January 12, 2016 edition

Saudi Arabia announced it had cut diplomatic relations with Iran on Sunday, January 3, following a protest at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran, which was triggered by the mass execution of 47 people, including Shia Muslim cleric, Nimr Al-Nimr. Al-Nimr was behind the anti-government protests in 2011.
In a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said that Iranian envoys were given 48 hours to leave the kingdom. He further added that, "Saudi Arabia will not let the Islamic republic undermine its security."

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December 29, 2015 edition

When US President Barack Obama made a plea to the Muslim world in early December to confront the extremism in their midst, Saudi Arabia responded by announcing the formation of the Islamic Military Alliance two weeks ago.
"(The alliance) shows how keen the Muslim world is to fight this disease, which first affected the Islamic world, and then the entire international community," said Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's defense minister, in a press conference in Riyadh.

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December 15, 2015 edition

When the perpetrators of the December 2 shooting that killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, were found to be American Muslim couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, Donald Trump jumped into action, immediately using the incident to ratchet up campaign rhetoric. He called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the US until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."
The incident was all Trump needed to spew out more of his right-wing pledges during all of his candidacy. Last month, he mentioned that he was open to keeping a database of American Muslims and have them carry a special ID card, which would impact one percent of the US population. Critics contend that it was an idea that came straight out of a fascist guide book.

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November 24, 2015 edition

The streets near Saint-Denis-Universit station were eerily deserted; the bus stop stood empty, even taxis were hard to find. The scene bore little resemblance to the area's usual hustle and bustle.
"Which news agency are you guys from?" one youngster sitting on the curb asked a passing crew of journalists. "Good luck. The bombs are everywhere," he remarked.

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November 17, 2015 edition

It was a Friday night and the Bataclan concert hall was crowded with more than 1,000 fans gathered to watch the Californian band Eagles of Death Metal last weekend. Loud rock music reverberated in the popular venue. Julien Pearce, a journalist from Europe 1 Radio, was inside the concert hall when the shooting began an hour after the band started playing.
Pearce said that a group of men, armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles, entered the hall and started shooting indiscriminately at the crowd. "There were bodies everywhere," said Pearce, describing the shooting, as reported by Reuters.

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