For Rev. Samir Khalil Samir, the French burqa ban is an invitation for Muslims to strive for integration and to marginalize Salafi trends of opposition and conflict. Moreover, the burqa has no justification in Islamic tradition, it is merely Saudi Arabian custom which confirms chauvinism and the "the woman’s grave".

Seven Christians, including a mother of six children, were murdered by Islamist militants in Kaduna State on July 3.

Kurdish imam, head of the local Sunni community assets office, target of attack. He was wounded along with his bodyguards. The blast destroyed the doors and windows and damaged the cathedral of the archdiocese. AsiaNews sources: political instability means a” difficult July” in Iraq.