French authorities on Thursday expelled a Tunisian imam accused of preaching hatred against women and Jews, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced.
Sexual, psychological and physical violence has taken place in several countries within the ultra-conservative Society of
Saint Pius X, Swiss newspaper Le Temps reported Saturday after a months-long investigation into the breakaway Catholic group.
A legally secular country plus a widely-celebrated Christian holiday means that Christmas can be something of a flashpoint in France, especially around nativity scenes.
The French government will end state subsidies for the country's biggest Muslim high school receiving state funds, authorities said, following controversy over the ideas set out in its teaching.
French president Emmanuel Macron is under fire for an activity that most people outside France would consider perfectly innocuous - watching a Rabbi light a candle on Hanukkah.
Images of Muslim travellers in collective prayer at a French airport have caused controversy, with the government on Monday vowing 'firmness' and the airport operator describing the incident as regrettable.
The French might not make as much of a big deal of Halloween as Americans do, but France does have one thing that the US doesn't - a day off work. Here's why.
A group of sports federations from Muslim-majority countries said on Monday that France's move to bar its Olympic athletes
from wearing the hijab would "send a message of exclusion".
Pope Francis arrived in Marseille on Friday for a two-day visit focused on the Mediterranean and migration, bringing to France a message of tolerance amid bitter debate over how Europe manages asylum seekers.
Tens of thousands of Catholics are expected in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille for Pope Francis's two-day visit, but the once dominant faith is in a long decline in France.
Calls for compassion for migrants suffering in North Africa and those attempting to reach Europe or die trying will be at the heart of Pope Francis's visit to Marseille this week.
Foreign media often refer to France as having a 'hijab ban' - while this is not the case, there are some restrictions around wearing the Muslim headscarf in France. We look at what this means for visitors.
Once again, the issue of how some Muslim women and girls dress is making headlines in France and around the world - John Lichfield looks at the context of France's abaya ban and accusations of Islamophobia.
French police said it was holding a man on Friday for threatening a school principal who turned away his daughter for wearing a traditional Muslim abaya dress.
French authorities are watching over 500 schools for signs pupils could be violating a newly announced ban on the abaya Muslim dress for women, as children across the country return to class, the education minister said on Monday.
French authorities are to ban the wearing in school of abaya dresses worn by some Muslim women, the education minister said on Sunday, arguing the garment violated France's strict secular laws in education.
France's top administrative court on Thursday upheld a ban on women football players wearing Islamic hijab headscarves, after the issue was seized on by politicians claiming secularism was at risk.
Teaching unions and anti-racism charities have demanded an inquiry after French police sent a request to schools for information on the number of pupils absent on the Muslim festival of Eid.
A DJ and rap concert to be held on the roof of a French basilica next week has been cancelled after "serious threats of violence", organisers said on Friday.
France's football federation has told referees they must not pause matches to allow Muslim players to break their fast during Ramadan, media reports said Friday.
The Union of Mosques in France is suing the controversial French novelist Michel Houellebecq for discrimination, hate speech and inciting violence in remarks to an interviewer, the organisation told AFP on Friday.
A French court on Friday ordered a small town to remove a statue of the Virgin Mary, saying the religious display violates the separation of church and state.
Just a few days into his new job as leader of France's Les Républicains party, Eric Ciotti was trying to score points using pictures of a traditional Christmas nativity scene - but why is this a political issue in France?
Eleven former or serving French bishops have been accused of sexual violence, including the former bishop of Bordeaux who has confessed to assaulting a minor 35 years ago, a senior church body announced on Monday.
