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☆ Outcry in France as Principal Steps Down Over Head Scarf Incident
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Paris school principal’s decision to step down after he received online death threats over an incident involving a Muslim student’s head scarf has prompted national outrage this week in France. Camera crews have descended on the school and the government said it planned to sue the student, accusing her of making false accusations — the latest flashpoint in a debate over French secularism and the treatment of the country’s Muslim minority. Officials say the incident occurred on Feb. 28 at the Lycée Maurice-Ravel when the school’s principal asked three students to remove their head scarves on school grounds. Two of the students complied, but a third refused, causing an “altercation,” according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. Since 2004, middle and high school students in France have been barred from wearing “ostentatious” symbols that have a clear religious meaning, like a Catholic cross, a Jewish skullcap or a Muslim head scarf.

Persons: Maurice, Ravel Organizations: Paris Locations: France

☆ France to sue student it accuses of falsely accusing principal of forcibly removing headscarf
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Joseph Ataman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Paris CNN —A French high school student is being sued by the government for falsely accusing her former principal of assaulting her after he made her remove her headscarf on school premises, the country’s prime minister said Wednesday. Last year France banned the abaya – a long, robe-like garment often worn by Muslim women – despite warnings its prohibition was discriminatory. The student refused and “looked to intimidate” the school principal by accusing him of having physically assaulted her while removing her headscarf, Attal said. Attal said that her accusations were shared on social media, leading to “unacceptable” death threats against the school principal. In 2022, lawmakers backed a ban on wearing the hijab and other “conspicuous religious symbols” in sports competitions.

Persons: Paris CNN —, Gabriel Attal, Maurice Ravel Lycée, “, ”, Attal, BFMTV, “ Allahu Akbar, Samuel Paty, Charlie Hebdo, Emmanuel Macron Organizations: Paris CNN, French, TF1, CNN, BFMTV Locations: French, France, Europe’s, Paris, Arras

☆ French school where teacher was stabbed evacuated over bomb alert
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Pascal Rossignol | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] French police and firefighters stand in front of the Gambetta-Carnot school, where French teacher Dominique Bernard was killed in a knife attack on Friday, after the school was evacuated following a bomb alert in Arras, northern France, October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol Acquire Licensing RightsARRAS, France, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A high school in Arras, northern France, where a French teacher was fatally stabbed on Friday, was evacuated on Monday morning following a bomb alert, according to a Reuters photographer who was at the location. After the bomb alert on Monday, teachers, some of them in tears and holding each other, left the building, as did pupils who had come to lay flowers in tribute to Bernard. As a police bomb squad arrived, teachers and students gathered in the courtyard of a building opposite their school as civil protection personnel comforted them. Reporting by Pascal Rossignol; Writing by Ingrid Melander; Editing by Toby Chopra, Sudip Kar-Gupta and Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Gambetta, Carnot, Dominique Bernard, Pascal Rossignol, Gerald Darmanin, Lycee Gambetta, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Bernard, Ingrid Melander, Toby Chopra, Sudip Kar, Gupta, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Lycee, Thomson Locations: Arras, France, ARRAS, Israel

☆ France's Macron warns Iran over escalation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

French President Emmanuel Macron, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and officials arrive at the site after a teacher was killed and several people injured in a knife attack at the Lycee Gambetta-Carnot high school in Arras, northern France, October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron warned his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi in phone call on Sunday against any escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Macron's office said. "The president of the republic warned President Raisi against any escalation or extension of the conflict, especially to Lebanon," Macron's office said in a statement. "Given its relations with Hezbollah and Hamas, Iran has a responsibility in this respect. Iran must do everything possible to avoid a regional flare-up," it added.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Gerald Darmanin, Lycee Gambetta, Carnot, Pascal Rossignol, Ebrahim Raisi, Raisi, Leigh Thomas, Jan Harvey Organizations: Lycee, REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Arras, France, Israel, Lebanon, Iran

☆ France mobilises 7,000 troops for extra security patrols
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] French police secure the area after a teacher was killed and several people injured in a knife attack at the Lycee Gambetta-Carnot high school in Arras, northern France, October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Oct 14 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered 7,000 soldiers to be mobilised for increased security patrols, his office said on Saturday, a day after a teacher was stabbed to death in an Islamist attack. France was put on its highest security alert on Friday after a 20-year-old man fatally stabbed a teacher and gravely wounded two other people in an attack at a school in the city of Arras in northern France. The security alert comes as France hosts the Rugby World Cup and prepares to face South Africa on Saturday evening in their quarter-final. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday the Arras attack bore a link to events in the Middle East, where Israel is conducting a military offensive to root out Hamas fighters after their deadly rampage into Israel last Saturday.

