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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.

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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

Really don't know what to make of this comments section. I feel like if this were the World News subreddit, this thread would have already been locked and about 90% of the commenters banned, either by the mods or the Reddit admins.

It's surreal to see comments so hostile towards Islam, on Lemmy of all places... And some of these are arguments I often see racists throw around.

[–] Yearly1845@reddthat.com 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How many people have to be beheaded before you see a trend?

[–] dx1@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How many beheadings have there been, versus the number of Muslim people who have ever lived?

[–] Yearly1845@reddthat.com 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"There's no way to stop this, proclaims only religion where this regularly happens".

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