FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Age of intolerance? Outrage in France after beheading of school teacher” – below is their description.
Is nothing sacred? Since the 19th century, France has sent out public school teachers to the four corners of the land with a mission to embody the values of the Republic. To behead a social studies teacher over Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the prophet in the carefully controlled context of a civics class on secularism and free speech defies reason.
FRANCE 24 English YouTube Channel
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In This Story: Charlie Hebdo
On 7 January 2015 at about 11:30am CET local time, two brothers, Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, forced their way into the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Armed with rifles and other weapons, they killed 12 people and injured 11 others. The gunmen identified themselves as belonging to the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
Several related attacks followed in the Île-de-France region on 7–9 January 2015, including the Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege.
Charlie Hebdo is a publication that courted controversy with satirical attacks on political and religious leaders. It published cartoons of Muhammad in 2012, forcing France to temporarily close embassies and schools in more than 20 countries amid fears of reprisals. Its offices were also firebombed in November 2011 after publishing a caricature of Muhammad on its cover.