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‘Arabic belongs, with all its cultural richness, to our common heritage’
A festival in France is celebrating and highlighting the Arabic language’s contribution to global knowledge, arts and culture, a major language that is being taught less than most of the others, and is wrongly viewed as dangerous by some.
Twin reports on British Muslims raise eyebrows and deserve praise
Colin Randall takes a critical view of two reports on the lives of British Muslims – the Dame Louise Casey report and a Policy Exchange survey
UK immigrants ‘should pledge to integrate’
In a damning survey of the state of community relations, the UK government-commissioned Casey Review highlighted a growth in “regressive” ideologies as well as disturbing levels of segregation, deprivation and social exclusion.
F1 is not just about the cars, it’s a sport of champions
F1 is sport and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix deserves a public vote of confidence, writes Colin Randall
British Muslim fights dismissal from teaching assistant job after objecting to 9/11 clip
Suriyah Bi was fired from her job at the Heartlands Academy last year after raising concerns about footage of people jumping to their deaths from the twin towers being shown to 11 and 12-year-olds with special needs. According to Ms Bi, the school said she took offence because she is Muslim – something she denies.
Trump’s triumph gives hope to France’s far right
US election result is another step toward "the building of a new world", says Marine Le Pen, whose Front National party is ahead in French opinion polls.
A year after the Bataclan terror attacks, France is still in deadlock on religion and identity
It is one year since a series of terror attacks killed 130 innocent people in Paris but more atrocities would follow as the French government failed to resolve the tension between religious observance and a fiercely secular state.
Meet the foundation trying to promote a French form of Islam
Few striving for rapprochement quarrel with the Foundation for Islam in France’s aspirations but some question the choice of a non-Muslim as its first head.
Now president, can Trump unite rather than divide?
As the man decried as a vulgar and dangerously unpredictable bully prepares to succeed Barack Obama, it remains to be seen whether he is now capable of bringing together a bitterly divided people, writes Colin Randall.
Violent language must be avoided while expressing anger over Brexit
Colin Randall highlights the latest twists and turns in Brexit
Newsmaker: Saad Hariri
Views are divided about the man who has become Lebanon’s new prime minister. Is he a leader for the people or is the ‘very kind, very nice’ billionaire just looking after his self-interests?
Time to challenge notion there’s only one way to speak English
It may be appropriate for ageing reactionaries to accept as the fact that language inevitably evolves and assumes new habits, writes Colin Randall
France’s tourist jewel loses lustre
Kim Kardashian’s jewellery robbery has added to trouble for the world’s most popular tourism destination, after devastating terrorist attacks.
Kim’s Twitter silence after $10m jewellery heist
Whether the Kim Kardashian robbery was an inside job or a golden opportunity, her compulsion to tell the world about her wealth was bound to catch up with her, Foreign Correspondent Colin Randall reports.
Film about ISIL girl recruits grips France
Drawing from real-life cases, a new film in France explains the extremist group’s success in attracting teenagers from professional families to join them, Colin Randall, Foreign Correspondent, reports
