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October 29, 2020 . 6:30 AM

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France’s ambassador to Sweden, Etienne de Gonneville

French Ambassador After Islamist Beheading: “France is a Muslim Country”

Responding to the beheading of a school teacher by an Islamist in Paris, French ambassador to Sweden Etienne de Gonneville told broadcaster SVT, “France is a Muslim country.”

Yes, really.

Samuel Paty was decapitated by an 18-year-old Chechen jihadist in revenge for showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to pupils in a class on free speech.

The country responded with mass protest marches in major cities and President Emmanuel Macron vowed to protect freedom of expression in honour of the victim.

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France’s ambassador to Sweden, Etienne de Gonneville has claimed that “France is a Muslim country.”

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