Persons: Lycee Gambetta, Carnot, Pascal Rossignol, Emmanuel Macron, Gerald Darmanin, Leigh Thomas, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Lycee, REUTERS, Rights, Rugby, Thomson Locations: Arras, France, South Africa, Paris, Israel

☆ Teacher killed in knife attack in school in northern France
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Pascal Rossignol | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] French police and fire fighters secure the area after a teacher was killed and several people injured in a knife attack at the Lycee Gambetta-Carnot high school in Arras, northern France, October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol Acquire Licensing RightsARRAS, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A teacher was killed in a knife attack in a school in the northern France city of Arras on Friday and the investigation was handed to the anti-terrorism prosecutor's office. The regional Pas-de-Calais authority said the suspected assailant, who also wounded a second teacher and a school security guard in the attack, was arrested. The suspect was a Russian-born Chechen and former student of the Lycee Gambetta high school where the attack happened, a police source said. BFM TV also said the person killed was a French language teacher, while a sports teacher was stabbed and injured.

Persons: Lycee Gambetta, Carnot, Pascal Rossignol, Allahu Akbar, Martin Doussaut, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Samuel Paty, Mohammad, Layli Foroudi, Michel Rose, Charlotte Van Campenhout, Tassilo Hummel, Benoit van Overstraeten, Ingrid Melander, Richard Lough, Deborah Kyvrikosaios Organizations: Lycee, REUTERS, Police, Reuters, du, Thomson Locations: Arras, France, ARRAS, Calais, Russian, French, Israel, Gaza, Paris, Chechen

☆ France school stabbing: Here's what we know about the Arras attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Persons: Lycee Gambetta, Carnot, Pascal Rossignol, BFM, He's, he's, Emmanuel Macron, Gabriel Attal, Richard Lough Organizations: Lycee, REUTERS, Rights, Gaza, Thomson Locations: Arras, France, French, Russian, Israel, Paris

☆ Teacher killed in knife attack in school in northern France - BFM TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] French police and fire fighters secure the area after a teacher was killed and several people injured in a knife attack at the Lycee Gambetta-Carnot high school in Arras, northern France, October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A teacher was killed and several people injured in a knife attack in a school in the northern France city of Arras on Friday, BFM TV said. Local police confirmed there had been a knife attack. Citing a police source, BFM TV reported the attacker was about 20 years old and could have been a former pupil. BFM TV said the person killed was a French language teacher, while a sports teacher was stabbed and injured.

Persons: Lycee Gambetta, Carnot, Pascal Rossignol, BFM, Allahu Akbar, Gerald Darmanin, Michel Rose, Charlotte Van Campenhout, Tassilo Hummel, Ingrid Melander, Richard Lough Organizations: Lycee, REUTERS, Rights, Local, Police, Thomson Locations: Arras, France, French

☆ Attacks in France in recent years
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Here are some other attacks that have taken place in France in recent years:- June 9, 2023 - A Syrian national wounded four children and two pensioners in a knife attack in the Alpine town of Annecy. - Oct. 29, 2020 - An attacker with a knife killed three people and wounded several others at a church in the southern city of Nice. - March 23, 2018 - A gunman killed three people in southwestern France after holding up a car, firing on police and taking hostages in a supermarket. - July 26, 2016 - Two attackers killed a priest and seriously wounded another hostage in a church in northern France before being shot dead by police. - Nov. 13, 2015 - Paris was rocked by multiple gun and bomb attacks on entertainment sites around the city, in which 130 people were killed and 368 wounded.

