The French Interior Minister said that his government would crack down on any form of anti-Semitism after sectarian violence tarnished pro-Palestinian rallies in Paris.
French prosecutors demanded topless activists who protested at the Notre Dame Cathedral in support of LGBT rights to pay hefty fines for damages incurred by the state.
The European Court of Human Rights upheld the French government’s ban on wearing the burka or niqab in public, saying the law passed in 2010 does not breach the human rights of Muslim women.
French Jews are leaving for Israel in growing numbers, saying they do not want to be caught in the politics between militant Islam and an increasingly influential far right.
The Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury recently warned that Christians may soon become strangers in their own land. Rt Rev Mark Davies shared this message with more than 1000 Catholics during a five-day prayer fest that was organized in Norfolk.
