(Reuters) — Hundreds in southern Afghanistan rallied to praise the killing of 12 people at the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, calling the two gunmen “heroes” who meted out punishment for cartoons disrespectful to Islam’s prophet, officials said Saturday. The demonstrators also protested President Ashraf Ghani’s swift condemnation of the bloody attack on the satirical newspaper,…
(Reuters) — France mourned the the victims of the terror attack on a Paris kosher grocery as police searched for a female accomplice to militant Islamists and maintained a top-level anti-terrorist alert ahead of nationwide anti-terror marches set for Sunday. Prime Minister Manuel Valls urged a massive turnout on Sunday. Tens of thousands flocked to local…
The Grand Synagogue of Paris was closed during Friday’s terror attacks and did not reopen for Shabbat services, marking the first time the synagogue has not held services since World War II. The synagogue was closed by French police during the hostage standoff at the Hyper Cache kosher supermarket, according to USA Today, despite being…
(Reuters) — Two brothers wanted for a bloody attack on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed on Friday when anti-terrorist police stormed their hideout, while a second siege ended with the deaths of four hostages. The violent end to the simultaneous stand-offs northeast of Paris and at a Jewish supermarket in the…
(JTA) – The two hostage crises that transfixed France and much of the world on Friday epitomize the problem Islamic radicalism poses in the heart of Europe: They’re a danger to civilized society generally, but especially to Jews. Now it’s time for the authorities to wake up to the problem and confront it, French Jewish…
This is a week for rage and grief. First, radical Islamist gunmen assassinated 10 journalists at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. And as if that were not horrific enough, a second attack at a kosher grocery store, with four people dead. Apparently, simply being Jewish is now as offensive as drawing a cartoon –…
French President Francois Hollande confirmed reports on Friday that four hostages were killed at a siege of a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris. Hollande called for national unity and said the country should remain “implacable” in the face of racism and anti-Semitism. “It is indeed an appalling anti-Semitic act that was committed,” he said of…
Police arrive on the scene of the hostage crisis in eastern Paris.// Laurent-David Samama It was mid-morning when I saw several police cars rushing into my street with their sirens on. Even glimpsed through my window, the situation looked unusual. In light of the recent massacre at Charlie Hebdo, I was suspicious, and headed out…
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