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  • Gunmen Open Fire On Muslims Outside French Mosque, Eight Injured

    Gunmen Open Fire On Muslims Outside French Mosque, Eight Injured

    Two gunmen injured eight people after opening fire on a group of Muslims outside of a French mosque Sunday.

    The group was exiting the house of worship in the southern French city of Avignon at about 10:30 p.m. when the gunmen, who were reportedly wearing masks, opened fire.

    Two of the eight wounded were hospitalized after the incident, according to the source, who also said that worshipers leaving the mosque had not been the intended target.

    Sources told Reuters the gunmen were trying to settle a score with someone else, and a judicial source told the La Provence regional newspaper that officials are “not at all treating it as terrorist related” and instead suspect it stemmed from a dispute between youths.

    Four people were wounded outside the mosque while a family of four in their apartment about 50 yards away took shrapnel, La Provence said.

    Police arrested a man in the Paris suburb of Creteil last week after he tried to drive car into a crowd in front of a mosque.

     

    Source: https://nypost.com

  • Nuradillah Zakbah – Meet The Singaporean Accidental Mediator Who Brought Peace Between An African American And PRC Family In France

    Nuradillah Zakbah – Meet The Singaporean Accidental Mediator Who Brought Peace Between An African American And PRC Family In France

    A Singaporean woman used her language skills to mediate a misunderstanding between an African American man and a group of Chinese tourists in France’s Charles de Gaulle airport on Saturday (Nov 5).

    Ms Nuradillah Zakbah, 31, was in Paris for a seven-hour stopover, enroute to Portugal where she was attending a conference. She works as a creative technologist at an advertising agency.

    She was in a queue at immigration in front of an African American tourist and a group of Chinese tourists when she heard a commotion behind her.

    “As I turned around, this rather tall African American man made eye contact with me and said ‘Can you believe this? This group of people just called me a n**ger!’” she told The Straits Times.

    The Chinese group, comprising of two men and three women, were puzzled as to why they were being scolded, and the two parties started quarrelling, she said.

    “And a man I assumed to be the grandfather of the group was pointing his fingers and shouting back at the American man,” she added.

    “That was when I realised that the Chinese tourists had said the word ‘that’ (na ge) in Mandarin a few times in their conversation, which sounds like the word ‘n**ger’. Therefore the American tourist might have misunderstood them.”

    Ms Nuradillah, who is Malay, told The Straits Times she intervened on the “spur of the moment”.

    “I had to explain to him (the American man) that he misunderstood – and had to explain to him that I understood a little bit of Mandarin to know that they were saying or pointing to ‘that thing’ (na ge) instead of calling him the derogatory term,” she told The Straits Times.

    She also explained the misunderstanding to the Chinese group “in the best broken Mandarin” she could. She asked them to forgive him and move on from the situation.

    After her intervention, both sides were slightly embarrassed and shook hands and apologised.

    She also explained to an airport security guard in her “broken French” that the incident was just a misunderstanding.

    Where did Ms Nuradillah pick up her language skills?

    “I picked up Chinese from friends growing up, reading subtitles on Channel 8 dramas and also went to a basic Mandarin course at 18 – to prepare myself for the workforce back then,” she said.

    Ms Nuradillah recounted the incident on her Facebook on Saturday and the post has since received numerous comments that praise her act

    Through this episode, Ms Nuradillah also realised the importance of living in a multicultural society.

    “I thought that it was just really cool to be able to help others out because I’m a Singaporean. That was the time that I was extremely thankful to have lived and grown up in a place that exposed me to a diversity of cultures and languages,” she said.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Wanita Muslim Disuruh Tanggalkan Hijab Di Pantai, Didera Secara Perkauman

    Wanita Muslim Disuruh Tanggalkan Hijab Di Pantai, Didera Secara Perkauman

    Seorang ibu diarahkan menanggalkan hijab atau didenda oleh polis semasa beliau sedang beristirehat di tepi pantai di Perancis, sebelum dilaporkan didera secara perkauman oleh orang ramai.

    Bekas pramugari berusia 34 tahun itu, yang bernama Siam bersama anak-anaknya dihampiri tiga pegawai di pantai La Bocca di Cannes, diarahkan supaya menanggalkan tudungnya, lapor laman Independent.

