France holds trial over the beheading of a teacher who showed prophet cartoons to his class
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Samuel Paty's murder — which horrified and petrified France — was a direct attack on a democracy's fundamental values of freedom of expression and secularism in public life. The self-styled defenders of Islam should be tried for hating France's secular values, triggering an international hate campaign, and murdering a conscientious and much-liked history teacher.
The incident exemplifies how social media can amplify misunderstandings and transform personal grievances into dangerous hate campaigns, leading to tragic consequences when religious sensitivities clash with educational practices. Additionally, while Paty shouldn't have murdered, he shouldn't have used cartoons mocking Muslim religious figures in the name of teaching freedom of expression, either.
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