While Iran Kills Its Own, Europe Tries to Bail Out the Regime
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December 4, 2019
A French Court Absolves a Man of Anti-Semitic Murder—because He Smoked Marijuana
While French authorities and the media repressed the details of the case.
In 2017, a Muslim man named Kobili Traoré broke into the Paris apartment of a Jewish woman named Sarah Halimi, tortured her for several hours, and then killed her by throwing her off a balcony—while police patiently waited on the street for backup to arrive. A French judge dropped the murder charges last week, ruling that Traoré was temporarily insane since he had smoked marijuana prior to committing his crimes. Annabelle Azade writes:
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A French Court Absolves a Man of Anti-Semitic Murder—because He Smoked Marijuana
While French authorities and the media repressed the details of the case.
In Nablus and Cyprus, the Accusation That Jews Ritually Murder Christians Is Alive and Well
Complete with a sainted victim and his relics.
Why Philosophers Should Take Biblical Ethics Seriously
And reject the assumption that they are irrational and simplistic.
Bringing the Lost Prayer Book of Catalonian Jewry Back to Life
Using six medieval manuscripts.