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Muslim Policeman Died Defending the Right of French Cartoonists to Mock His Religion
Police Officer Ruthlessly Assassinated by Terrorist Was a Muslim
You know the French policeman defending the French cartoonists who was ruthlessly killed by the terrorists?
The Atlantic notes:
For a number of reasons, the death of Ahmed Merabet should provide a way to understand Wednesday’s horrific shooting in Paris. Merabet, one of the two policemen shot and killed in Charlie Hebdo massacre, was a French Muslim man who died defending the laws that allow satirists to mock his religion.
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One post in the Daily Caller’s coverage of the massacre placed the officer’s death within the context of how “Islam explicitly condemns killing other Muslims.”
The following image – trending today on Twitter – sums it up pretty well:
Muslim Policeman Died Defending the Right of French Cartoonists to Mock His Religion was originally published on Washington's Blog
Source: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/01/muslim-policeman-died-defending-the-right-of-french-cartoonists-to-mock-his-religion.html
