Pope Francis has defended freedom of expression following last week's attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo - but also stressed its limits.
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religions had to be treated with respect, so that people's faiths were not insulted or ridiculed.
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The magazine was targeted for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. It printed another cartoon of the Prophet on its front page after the attacks, angering some Muslims who say all depictions of the Prophet should be forbidden.
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(CNN)Pope Francis used a punch to make a point about the limits of free expressi
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on, but he ended up on the defensive because of it
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Everyone has not only the liberty, but also the obligation, "to say what he thinks to help the common good,"
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Pope Francis talked about the shootings in France without actually referencing the terrorists or Charlie Hebdo. He said that if someone does something than they can expect repercussions. He used an example that is someone cursed at his mother than they could expect a punch. The Pope was forced to defend this comment.
Charlie Hebdo cofounder blames slain editor for provoking attack - Yahoo News - 0 views
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one of the satirical French newspaper's founding members is blaming the publication’s slain editor for provoking the attacks,
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What made him feel the need to drag the team into overdoing it?”
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one of five staff members killed in last week’s shootings, for his stubbornness after publishing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad, which was followed by the 2011 firebombing of the newspaper’s offices.
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The younger of the two brothers who killed 12 people in Paris last week most likely used his older brother’s passport in 2011 to travel to Yemen, where he received training and $20,000 from Al Qaeda’s affiliate there, presumably to finance attacks when he returned home to France.
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American counterterrorism officials said on Wednesday they now believe that Chérif Kouachi, the younger brother, was the likely aggressor in the attacks, not Saïd Kouachi, as they first thought
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If the claim of direct responsibility holds up, it would make the attacks in France the deadliest planned and financed by Al Qaeda on Western soil since the transit bombings in London in 2005 that killed 52 people
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World leaders joined more than 2 million people at a "unity rally" in defiance of a terrorism rampage that claimed 17 lives in France.
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The first person shot by the Paris terrorists was a maintenance worker. It was his first day at the Charlie Hebdo building. His coworker shares their story.
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French President Francois Hollande has vowed that his country will protect all religions, saying that Muslims are the main victims of fanaticism.
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Speaking at the Arab World Institute, he said Islam was compatible with democracy and thanked Arabs for their solidarity over terrorism in Paris.
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There are also funerals taking place for Charlie Hebdo columnist Elsa Cayat and Franck Brinsolaro, a policeman assigned to guard Charlie Hebdo editor Stephane Charbonnier.
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Why Facilitating Dialogue Is More Challenging Than Ever | Murali Balaji - 0 views
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In the year since the Charlie Hebdo terror attack, free speech and political correctness, particularly in the West, have been presented as antithetical.
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As a few of the panelists noted, the Constitution enshrined the right to offend as a bedrock of free speech, but in recent years, the right not to be offended has taken precedent.
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However, the segregation and self-censorship among liberals, shaped partly by the desire not to offend, has been just as devastating, in part because it has undermined what many progressives have hailed as a pillar of liberalism: the ability to debate ideas and confront difficult issues.
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France to Deploy Thousands of Troops to Protect Jewish Schools and 'Sensitive Sites' - ... - 0 views
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PARIS — Confronting a nation in shock from last week’s terrorist attacks, the French authorities on Monday began to unveil a broad array of measures to send thousands of soldiers and police officers to guard Jewish schools and other sites, reinforce electronic surveillance and reach into schools and prisons that have a reputation as crucibles of jihadist recruitment.
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Seeking to reassure jittery citizens, the French defense minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, said Monday that 10,000 soldiers would be deployed by Tuesday evening, in what he called “the first mobilization on this scale on our territory.”
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Mark Zuckerberg says he believes in freedom of speech. Does Facebook? - 0 views
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is dealing with the contradictions of promoting free speech while running the world's biggest social network, after being called out on the gap between his words and Facebook policy. Zuckerberg, who has been outspoken in his support of Charlie Hebdo and freedom of speech in general following the attack on the magazine, posted a Facebook message about Sunday's vigil in the heart of Paris.
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