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• Philosopher Luc Ferry Advocates Balanced Approach to Teaching Freedom of Expression
  3 November 2020, by Ginette

  Philosopher and politician Luc Ferry has joined the debate raging in France since the assassination of teacher Samuel Paty. According to the former minister, if he were to teach freedom of expression, he would show caricatures "of Jesus, Moses and Muhammad" as well, without insults, without lacking in modesty.
  "We don’t have to, to teach freedom of expression, show caricatures that are on the verge of pornography," reacts Luc Ferry on franceinfo. "If I had to do a class on caricatures and (…)

• Morocco Condemns Vienna Terror Attacks, Stands with Austria Against Violence
  4 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  In a videoconference intervention, the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Nasser Bourita, strongly condemned the "terrible attacks" perpetrated in Vienna on Monday and expressed his closeness to the victims.
  "I would first like to express all the sadness we felt yesterday following the terrible attacks that struck the heart of Central Europe, in Vienna," the minister said during the OSCE Mediterranean Conference.
  "We condemn in the (…)

• Life Sentence for Failed French Church Attack Plotter, Convicted of Murder
  7 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  The former Algerian student, Sid-Ahmed Ghlam, 29, was sentenced on Thursday to life imprisonment with a 22-year security period and a permanent ban on residing in French territory. The special assize court found him guilty of the planned attack on a church in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne).
  The trial lasted a month. Sid-Ahmed was also found guilty of killing the 32-year-old fitness instructor Aurélie Châtelain with a bullet in a Villejuif parking lot in April 2015. "I deeply regret my path. (…)

• Trial Begins for 2017 Barcelona Terror Attack Suspects
  8 November 2020, by Jérôme

  Three years after the double attack that killed 16 people in Barcelona and another town in Catalonia, the trial of the three survivors of the jihadist cell opens on Tuesday in Madrid.
  Among the three survivors of the jihadist cell responsible for the attack, two are alleged members of the jihadist cell, and the third would be an accomplice. Accused of belonging to a terrorist organization, manufacturing and possessing explosives, the main defendant, a 23-year-old who survived the (…)

• French Catholic Bishops Address Freedom of Expression Amid Cartoon Controversy
  8 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  In a statement published on Saturday, the bishops of France, gathered in plenary assembly after the attacks in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and Nice, gave their position on the issue of freedom at a time when the debates around the caricatures are raging.
  "Deeply saddened by the Islamist attacks and in particular that of a teacher in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and then of three Catholics in a church in Nice, the bishops of France gathered in Plenary Assembly condemn without reservation these (…)

• Austria Closes Two Vienna Mosques Linked to ISIS-Inspired Attacker
  9 November 2020, by Jérôme

  Five days after the attack perpetrated in Vienna by a sympathizer of the Islamic State (IS) group, the Austrian Minister of Worship and Integration, Susanne Raab, announced the closure of two mosques in the city by order of the government.
  At a press conference, Susanne Raab indicated that the "Office of Worship has been informed by the Ministry of the Interior that the killer regularly frequented two mosques in Vienna" since his release from prison. According to intelligence services, (…)

• European Leaders Hold Virtual Summit to Address Terrorism Threat
  11 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  Ahead of the summit, French President Emmanuel Macron received Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for a working lunch, reports AFP. At the time of the mini-summit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Charles Michel, President of the European Council, joined the two personalities. The objective of this virtual meeting is to provide "a European response to the terrorist threat".
  The French Head of State said that European countries (…)

• Austria Tightens Security Measures Against Jihadists After Terror Attack
  14 November 2020, by Jérôme

  Preventive detention or electronic surveillance for jihadists present on Austrian territory, this is the measure taken following the deadly attack of last week. The announcement was made by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
  "As long as they are not deradicalized and even if they have served their sentence, we will create the possibility of imprisoning these people to protect the population," said the conservative chancellor, continuing: "For those who have just been released, there will be (…)

• France Expels 48 Radicalized Foreign Nationals, Including Moroccans
  16 November 2020, by Jérôme

  Since July 1, 2020, France has expelled 48 foreigners, including Moroccans, who were in an irregular situation and suspected of radicalization. The announcement was made by the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, this Friday, five years after the 2015 attacks.
  These official figures provided by Gérald Darmanin, on Franceinfo, are still far from the 231 announced by himself, in mid-October, reports RTL. In addition to the 48 expulsions, "half of these 231 people are now out of (…)

• Macron Defends French Free Speech Laws Amid Global Controversy Over Prophet Cartoons
  17 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  President Emannuel Macron reiterates that France will not "change" its "law because it shocks elsewhere". He had defended the right to publish cartoons, including those of the Prophet Mohammad, in the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks perpetrated in his country, which had sparked heated controversy.
  "Five years ago, when we killed those who made cartoons (in the weekly Charlie Hebdo, EDITOR’S NOTE), the whole world marched in Paris and defended these rights. [...] Now we have had (…)