Charlie Hebdo II: Twin Attacks in Copenhagen Demand World Must Uproot Islamist Threats

February 14, 2015

"The Copenhagen attacks follow the Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher Market Islamist terrorist outrages in Paris. It is time for world leaders to acknowledge that this scourge has a name: Islamist Terrorism. It is time for the civilized world led by the U.S.  tackle the scourge of Islamist fundamentalism that threatens peace-loving people of all faiths, as our freedoms of expression and worship are under assault the world over," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, Dean and Founder and Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

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