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Why the Charlie Hebdo attack is not about images or free speech (COMMENTARY)

By Hussein Rashid — January 8, 2015
(RNS) to view the assault as simply about images of Muhammad is to accept a long-standing narrative about Muslim sensitivity to portrayals of Muhammad, which plays into conceptions of Muslims as superstitious savages.

COMMENTARY: Facebook, the new town square

By Tom Ehrich — February 7, 2012

(RNS) Why do I find Facebook encouraging? I am encouraged when people want to express themselves. I am encouraged that people risk disagreeing. I am encouraged that people still care about their society, and that we haven't left the public square to the shouters and ideologues. By Tom Ehrich.

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