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Monday, October 19 2020 Dive In |
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That’s New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who won a landslide victory in the national election over the weekend. For the first time since 1993, NZ will not be ruled by a coalition government but a single party. |
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A gruesome death in Paris |
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The TLDR: A 47-year-old school teacher was decapitated by a young Chechen man. The reason: He showed students disrespectful images of the Prophet Muhammad as part of a discussion about freedom of expression. The killing has sparked protests—and jolted a nation already divided over its Muslim minority. Tell me about the killingThe Charlie Hebdo connection:
The trigger: When Paty shared the images with his students, he first asked the Muslim kids to look away or leave the room. One Muslim parent said:
"My son understood right away—the evening he came home, he understood right away that it was not to discriminate. He told me, no it was not to offend us, it was images that he didn't want us to see. My son understood that at no moment he (teacher) had lacked respect.”
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