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Friday February 22, 2008

Cults • France:

The debate on sects continues in France

French chief of staff Emmanuelle Mignon has tried to correct some of the controversial quotes attributed to her on the subject of sects. In an interview with the publication VSD, she reportedly said that â€œsects were a non-problem in Franceâ€.
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Tuesday January 30, 2007

France:

French panel recommends measures to keep religion out of hospitals

Far softer than a 2004 law that banned Muslim head scarves and other “ostentatious” religious signs from public classrooms, the proposed charter is, like the head scarf law, an effort to ensure the secular nature of France
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Sunday April 30, 2006

France:

Riot-torn Paris suburbs targeted by sects

Sect-like groups are profiting from the misery in riot-stricken French suburbs to attract new recruits under the guise of offering humanitarian aid, warns an official report. Organisations including the Church of Scientology, labelled a cult in France, are targeting vulnerable residents in the country's poor, high immigration suburbs, it claims.
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Tuesday March 7, 2006

France:

France Says Sikhs Must Remove Turbans

PARIS, France (AP) -- France's highest administrative body ruled Monday that Sikhs must remove their turbans for driver's license photos, calling it a question of public security and not a restriction on freedom of religion.
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Saturday January 14, 2006

France:

Yahoo Loses Lawsuit Over Nazi Memorabilia Sale

Yahoo yesterday lost its bid to avoid liability for "hate speech" as defined in France in a decision that reveals lack of unanimity about how the Internet should be regulated.
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Monday January 9, 2006

France:

African evangelicals struggle for respect in France

MONTREUIL, France - The faithful are swaying, the walls are sweating and the choir's belting out praise to the Lord. It's Sunday morning and hundreds of black evangelicals are meeting in exuberant prayer.
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Wednesday December 15, 2004

France:

As holidays approach, French find new ban on religious symbols cuts both ways

PARIS – They arrived as they do every December: gaily wrapped gifts destined for children at a kindergarten in rural northern France.
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Monday November 8, 2004

France:

Turbans get French Sikhs expelled

Three Sikh boys have been expelled from school outside Paris for breaking a French law banning pupils from wearing religious headgear in school.
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Tuesday August 31, 2004

France:

Police: Suspected arsonist of Paris Jewish center is Jewish

PARIS - A man suspected of setting a fire that destroyed a Jewish community center in Paris last week is a Jewish former employee who was taken into police custody early Monday, a police spokesman said.
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Monday August 23, 2004

France:

Anti-Semitic Attack on Jewish Community Center in Paris

PARIS, Aug. 22 — Fire swept through a Jewish community center in eastern Paris in the early morning hours today after arsonists broke into the building and scrawled swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans inside. It was the latest in a wave of neo-Nazi acts sweeping the country.
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Sunday July 25, 2004

France:

200 French Jews heed aliya call

A week after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called on French Jews to immigrate to Israel, a group of 200 is heeding his call.
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Tuesday February 3, 2004

France:

Why France values its religious neutrality

Symbolism and scarves
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