As Charlie Hebdo trial underway, does ‘Je suis Charlie’ still resonate in France?

PARIS, 22 Sept. - (ANA) - While opinion surveys suggest a majority in France still back the project of Charlie Hebdo, among younger generations there is less tolerance for claims of secularism or free expression as a cover for blatant Islamophobia.

Charlie Hebdo as an institution has undergone something of a transformation in the years after the attack. According to a survey commissioned by the newspaper, though conducted by polling agency Ifop, 59 percent of respondents in France said newspapers were “right” to publish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad “in the name of freedom of expression” — up from 38 percent in 2006. But that conviction fell to 35 percent among those polled under age 25. And 47 percent of that age group said they understood the outrage over the cartoons among certain Muslims.

France has been accused of double standard with regards to the Muslim community's rights.  - (ANA) -

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