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Two years later: Lessons from the Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher attacks (Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Is it time for France to abandon laïcité? (Elizabeth Winkler, New Republic)
Copenhagen shooting suspect killed by police (Charles Duxbury and Anna Molin, The Wall Street Journal)
Assessing Europe's response to the Paris attacks (Benjamin Ward, Human Rights Watch)
Voltaire is not the answer for France (Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe)
How the left failed France’s Muslims (Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Conspiracies, victimhood cloud Turks' views of Hebdo killings (Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
France’s ideals, forged in revolution, face a modern test (Steven Erlanger, The New York Times)
Speech and anti-Semitism in France (Editorial, The International New York TImes)
Diyarbakir Kurds rally to show support for Prophet Muhammad (Fréderike Geerdink, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Suis-je Charlie? (Andrew Sorokowski, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
An inclusive French Republic (The Editorial Board, The New York Times Opinion Pages)
Exclusive: Full interview with Charlie Hebdo's Editor-in-Chief (Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News - Meet the Press)
Radical Islam in Europe: No one to blame but us (Vijeta Uniyal, Gatestone Institute)
Immigration and Islam: Europe’s crisis of faith (Christopher Caldwell, The Wall Street Journal: The Saturday Essay)
Heartbreaking last texts of kosher supermarket victim Yoav Hattab (Lior Zaltzman, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Charlie Hebdo's humor upsets Turkish Islamists (Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Je suis Hungary (Budapest Times)
Une de Charlie Hebdo : appel à la paix et à la cohésion (Communiqué de presse, EIFRF France)
EIFRF Steering Committee member speaking on BBC about the Paris Attacks (Sheikh Dr Muhammad Al-Hussaini, European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom (EIFRF))
Condemnation swift in Muslim nations over new Charlie Hebdo cover (Jacob Resneck and Mai Shams El-Din, Religion News Service)
Cartoonists ignored the virtue of prudence (Peter Stockland, Calgary Herald)
France: Compromising freedoms clouds fight against terrorism (Aaron Rhodes, Forum for Religious Expression Europe)
In France, a growing debate over why some speech is protected and some isn’t (Anthony Faiola and Griff Witte, The Washington Post)
France cracks down on hate speech, sends carrier to Mideast (Lori Hinnant, Associated Press, The Jackson Sun)
In remembering the Charlie Hebdo attack we must not forget the responsibility that goes with free speech (Tariq Modood, The London School of Economics and Political Science)
Al Qaeda branch claims responsibility for Charlie Hebdo attack (Holly Yan, Josh Levs, and Salma Abdelaziz, CNN)
Jewish lives do matter—to terrorists. To a distracted Left, not so much (Todd Gitlin, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Europe's Muslims feel heat of backlash after Paris terror (Elaine Ganley, Associated Press: The Big Story)
Asif Arif, Secrétaire Général d'EIFRF France, sur LCI (Interrogé par Michel Field, European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom (EIFRF))
Conspiracy theorists blame Paris attack on Israel (Yair Rosenberg, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
The Paris massacres: Sad, sad, sad! (Nuray Mert, Hürriyet Daily News)
Charlie Hebdo puts Mohammed on cover (Rob Crilly, The Telegraph)
Opinion: Religion is not the problem (Felix Steiner, Deutsche Welle)
Millions march against terrorism in France's biggest rally (Richard Carter and Fran Blandy, Yahoo! News)
Live reports from the scene of Paris kosher supermarket siege (Marc Weitzmann, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
I am not Charlie Hebdo (David Brooks, The New York Times Opinion)
A worrying new anti-terror law is sneaking through Parliament (Angela Patrick, UK Human Rights Blog)
Charlie Hebdo suspects killed and several hostages freed in French police raids – live updates (Matthew Weaver , Josh Halliday, Alexandra Topping and Jonathan Bucks, The Guardian)
Muslims in Europe fear anti-Islamic mood will intensify after Paris attacks (Kate Connolly, Angelique Chrisafis, Stephanie Kichgaessner, The Guardian)
The Koran does not forbid images of the Prophet (Christiane Gruber, Newsweek Opinion)
Charlie Hebdo and the assault on French identity (Sylvie Kauffmann, The New York Times Opinion)
France: Raids kill 3 suspects, including 2 wanted in Charlie Hebdo attack (Ben Brumfield, Greg Botelho and Jim Sciutto, CNN)
Je suis Charlie: Stand together in the face of violence (Stefan Kuzmany, Spiegel Online International)
Je suis Charlie: The massacre in Paris and the freedom to say stupid things (Liel Leibovitz, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
How to answer the Paris terror attack (Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Wall Street Journal)
What really offended the Paris attackers? Democracy (Editorial, The Globe and Mail)
France and the new charismatic jihad (Reuel Marc Gerecht, The Wall Street Journal Opinion)
Muslims express outrage over Paris terror attack (Katharine Lackey, USA Today)
We are not all Charlie Hebdo, but we are all afraid (Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)
Indonesia churches: Paris shooters inhumane (Bagus BT Saragih, The Jakarta Post)
The Mormons, Benghazi, and Charlie Hebdo (Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary)
‘Dangerous moment’ for Europe, as fear and resentment grow (Steven Erlanger and Katrin Bennhold, The New York Times)
We are Charlie: Free speech v. self-censorship (Douglas Murray, Gatestone Institute)
Is more blasphemy the best response? (Michael Cook, MercatorNet)
Charlie Hebdo Attack: Magazine to publish next week (BBC News Entertainment & Arts)
Proud to offend, Charlie Hebdo carries torch of political provocation (Doreen Carvajal and Suzanne Daley, The New York Times)
Watch how the Charlie Hebdo attacks unfolded (Keely Lockhart, and PA, words by Gordon Rayner, The Telegraph)
French police detain 9 in massive hunt for 2 suspects (Lori Hinnant and Angela Charlton, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Thousands join rally in Paris condemning attack at Charlie Hebdo (Sam Schechner and William Horobin, The Wall Street Journal)
The Charlie Hebdo massacre (Editorial, National Review Online)
In Paris attack, clash on whether to limit press freedom (John-Thor Dahlburg, Associated Press: The Big Story)
Why Charlie Hebdo must be free to offend all — even us (Editorial, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Charlie Hebdo and the end of free speech (Rick Marschall, Real Clear Religion)
The crisis of free speech (Rich Lowry, Politico)
Muslims on edge after Paris terrorist attack on satirical magazine (Aida Alami, Angela Waters, and Elizabeth Bryant, Religion News Service)
Charlie Hebdo attack: The hunt for the killers (Greg Botelho, Laura Smith-Spark and Jim Bittermann, CNN)
Islamist terror in Paris (The Wall Street Journal Opinion)
At least 12 killed in shooting at office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo (Greg Botelho, Ben Brumfield and Jim Bittermann, CNN)
Paris attack reflects a 'dangerous moment' for Europe (Steven Erlanger and Katrin Bennhold, The New York Times)
Charlie Hebdo editor made provocation his mission (Ravi Somaiya, New York Times)
Terrorists attack French satirical magazine (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
French weekly has history of angering Muslims with cartoons (Lori Hinnant and Joji Sakurai, Associated Press: The Big Story)