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je ne suis pas Charlie #IamNotCharlie
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Aziz Poonawalla
I fully support the right, and I also deeply appreciate the sentiment, of the cartoonist Luz, who is one of the survivors of the despicable attack on the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that was attacked by Al Qaeda last week. Here is Luz’s (translated) statement in full: I invoked all the talents of…
liberté, égalité, fraternité: pregnant muslim woman in France violently attacked over hijab; loses her baby
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Aziz Poonawalla
This is a horrific story and the first thought should be duas for the grieving family for their loss: A young pregnant Muslim woman, who was allegedly attacked in the street for wearing a veil has lost her baby, her lawyer announced on Monday. According to reports in the French media, the woman, who was…
French hijab ban
By
Aziz Poonawalla
I linked this earlier, but it’s worth highlighting again – this article at Islam Online about the French hijab ban is a fantastic retrospective and absolutely required reading on the topic.
Ramadan row – French fatigue
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Aziz Poonawalla
Ramadan is like a magic word. You need only to utter it and suddenly people become insane: The trial of seven men for armed robbery was due to start on 16 September in Rennes. But last week the court agreed to a request from a lawyer for one of the accused to put it off…
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