Jeremy Ghez, HEC Paris Business School – Université Paris-Saclay
While France and the US both guarantee individual religious freedom, the two nations’ approach to religion in the public sphere and the separation between church and state are profoundly different.
An Afghanistan national police officer helps a U.S. Army lieutenant, June 14, 2007. Can honour be restored in today’s international conflicts?
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Jasper Heinzen, Réseau français des instituts d’études avancées (RFIEA)
Nothing displays the ethical superiority of one’s values better than to treat a foe with the respect due another human being.
At a memorial honouring the victims of the recent Spanish terrorist attacks, a family embraces a Barcelona policeman who helped them during the mayhem.
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How literary analysis led one scholar to develop a theory of how immigrants become connected to their host society -- and therefore unlikely to attack it.
A picture paints a thousand words, which can be manipulated into a false narrative.
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While the French public comes to terms with a series of appalling attacks, politicians seize the opportunity to position themselves ahead of next year's Presidential election.
After a question from a Muslim audience member, Senator-elect Pauline Hanson said "your Grand Mufti won't even come out and condemn the terrorist attacks that’s happened overseas". Is that right?
Soldiers patrol on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, July 18, 2016.
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The far right isn't afraid to admit to fear in the wake of brutal attacks like the one in Nice. More mainstream politicians would be wise to follow suit.
The heavy truck that was driven into a crowd at high speed killing scores on Bastille Day in Nice.
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Apart from having little or no knowledge of religion, the new crop of Islamic State recruits come primed for violence with a different set of skills, honed through criminal activity.
A mourner lights candles in Brussels.
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