France

A French court has rejected an appeal by the Church of Scientology, upholding 2009 fraud charges and a 600,000 euro fine for convincing members into spending tens of thousands of euros.

Catholic fundamentalists have been gathering outside a Parisian theatre, at one point barging in, to protest against a play featuring the face of Christ allegedly covered with fake excrement.

Five months after France's "burqa ban" came into effect, a police court Thursday issued its first fines against two women for wearing the niqab, a veil covering the entire face. The pair vowed to appeal to the European Commission of Human Rights.

As a fiercely secular France grapples with religious issues, Interior Minister Claude Guéant has designated a vacant Paris firehouse to host Friday prayers—a stopgap measure to keep the city’s practicing Muslims from doing so in public.

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