    Siam berkata polis memaklumkan kepada beliau tentang larangan hijab di pantai-pantai, sambil menambah bahawa para pengunjung mesti memakai “pakaian yang sesuai, hormat sekularisme dan peraturan kebersihan serta keselamatan” dan menegaskan bahawa hijab yang dipakai beliau adalah tanda agama “secara terang-terangan”.

    Wanita itu kemudian bersetuju untuk membayar denda €11 (S$17) namun dilaporkan dikelilingi oleh orang ramai yang memekik “Pulang ke rumah” dan “kami berfahaman Katolik”, menyebabkan beliau menangis, menurut saksi.

    “Saya bukan berada di sana untuk menggangu sesiapa. Saya terkejut. Bahasa perkauman digunakan secara berleluasa,” Siam memberitahu majalah L’Obs.

    “Anak-anak saya menangis, menyaksikan sendiri insiden yang memalukan saya dan keluarga. Saya sendiri tidak boleh berhenti menangis. Mereka memalukan kami.”

    Salah seorang wartawan France 4, Mathilde Cusin, memerhatikan insiden tersebut dan berkata orang ramai yang mengelilingi wanita itu seperti “sekumpulan anjing” yang menyerang wanita itu.

    “Mereka menyuruh beliau pulang atau menanggalkan hijabnya, mereka begitu berkasar,” menurut Cusin.

    “Apa yang mengejutkan saya adalah mereka terdiri daripada orang-orang dalam lingkungan usia 30-an, bukan warga tua.”

    Datuk Bandar Cannes David Lisnard menyokong tindakan para pegawai polis, sambil menegaskan bahawa mereka menjalankan tugas mendenda sesiapa yang memakai pakaian yang melambangkan mana-mana agama dan beliau “tiada sebab untuk ragu terhadap tindakan mereka”.

    Menerusi satu kenyataan, beliau berkata beliau tidak mahu masyarakat Islam berasa seperti tidak dibenarkan ke pantai sambil menambah bahawa semua orang dari pelbagai agama patut diberi hak, menurut laporan Independent.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • ISIS Terrorist Murdered French Police Commander & Wife In Front Of 3 Year Old Son, Act Streamed Live On FB

    ISIS Terrorist Murdered French Police Commander & Wife In Front Of 3 Year Old Son, Act Streamed Live On FB

    A man who was previously convicted of terrorism and pledged allegiance to ISIS killed a French police commander and his partner at their home in Magnanville in an horrific attack France’s president says was “incontestably” a “terrorist act.”

    Larossi Abballa, 25, posted video of the killing online during the rampage, referencing the so-called Islamic State, The Guardian reports.

    The officer was named as Jean-Baptiste Salvaing. His partner has not yet been identified, but she was also a police employee.

    Abballa, who was born in France and called himself Mohamed Ali on Facebook, was killed in a SWAT raid that saved the slain couple’s 3-year-old son, who was being held hostage inside the home, authorities said.

    The attack came as France hosts the 2016 UEFA European Championship soccer tournament and is in a heightened state of security as a result. The country has been under a state of emergency since the November 2015 attacks in Paris by ISIS terrorists.

    Magnaville is west of Paris.

    Here’s what you need to know:

    1. Abballa Livestreamed the Killings on Facebook & Told His Followers ‘I Don’t Know What I’m Going to Do With the Boy’

    French special forces RAID vehicle leaves after an assault on June 14, 2016 in Magnanville, 45 kms west of Paris. (Getty)

    French special forces RAID vehicle leaves after an assault on June 14, 2016 in Magnanville, 45 kms west of Paris. (Getty)

    Abballa live streamed the attack on Facebook Live. The video and his Facebook page were deleted, but it has been distributed online by ISIS propagandists.

    In the 12-minute video he expressed his allegiance to ISIS and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. At one point in the video, Abballa referenced the police officer’s 3-year-old son, who he was holding hostage.

    “I don’t know what I’m going to do with the boy,” Abballa said. Police later raided the home, killing Abballa and saving the boy.

