Iran, Turkey and Qatar condemn France over religious 'desecration'
Why would small groups in Gaza, such as Islamic Jihad, suddenly care about a cartoon in France when they have more pressing issues? This is a sort of regional competition over who “defends Muslims.”
A man waves a French national flag during a silent march to pay tribute to Samuel Paty, the French teacher who was beheaded on the streets of the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France, October 20, 2020(photo credit: REUTERS/LUCIEN LIBERT)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN