My Dutch-Moroccan Muslim in-laws are overwhelmed with fear
and confusion by the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo outrage. Dare they stay in
the cosmopolitan city of Amsterdam where most of them were born and where I - a
British Jew - met their oldest brother? Or are they to be driven out by a
rising tide of contempt for their beliefs and culture?
Supporters of Charlie Hebdo's front page cartoon call
it an act of defiance in support of freedom of speech. How have we
allowed defence of a good principle to degenerate into self-righteous
insistence on a right to insult millions of powerless people?
Member of WFPSC
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