Israeli forces raid a West Bank town, sparking a firefight that kills a Palestinian teacher
Palestinian health officials say that the Israeli military has raided a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, besieging an apartment and sparking a gunfight with local militants that killed an apparently uninvolved Palestinian teacher.
Lawmakers debate bill to rout out radical Islam in France
The bill is broad and controversial, with around 1,700 proposed amendments, and it guarantees heated debate for the next two weeks in the lower house. Multiple attacks in France by Islamist extremists provide a backdrop for the bill, even if recent violence was committed by outsiders. Other critics say the bill covers ground already addressed in current laws while far-right leader Marine Le Pen says the bill doesnโt go far enough or even name the enemy: radical Islam. It is necessary because โFrench society, the French nation is traumatized by attacks and the reality of radical Islam.โ While radicals are a minority, โit's minorities that make up history,โ Bencheikh added. The proposed law also seeks to halt the issuing by doctors of virginity certificates, the practice of polygamy and forced marriage.
France: Teacher beheaded, police shoot dead suspected killer
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, is seen outside a high school after a history teacher who opened a discussion with students on caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad was beheaded, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, north of Paris. Police have shot the suspected killer dead. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
French leader decries terrorist beheading of teacher
(AP Photo/Michel Euler)PARIS โ French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an โIslamist terrorist attackโ against a history teacher decapitated in a Paris suburb Friday, urging the nation to stand united against extremism. The teacher had discussed caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad with his class, authorities said. The French anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation concerning murder with a suspected terrorist motive, the prosecutorโs office said. Macron visited the school where the teacher worked in the town of Conflans-Saint-Honorine and met with staff after the slaying. The gruesome killing of the teacher occurred in the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine while the suspect was killed by police in adjoining Eragny.