Marc Helbling (WZB) and Richard Traunmuller (Frankfurt): How State Support of Religion Shapes Attitudes Toward Muslim Immigrants: New Evidence from a Subnational Comparison (“Why do so many citizens in European democracies fear Muslim immigration, dislike Muslims’ religious practices and oppose their religious rights?”). From Bookforum, Hussein Ibish on the false piety of the Hebdo hoodlums. Here’s what French leaders thought about Charlie Hebdo before the attack. Stop asking Muslims to condemn terrorism — it's bigoted and Islamophobic. After Charlie Hebdo: Erik Bleich on Muslims in France. David D. Kirkpatrick on raising questions within Islam after France shooting. Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie: When the only thing you’re reverent of is irreverence, you eventually get chan culture — people who shout racial slurs and think they’ve accomplished something in the name of “free speech”. Jonathan Chait on Charlie Hebdo and the right to commit blasphemy (and more). Amanda Taub on #JeSuisAhmed, a crucial message that everyone should hear. In wake of Charlie Hebdo attack, let’s not sacrifice even more rights. It is possible to defend the right to obscene and racist speech without promoting or sponsoring the content of that speech. Does Islam forbid images of the Prophet? Sameer Rahim explains. Robert Darnton on laughter against terror, an uneven match. Glenn Greenwald writes in solidarity with a free press: Some more blasphemous cartoons.
From Public Seminar, is solidarity without identity possible? Cinzia Arruzza on the Charlie Hebdo attack (and more by Benoit Challand). Le Pen’s Moment: The massacre at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine has played into the hands of Marine Le Pen and France’s right-wing National Front — “Keep Calm and Vote Le Pen”. This map shows every attack on French Muslims since Charlie Hebdo. Joe Sacco on satire, a response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Seyla Benhabib on what the attacks mean to the West's negotiation with Islam in the modern world. Will this time be different? David Frum on how the Charlie Hebdo attack could finally change Europe's approach to Islamic radicalism at home. These “staunch defenders” of the free press are attending today's solidarity rally in Paris. Arson attack on offices of Hamburg tabloid that published Charlie Hebdo cartoons on front page after Paris massacre. Joshi Herrmann on Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born terrorist mastermind who funded Paris attackers. Al-Qaeda posts “bomb recipe” to target passenger jets. A source within al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula provides a full statement claiming responsibility for the attack against the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris. As many as 2,000 soldiers and civilians may have been killed at the hands of Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria this week.
