Hours after the attack at the Charlie Hebdo office, two mosques were the target of firearms and grenades in Mans and Port-la-Nouvelle. The next day, an explosion occurred near a mosque in Villefranche-sur-Saône. There are no reported victims. In Port-la-Nouvelle several shots were fired in the direction of the local mosque’s prayer room nearly one…
Deputy Prime Minister Asscher has not changed his opinion on Muslims after the attack on Charlie Hebdo. “We know there are Muslims who use their faith and commit crimes, and we also know there are Muslims who condemn such deeds.” He was present at a protest in Amsterdam against the attack to be solidairity with…
The Muslim Council of France, and of Britain, have denounced today’s attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo. The imam of the mosque of Paris, Dalil Boubakeur, has said: “This is a thunderous declaration of war. The times have changed. We’re entering a new phase of this confrontation… we are horrified by the brutality and the savagery”…
Thomas Bruning, the general secretary of the Dutch Foundation of Journalists (Nederlandse Vereniging van Journalisten), has stated to be “completely perplexed” by the attacks on the editorial staff of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris. “It is a violent assault on journalism. Never before have I experienced that journalists, so close to home, have…
According to terrorism experts Halim el Madkouri and Edwin Bakker Islam critics in the Netherlands should be aware of a possible attack. El Madkouri says that the Islamic cleric and philosopher Ibn Taymiyya (13th century) is the source of inspiration for many jihadis and he wrote that everyone who insults the prophet should be punished…
