Antisemitism/Antisémitisme

Pine Bush, N.Y., School District Faces Accusations of Anti-Semitism. The swastikas, the students recalled, seemed to be everywhere: on walls, desks, lockers, textbooks, computer screens, a playground slide — even on a student’s face. Jewish students in the Pine Bush Central School District in New York State tell of hearing anti-Semitic epithets and nicknames, and horrific jokes about the Holocaust. They have reported being pelted with coins, told to retrieve money thrown into garbage receptacles, shoved and even beaten. They say that on school buses in this rural part of the state, once home to a local Ku Klux Klan chapter president, students have chanted “white power” and made Nazi salutes with their arms. The proliferation and cumulative effect of the slurs, drawings and bullying led three Jewish families last year to sue the district and its administrators in federal court; they seek damages and an end to what they call pervasive anti-Semitism and indifference by school officials (Benjamin Weiser, New York Times/Huffington Post)

En France, plus qu'ailleurs, les Juifs ont peur. Et désormais, c'est l'Europe qui l'affirme. En effet, une étude inédite de l'Agence européenne des droits fondamentaux (FRA), qui va faire du bruit, indique que dans l'Hexagone, les Juifs sont pessimistes sur leur avenir. En cause: l'islam radical — Antisémitisme: les Juifs français parmi les plus inquiets d'Europe (Blaise Gauquelin, L'Express)

Québec

Le crucifix pourrait bientôt sortir du salon bleu. Le Parti québécois en faveur. « On a écouté (les (Québécois). Oui, notre position a évolué, et c'est très bien ainsi», a expliqué le ministre des Institutions démocratiques, Bernard Drainville — La Charte des «valeurs de laïcité» est déposée (Paul Journet, La Presse)

Centrafrique 

Sous l’égide de la communauté catholique de Sant’Egidio, un « Pacte républicain » a été signé jeudi dans la capitale de la Centrafrique (RCA) Bangui — Sant’Egidio obtient un « Pacte républicain » en Centrafrique (Laurent Larcher, La Croix)

Iran

Saeed Abedini Transfered To Violent Prison In Iran, Supporters Call For Release Of Christian Pastor. A decision by Iranian officials to transfer an American pastor from a prison where he was held with other political detainees to a notoriously violent lockup has heightened fears among his relatives and supporters and energized lawmakers demanding his immediate release. Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, 33, has been in Iranian custody since September 2012, and in January he began serving an eight-year sentence for undermining state security when he tried creating a network of churches in private homes in Iran. For most of his confinement, Abedini, who is of Iranian origin but had been living in Boise, Idaho, was at Evin Prison in Tehran (Todd Dvorak, Associated Press/Huffington Post)

France

Le centre d’étude et de recherches internationales de Sciences-Po (Ceri) organise mardi 5 et mercredi 6 novembre un colloque intitulé Religion et politique étrangère. Le directeur du CAPS, Justin Vaïsse, explique à La Croix pourquoi la diplomatie française se penche sur le phénomène religieux —Pourquoi la diplomatie française s’intéresse-t-elle davantage à la religion ? (Vincent de Féligonde, La Croix)