French authorities have shut down three mosques in the past week as a part of a crackdown on "Islamist radicalization" launched after Paris terror attacks. This marked the first time such action has been taken against places of worship. A major police raid on a mosque was conducted in the town of Lagny-sur-Marne east of Paris on Wednesday in the ...

[caption id="attachment_152544" align="alignright" width="178"] French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve speaks at the Ministerial meeting on Foreign Fighters during in Washington Feb. 19, 2015. (Reuters)[/caption] French authorities confiscated the passports of six individuals to prevent them from travelling to join the Islamic State of Iraq ...

[caption id="attachment_114990" align="alignright" width="241"] File photo shows ISIL militants pointing their guans at captured Iraqi people.[/caption] French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says around 930 French citizens are either fighting for the ISIL terrorist group in Iraq and Syria or planning to join the terrorists. Cazeneuve presented ...