ISRAEL - Oct. 16 - Muslims In France Accused Of Attacks.
Henri Hajdenberg, President of GRIF, an umbrella body for French
Jewish groups, in Paris accuses North African North Africa
A region of northern Africa generally considered to include the modern-day countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.
North African adj. & n.
Adj. 1. Muslims of attacking
synagogues A list of synagogues around the world.
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- Afganistan: Charshi Torabazein Synagogue (Kabul), Yu Aw Synagogue (Herat)
- Albania: Valona Synagogue (Vlorë)
and other Jewish establishments in France since the start of
Israeli-Palestinian violence. The police arrested three youths with
Arabic names Old Arabic names are based on a long naming system: most Arabs do not simply have first/middle/last names, but a full chain of names. This system is in use throughout the Arab world. after a synagogue synagogue (sĭn`əgŏg) [Gr.,=assembly], in Judaism, a place of assembly for worship, education, and communal affairs. The origins of the institution are unclear. One tradition dates it to the Babylonian exile of the 6th cent. B.C. attack, but Muslim leaders said they were
not representative of their community and warned against inflammatory
statements. Hajdenberg spoke out after firebombs were thrown overnight
at a Paris synagogue and a Jewish shop in Toulon. The attacks brought to
about 90 the number of incidents in France since the clashes began. A
court at Bobigny ordered the three arrested youths kept in jail and
investigated for destruction of property by dangerous means, a charge
carrying a maximum 10-year sentence. France's foremost Muslim
leader, Dalil Boubakeur, imam of the central Paris mosque The Grande Mosquée de Paris ("Great Mosque of Paris"), located in the Ve arrondissement, was founded after World War I as a sign of France's gratefullness to the Muslim tirailleurs from the colonies who had fought against Germany. , called for
calm and chided Hajdenberg: "Community leaders should avoid
statements that will be received emotionally and cause fear and wariness
between communities".
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