The awful decapitation on October 16th of Samuel Paty, a 47 years high school teacher, has created great emotion in French society. While the rallies to honor Samuel Paty seemed to unite the whole country and to bring out some important features of French values, e.g. the evocation of Camu’s debt to his teacher[1], the political reactions have exacerbated tensions and … [Read more...] about The Death of Samuel Paty : Its Consequences for Laicite and for Islam
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Machete Attack in Paris in Front of Charlie Hebdo Former Office
Friday September 25th, a man has stabbed two people in the city centre of Paris. The assailant was deliberately targeting the weekly French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, famous to have endured a terror attack five years ago when 12 members of the editorial office were killed and several others injured.[1]The aggressor seemingly ignored that Charlie Hebdo’s office … [Read more...] about Machete Attack in Paris in Front of Charlie Hebdo Former Office
Mixed reactions after Charlie Hebdo depicts veiled Muslim student as monkey
Charlie Hebdo has been heavily criticized for its decision to publish a cartoon depicting a 19-year-old veiled student as a monkey. The text, written in a thought bubble on the cartoon, reads: "They chose me to head the UNEF (French National Student Union)." The cartoon depicts Maryam Pougetoux, leader of a student union at the Sorbonne, who had previously appeared on TV to … [Read more...] about Mixed reactions after Charlie Hebdo depicts veiled Muslim student as monkey
Charlie Hebdo ‘didn’t change at all’
Sunday will mark three years since gunmen stormed the offices of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and opened fire, killing 12 and injuring 11. The send-ups of Islam that the magazine published had made it a target for years, especially after in 2006 it reprinted caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed that ran in a Danish paper, and in 2011, it ran an issue “guest-edited” … [Read more...] about Charlie Hebdo ‘didn’t change at all’
Charlie Hebdo gets new threats over cartoon on accused Islamic scholar
The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation on Monday of death threats against the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo, over a cartoon of the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who faces rape allegations. The investigation was opened against “written death threats” and “public praise for a terrorist act," The magazine depicted Ramadan with with an explicit pose in its … [Read more...] about Charlie Hebdo gets new threats over cartoon on accused Islamic scholar