An uncomfortable time to be Muslim in France
(The Christian Science Monitor) The #JeSuisCharlie hashtag has gone global since the terrorist attack at France’s satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
But there is a lesser known, yet just as historically and politically significant one as well: #JeSuisAhmed.
It’s an homage to Ahmed Merabet, one of the police officers killed in the attack on Wednesday, at the hands of two brothers believed to be radicalized Muslims who targeted the weekly because of its caricatures of Islam. The fallen policeman is believed also to be Muslim, of two parents from Northern Africa, just like the shooters.
