for Imams to condemn terrorism in the wake of the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine.

Violence in the Central African Republic is becoming "more serious" as a political deadlock inflames tensions between rival Christians and Muslims, France's defence minister warned as he left for the war-torn country.

France's lower house of Parliament on Tuesday approved a ban on burqa-like Islamic veils, a move that is popular among French voters despite concerns from Muslim groups and human rights advocates. While 335 MPs voted in favour of the ban, only 1 opposed it.

France is to end funding for its biggest Muslim high school on the grounds of administrative failures and questionable teaching practices, a local official said on Monday, the latest in what some rights groups say is a wider crackdown on Muslims.

A French Muslim group said Monday it was suing Facebook and YouTube for allowing a live broadcast of the grisly video of a massacre at a New Zealand mosque, reviving the debate over how social media amplifies such attacks.

Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing opposition party held an internal meeting Thursday on the "question of Islam" in France, which drew criticism from Muslim groups and some members of the party for "stigmatising" the religion.

France's main Islamic groups urged Muslims across the country to observe a minute of silence on Thursday and for Imams to condemn terrorism in the wake of the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine.

Violence in the Central African Republic is becoming "more serious" as a political deadlock inflames tensions between rival Christians and Muslims, France's defence minister warned as he left for the war-torn country.

France's lower house of Parliament on Tuesday approved a ban on burqa-like Islamic veils, a move that is popular among French voters despite concerns from Muslim groups and human rights advocates. While 335 MPs voted in favour of the ban, only 1 opposed it.