PARIS, June 23 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the wearing of burqas, the traditional Muslim garment covering women from head to toe, was not "welcome in France."
COLOMBEY-LES-DEUX-EGLISES, France, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Saturday in advance of a meeting of euro zone leaders.
ARRAS, France, April 6 (UPI) -- The graves of 148 Muslim soldiers have been vandalized in the Notre-Dame de Lorette cemetery near Arras, France, authorities said Sunday.
ZANZIBAR CITY, Tanzania, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Muslim leaders in Zanzibar are angry over a police ban on women driving while wearing veils.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Muslims in the Netherlands say a move by the Dutch government to ban the wearing of burqa by Muslim women is an attempt to win the anti-immigration vote.
PARIS, July 25 (UPI) -- France has declared a new policy of tracking down and prosecuting Muslim radicals in the wake of terrorist bombings in London.
PARIS, March 17 (UPI) -- French security officials are investigating a mysterious threatening letter to the government warning of "terror and remorse," the BBC said Wednesday.
PARIS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- France's controversial bid to ban Muslim headscarves in public schools has received approval from the head of the biggest university in Islam.
DOHA, Qatar, March 5 (UPI) --
