Six teenagers go on trial behind closed doors on Monday, accused of involvement in the beheading of French history teacher Samuel Paty by a suspected Islamist in 2020 in an attack that struck at the heart of the country's secular values.

PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Six teenagers go on trial behind closed doors on Monday, accused of involvement in the beheading of French history teacher Samuel Paty by a suspected Islamist in 2020 in an attack that struck at the heart of the country’s secular values.

The teacher had shown his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on freedom of expression, angering a number of Muslim parents. Muslims believe that any depiction of the Prophet is blasphemous.

  • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    7 months ago

    Oh, so it’s okay to belong to a group of people whose open tenet is murdering and enslaving people, but a religion that teaches against those things, but has a few nutjobs is somehow not?

    Strong logic there. Completely free of bias. 🙄

    • electrogamerman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      7 months ago

      Who is saying that cartels are ok?

      Also… “a religion that teaches against those things”. You are really brainwashed.

      • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
        112·
        7 months ago

        You’re excusing cartels: organizations that are absolutely and unashamedly expanding and taking over the world, simply because they aren’t a religion.

        That may not be your intended meaning, but it’s definitely connotated.

        Dogma doesn’t have to have a God to be dangerous.