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Beheading in France could bolster president's claim that Islam is in 'crisis' – but so is French secularism

  • Written by Ahmet T. Kuru, Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
Beheading in France could bolster president's claim that Islam is in 'crisis' – but so is French secularismAn homage to Samuel Paty, a teacher murdered after showing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed from the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Oct. 18, 2020. Adnan Farzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images

A French high school teacher who had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to his class was beheaded on Oct. 16 by an 18-year-old Muslim refugee in what F...

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