Persons: Lycee Gambetta, Carnot, Pascal Rossignol, Emmanuel Macron, Samuel Paty, Prophet Mohammad, Charlie Hebdo, Mickael Harpon, Francois Hollande, Frenchman, Charlie Hebdo’s, Michel Rose, Frances Kerry Organizations: Lycee, REUTERS, Rights, Syrian, Police, Paris police, Security, Islamic, Islamic State, Belgian, Thomson Locations: Arras, France, Alpine, Annecy, Reims, Nord, Paris, Kurdish, Nice, Pakistan, Islamic State, Tunisian, State

CNN —Public schools in France have been turning away students for breaking a new national ban on the abaya, a long, robe-like garment often worn by Muslim women, as a rights group filed an appeal against the prohibition. A total of 67 girls returned home rather than remove their abayas, Education Minister Gabriel Attal told CNN affiliate BFMTV on Tuesday. The ban has its legal foundation in a law passed in 2004 banning the wearing of “conspicuous” religious symbols in schools. “They say that the abaya is a religious dress, but it’s not at all, it’s not a religious dress, it’s a traditional dress, it’s a dress that all girls wear, both veiled and non-veiled, and so it’s a bit of a problem,” she said. French President Emmanuel Macron has defended the ban, saying it is not “stigmatizing” anyone but “people who push the abaya” are.

Persons: Gabriel Attal, Attal, Musulmans, Vincent Brengarth, ”, Stephane Mahe, Brengarth, Nabil Boudi, it’s, Luke, Julie, Denis, Emmanuel Macron, Hugo Travers, Macron Organizations: CNN — Public, CNN, BFMTV, State Council, Reuters, ADM, Agence, France Presse Locations: France, France’s, Nantes, Villette, Lyon, Paris, Seine

☆ Haitians shelter in sports center as fresh attacks displace nearly 9,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Jean Loobentz Cesar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A man carries an elderly man as they flee their neighbourhood Carrefour Feuilles after gangs took over, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti August 15, 2023. Residents began moving out of the area en masse from Aug. 12, when armed gangs mounted their attacks on the area. Ariel Henry, Haiti's unelected prime minister, called for urgent international security assistance last October. "Even if this foreign force comes, when it leaves we will be in the same situation," said Youseline. Reporting by Jean Loobentz Cesar in Port-au-Prince and Sarah Morland in Mexico City; Editing by Andrea RicciOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ralph Tedy Erol, Ariel Henry, Henry, Orisca Marie Youseline, Kale, Feuilles, Gedeon Jean, Tropical Storm Franklin, Jean, Jean Loobentz Cesar, Sarah Morland, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Carrefour, REUTERS, Residents, Security, Gymnasium Vincent, Embassy, Lycee Carrefour, Tropical, Monde, Thomson Locations: Carrefour Feuilles, Port, Prince, Haiti, Carrefour, Mexico City

☆ How Four Female Philosophers Responded to a Dire Decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Jennifer Szalai | More About Jennifer Szalai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

THE VISIONARIES: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times, by Wolfram Eilenberger. If hell is other people, then so, too, is this world. “Around us other people circled, pleasant, odious or ridiculous: They had no eyes with which to observe me. I alone could see.”It’s a quote that Wolfram Eilenberger uses to potent effect in “The Visionaries,” which traces the lives of four philosophers in the tumultuous decade before 1943. Beauvoir, Simone Weil, Hannah Arendt and Ayn Rand: Each addressed the foundational question of the relationship between the self and others, between “I” and “we,” only to arrive at wildly different conclusions.

Persons: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, Wolfram Eilenberger, Shaun Whiteside, Simone de Beauvoir, Otherness, ”, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Cassirer, Simone Weil, Hannah Arendt, Ayn Rand, Eilenberger, ” Arendt, Red Simone Organizations: Dark Times, Magicians, Gestapo Locations: France, Rouen, Berlin, Nazi Germany, Paris, Russian, Hollywood and New York

☆ France begins nationwide strike amid soaring inflation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Juliette Jabkhiro | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

French students block the entrance of the Lycee Montaigne high school to protest as part of a nationwide day of strike in Paris, France, October 18, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesPARIS, Oct 18 (Reuters) - French trade unions began a nationwide strike on Tuesday, asking for higher salaries amid decades-high inflation and posing President Emmanuel Macron one of his stiffest challenges since his reelection in May. French public railway operator SNCF said that traffic on local connections was down 50% but that there were no major disruptions on national lines. Civil service workers' unions have also called for joining Tuesday's strike, with possible disruptions in schools and other public facilities. The leader of hard-left party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed), Jean-Luc Melenchon, marched alongside this year's Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Annie Ernaux.

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