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Fast Forward French Cartoon of Jew and Muhammed Sparks Anger
A French magazine ridiculed the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday by portraying him naked in cartoons, threatening to fuel the anger of Muslims around the world who are already incensed by a video depicting him as a lecherous fool. The drawings in the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo risked exacerbating a crisis that has seen the storming…
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Fast Forward Simone Veil Wins France’s Highest Honor
French President Francois Hollande has awarded France’s highest honor to Simone Veil, a French politician and Holocaust survivor. Hollande personally presented Veil, 85, with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour at the Elysee Palace on Sept. 10. A lawyer by education, she served as Minister of Health under the center-right government of Valery…
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Fast Forward French Soccer Fan Fined for Nazi Salute
A French judge has fined a French soccer fan for making a Hitler salute at a match and banned him from entering his city’s main stadium. The court in Brest, in western France, imposed a $910 fine on the 32-year-old man, according to the news site Paris Depeches. He was seen making the Hitler salute…
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Fast Forward John Galliano Sues Dior for $18M Over Firing
Designer John Galliano reportedly has filed an $18.7 million lawsuit against Christian Dior, the fashion house that fired him for anti-Semitic speech. On Tuesday, the website of the London-based The Daily Telegraph reported that Galliano “is believed” to have lodged an employee/employer dispute claim with the French labor court, with a Paris hearing scheduled for…
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Fast Forward France Opens Murder Probe Into Arafat’s Death
French prosecutors have launched a formal murder investigation into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 2004, AFP news agency reported Tuesday. AFP reported that the prosecutor’s office in the town of Nanterre west of Paris had ordered a murder investigation following a formal complaint by Arafat’s widow, Suha Arafat. The probe will be…
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Fast Forward Toulouse Killer Had Worldwide Network
Mohammed Merah, the killer of four Jews from Toulouse,reportedly had contacted people in 20 countries including Israel before perpetrating the murders. The daily newspaper Le Monde reported last week that French security services declassified records that showed Merah had exchanged information over the telephone with people from Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Kenya,…
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Fast Forward John Galliano Loses Title Over Anti-Semitic Rants
French President Francois Hollande reportedly has stripped fashion designer John Galliano of his Legion of Honor medal because of anti-Semitic behavior. French media reported that a presidential decree published on France’s official journal said Galliano may no longer wear the medal – France’s highest honor – which he received in 2009. Last year Galliano, a…
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Opinion France’s Jewish Archbishop
In the United States, no one born abroad can grow up and become president. In France, any citizen can grow up and become president, or archbishop of Paris — even the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland. August 5 marks the fifth anniversary of the death of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger. With his passing, France lost…
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