Beheading in France by Islamist Requires Fierce Pushback for Free Speech

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🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Earlier this month in France, a teacher who had reportedly shown caricatures of the Islamic prophet Muhammad during a civics class was beheaded by an 18-year-old Chechen refugee, who was subsequently fatally shot by police.

The teacher, Samuel Paty, was beheaded on the street by Abdoullakh Anzorov.

Robin Simcox, the director of The Counter Extremism Group, which provides practical counter-extremism policy solutions to decision makers, joins the podcast to unpack what happened.

We also cover these stories:

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had a sharp exchange with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey during a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee.
Wednesday’s Senate hearing sought to find answers to concerns over how Google, Twitter, and Facebook moderate content on their platforms.
11 people were shot in riots on Tuesday night in Philadelphia.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Say No Podcast for Thursday, October 29. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.4	And I'm Rachel Del Judas. Not even two weeks ago in France, a teacher who had reportedly
0:16.0	shown caricatures of Muhammad during a civics class was beheaded by an 18-year-old Muslim
0:21.5	refugee.
0:23.0	What happened?
0:24.0	Is it concerning that this attack was over a lesson about freedom of expression?
0:28.7	Robin Simcox, director of the Counter-extremism group, joins me on the Daily Signal Podcast to discuss.
0:35.0	And don't forget.
0:36.4	If you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five star rating on Apple
0:41.8	Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe.
0:45.1	Now, on to our top news. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas had an intense exchange with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey during a Wednesday hearing in the Senate Commerce Committee.
1:02.0	The hearing was on Facebook and Twitter suppression
1:04.4	of a New York Post article published October 14th on the business dealings of Hunter
1:09.2	Biden, the son of former vice president Joe Biden.
1:12.8	The New York Post piece alleged that an email on what is believed to be the younger
1:16.4	Biden's laptop indicated Hunter Biden had introduced a Ukrainian business executive
1:21.6	from Burizma to his dad.
1:23.2	Hunter Biden served on the board of the Ukraine-based
1:26.6	natural gas company.
1:28.0	Here is the exchange between Cruz and Twitters Dorsey via Laura Ingram.
1:33.0	Mr Dorsey, who the hell elected you and put you in charge of what the media are allowed to report and what the American
1:41.8	people are allowed to hear and why do you
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