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Jews are a particular obsession of Islamic terrorism, even if they’re not targeted outright. “The comments made on social networks by the perpetrators of the latest attacks or on videos of allegiance, references to Jews are constantly present, even systematic,” says Francis Kalifat, president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France.
Iranian Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization announces a new Holocaust-denial cartoon contest to showcase the “hypocrisy” of the West.
Demonstrations come after French President Emmanuel Macron said Islam is “a religion in crisis” and that there was a need for an “Islam of Enlightenment.”
It came after another tweet by Iran’s Supreme Leader criticizing France for allowing free speech that allows insulting the prophet Muhammad.
One of the victims, a woman, was beheaded; assailant evacuated to hospital after being shot by police • Gunman yelling “Allahu Akbar” shot by police in Montfavet • Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi calls to “wipe out Islamo-fascism.”
Israeli Arabs protest against French president over Muhammad cartoons
Hamas: “Insulting religions and prophets is not a matter of freedom of expression, but rather promotes a culture of hatred.”
The Collective Cheikh Yassine group, named after the founder of Hamas, has been “directly implicated” in the attack, according to French President Emmanuel Macron.
The decapitation of 47-year-old Samuel Paty in a Paris suburb has authorities and the public in France up in arms • Thousands protest the violent act, reminiscent of the 2015 “Charlie Hebdo” massacre.
The assailant was shot dead by police when he tried to attack the officers while shouting “Allahu Akbar.”
Yaakov Hagoel of the WZO: “We must take a hard line and uproot the source of anti-Semitic hatred raging all over the world.”
President Emmanuel Macron has been trying to push through a roadmap outlining political and financial reforms he believes Lebanon needs to adopt to prevent the country from sinking further into crisis and economic despair.
“Hezbollah can’t be at the same time an army at war with Israel, an unrestrained militia against civilians in Syria and a respectable party in Lebanon,” says French President Emmanuel Macron.