    You can watch the video at the link below:

    WATCH: Magnanville Attacker Larossi Abballa ISIS Video

    Larossi Abballa, the ISIS sympathizer who murdered two French police officers in the Paris suburb of Magnanville yesterday, filmed a 12-minute video while he was barricaded inside their home. Watch it here.

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    2. A List of Targets, Including Other Police Officers, Politicians & Journalists, Was Found at Abballa’s Home

    (Getty)

    (Getty)

    Police found a list of targets, including other police officers, politicians and journalists, at Larossi Abballa’s home in Mantes-la-Jolie, a suburb of Paris, Prosecutor Francois Molins said at a press conference.

    Three knives used in the attack were found at the police officer’s home.

    In his video, he urged more attacks by French Muslism, according to SITE. He said, “”kill them even if their name is Mohammad or Aisha,” SITE says.

    3. He Was Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for the Prior Terrorism Conviction & Was on a Watch List

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    Larossi Abballa.

    Abballa was sentenced to three years in prison for “criminal association in view to preparing terrorist attacks,” for recruiting jihadis to Pakistan and Afghanistan, The Guardian reports.

    He was 20 at the time of that 2011 conviction and was released from prison in September 2013.

    Abballa was more recently investigated by French authorities and was on a watch list, according to officials. He was being monitored for being part of the entourage of a French man who had recently traveled to Syria.

    4. An Official ISIS News Agency Called Abballa an ‘Islamic State Fighter’

    In a statement, the ISIS Amaq news agency said “Islamic State fighter kills deputy chief of the police station in the city of Les Mureaux and his wife.”

    The phrasing of the statement is similar to one posted after the terrorist attack in Orlando, Florida. In both messages the killer was referred to as an “Islamic State fighter.”

    In Orlando, the FBI is investigating whether gunman Omar Mateen had any official ties to ISIS. Like Abballa, Mateen pledged allegiance to ISIS during his attack at Pulse, a gay nightclub. Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 others before he was shot dead during a police raid.

    5. Salvaing Was a Commander & His Partner Worked as a Secretary at a Police Headquarters

    French policemen stand guard on June 14, 2016 near the house in Magnanville where a man claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group killed a French policeman and his partner on the night of June 13. (Getty)

    French policemen stand guard on June 14, 2016 near the house in Magnanville where a man claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group killed a French policeman and his partner on the night of June 13. (Getty)

    Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, was a police commander in the city of Les Mureaux, according to officials. His 36-year-old partner, who has not been named, worked as a secretary at a police headquarters.

    He was not in uniform when he was ambushed at about 8:30 p.m. Monday, Fox News reports.

    “The toll is a heavy one,” ” Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told reporters.

     

    Source: www.heavy.com

  • Muslim Convert In France Refuses To Sell Clothes To Women On Weekdays

    Muslim Convert In France Refuses To Sell Clothes To Women On Weekdays

    When Jean-Baptiste Michalon posted a notice on the outside of his general store last year, he hardly imagined that it would create a national outcry.

    “Sisters on Saturdays and Sundays only,” the note read. Michalon’s message to customers in the French city of Bordeaux: Women were welcome only on weekends. Men could shop on weekdays.

    On Tuesday, a court fined Michalon $560 for making such a distinction, despite his argument that he had posted the sign to protect his wife, who was also working in the store, and other women.

    “We put this in place at the request of the sisters who preferred when my wife was behind the counter. It is a shop where we sell clothes,” Michalon, who converted to Islam four years ago, told the French news agency Agence France-Presse last year.

    Following the outrage created by his note, the Frenchman closed his store and “admitted it was a blunder and tactless,” according to a statement from his lawyer.

    Local politicians and Muslim leaders stressed that Michalon’s behavior did not represent mainstream opinions. The city’s mayor, Alain Juppé, a former prime minister of France, called the practice “discriminatory.”

    Multiple studies have also found a growing problem with racism in France, mainly directed toward Muslims, who are believed to constitute about 7 percent of the French population. Muslims frequently complain that they have a hard time getting jobs, but conservative French commentators and politicians have emphasized that the country should not give up its founding promises of equality in order to please radical Islamists.

     

    Source: The Independent UK