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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 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[-] praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 23 points 11 months ago

When some stupid religion that some asshole pedo made up makes some nutjobs to kill people, you can't possibly expect people not to be hostile against it. Islam is a outdated, misogynistic, homophobic, xenophobic, violent and just downright harmful.

[-] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 22 points 11 months ago

Jut like Christianity and Judaism.

[-] shea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 11 months ago

yes! all of these religions are outdated and not suitable for the world we live in now. Islam is no better or worse than any of the other abrahamic religions, (can't really speak on the others as I'm not as familiar). A lot of terrible people just use religion as an excuse to exert their will on others.

[-] qdJzXuisAndVQb2@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Iskam has never undergone a reformation process à la christianity, which is why present-day christianity is, on the whole, less bloodthirsty than it used to be and islam still is.

[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

Last time I was at world news there were people calling refugees "hordes wanting to destroy our culture" and they had hundreds of upvotes

[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I was banned from the subreddit three years ago for criticizing Saudi Arabia's treatment of women. Because apparently the line "and other states with strict interpretation of Sharia law" was considered bigotry.

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