A French jihadist close to the brothers behind the 2015 massacre at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment. Peter Cherif, 42, had been on trial in Paris since mid-September for “belonging to a criminal terrorist association” while fighting for Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen from 2011 to … Read more
French lawyer Francis Spizner representing the family of Samuel Paty speaks to the press after the trial verdict of six teenagers sentenced to suspended prison with adjustment measures for their involvement in the murder case of French teacher Samuel Paty at the Paris Juvenile court in Paris on December 8, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP … Read more
I stand with French President Emmanuel Macron in declaring that free speech includes the right to offend. Those offended are welcome to protest peacefully, but not to gag or kill the offenders. In France, a Christian teacher was assassinated by a Muslim fanatic for showing his class controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed earlier published … Read more
PARIS—The alleged accomplices of the terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery store went on trial Wednesday, a day after the satirical magazine republished cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that triggered the attackers five years ago. All three of the gunmen who mounted the three-day shooting spree were killed in standoffs with police, … Read more