Murder in God's (Allah's) Name Is Still Murder
My heart sinks with the news of Oct. 16 that a Muslim fanatic murdered and beheaded a French teacher, Samuel Paty , 47, who had showed his students cartoon drawings of Muhammad during a class on free expression in suburban Paris. Police later shot Paty's 18-year-old killer dead. Six others were charged with complicity in the murder. According to the BBC, Two teenage students, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were allegedly paid around €300 (£270; $355) by the killer to identify Mr Paty outside the school. The teenagers are alleged to have described the teacher to [to the suspected killer] and stayed with him for more than two hours until Mr Paty appeared. A man named only as Brahim C, a parent of one of Mr Paty's pupils, is also under investigation. The 48-year-old is accused of orchestrating a hate campaign against Mr Paty and exchanging text messages with the killer before the attack. On Wednesday, [France's chief anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-François] Ricard s