#PrayForParis

Quote of the week : "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité"

On the evening of 13 November 2015, less then a year after the bloody attack on Charlie Hebdo, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks—consisting of mass shootings, suicide bombings, and hostage-taking—occurred in Paris, the capital of France, and its northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Beginning at 21:20, there were three suicide bombings outside the Stade de France, along with mass shootings and another suicide bombing at four locations near central Paris. The deadliest attack was at the Bataclan theatre, where the attackers took hostages before engaging in a stand-off with police until 00:58 on 14 November. The attacks killed 129 people, 89 of whom were at the Bataclan theatre. 433 people were admitted to hospital with injuries sustained in the attacks, including 80 described as being critically injured. In addition to the victims, seven attackers died, and the authorities continued to search for any accomplices still at large. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Five things that happened after the attacks :

International reactions

Many international leaders, Barack Obama in front, governments and organisations issued statements of mourning and solidarity in response to the 13 November 2015 Paris attacks. The attacks were strongly condemned by all parties who responded, vowing to stand by and support France. Following the attacks, multiple landmark structures around the world were lit in the colours of the French flag. Many European countries held a minute's silence to show a sign of respect and pay tribute and mark sign of solidarity to those who lost their lives and loved ones on the attacks in Paris.

Social medias reactions

In the hours after the attack, some Parisians used social media, in particular the Twitter hashtag #PorteOuverte (French for "#OpenDoor"), to offer overnight shelter to strangers stranded by the attacks. The hashtag trended worldwide. A modified version of the International Peace Symbol, in which the centre fork was modified to resemble the Eiffel Tower, was also widely spread. The symbol was widely shared with the hashtags #PeaceForParis, #PrayForParis, #PrayForFrance and #JeSuisParis. Facebook reintroduced its safety check-in system so users in Paris could notify friends and family that they were safe. Facebook also encouraged users to temporarily overlay a transparent image of the French flag to "support France and the people of Paris". Thousands of people donated blood to help the injured people.

France strikes back

President François Hollande issued a statement asking the French people to remain strong in the face of the attacks. On 15 November, the French Air Force launched the biggest airstrike of Opération Chammal, its bombing campaign against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, sending 10 aircraft to drop 20 bombs on Raqqa, the city where ISIL is based. On 16 November, the French Air Force carried out more airstrikes on ISIL targets in Raqqa, including a command centre and a training camp.

Worlds all-time best enemies stand together

More than a game, a flood of emotions. Unfortunately, the emotions were born of the tragic events that occurred last Friday in Paris. Since the announcement of holding of the meeting, guests have multiplied the expressions of support, through the French flags that illuminated Wembley and its famous arch or the willingness to learn La Marseillaise to sing it before the game. This moment is indeed arrived in Wembley, and he shook with emotion the players, the French staff and the fans, who thanked the British for their warm welcome in these sad conditions.

The chase against terrorists continues

On November the 18th, the Franch RAID made a massive operation in Saint-Denis, a woman blew herself up and a suspect was shot dead during a police raid in Saint-Denis, seven arrests were made, the hunt for the suspected eighth attacker Salah Abdeslam is ongoing, the French government said all 129 victims from Friday's attacks have now been identified. Two other raids occured at Roissy airport and at Gare du Nord station in Paris. The Anonymous organization declared war to Daesh.

Our opinion on the subject :

AQUAPONEY :

To all those people who are afraid, anxious, or terrorized etc.. It's the game played by the terrorism, it affect you because we are occidentals with no survival instinct, we have a little quiet live and those things do not happen to us. In other country, those who do not have our luck, it's daily. I hope that will open the eyes of some of you. I hope that all my friend and contact in Paris are fine and safe but my point isn't here.

Bad things happen, life isn't easy, those martyr by the name of their tortuous ideas cause suffering in your space but do not forget the rest of the world, who suffer too of their stupidity. I think also about my friends of arab origin, berber, swarthy or only with a name that do not fit the "white race" quoting Bullshiting Morano and who do not chose to be born with that origin or that name who is not common here, you will suffer of stigmatization because of people who can't understand their own book. Courage to everyone, do not stand for Paris, but at all the victims in the world.

I'm a not such a fanboy of humanity or people in general, but racism, sexism and all the other bad -ism and hatefull ideology and religion who don't respect the others have to be the target of your anger, not anything else.

FIRELOUKOUM :

First, I want to pay tribute to the victims of its attacks and their families. It's not only them who were touched by his horrific acts, but also ourselves, Our Nation ; because it could happen to any of us. These terrorists have tried to harm our country, our freedom. But fortunately they failed and they will fail whenever they resume.

I am even more affected by the attacks as they tried to hijack MY Religion: ISLAM, supposedly to justify their acts and killing innocent, while these monsters probably never have read a verse of the Holy Quran. Here is a verse (Quran, VI, 151) "Do not kill the human person, because Allah has declared sacred". Here is a hadith narrated by Ali ibn Abi Talib, the uncle of the Prophet Muhammad which makes these unjustifiable acts : "Respect the human being, because even if it is not your brother in religion, he is your brother in humanity". This act had a clear goal: to make Muslims "the scapegoat" but the French people in their great majority responded incredibly well, and not fall into the trap of amalgam. I'm incredibly touched by the various messages and videos on social networks. That whether in France or abroad, everyone communit with us in our pain, our sorrow. I have never felt such a surge of solidarity and fraternity. I've never been so proud to be French. Daesh not just kill non-Muslims but also Muslims (90% of its victims are Muslims in Syria and Iraq). We are all against terrorism and all in mourning. Do not amalgam!

Terrorists have hit France in all its diversity and cultural richness, simply view the list of victims.The fact that these acts had proceeded in our country, in our capital, makes us open our eyes to the danger that represented these terrorists. And that's the only downside that I will denounce. I understand now why the Syrians and migrants fleeing their country to escape the horror. We lacked empathy for them. We finally understand their plight. Acts of the same type, taking place every day, in countries around the world (Palestine, Burma, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Lebanon ...) unfortunately. Have we once bore interest about them? No, we were quietly settled into our tidy lives, we worry about our trivial problems. Why is it that touches us personally, to feel concerned?The question may arise at all, I was also asking myself.

We are French before being a Muslim, Jew, Christian, Atheist, or are we all just HUMAN first? We must return to that, it's essential. Every terrorist or barbaric act, no matter where it is committed must be denounced in the way, with no exceptions. This does not mean that we stop living to be in perpetual receuil, but this selective indignation disarms me, it makes no sense to me. I do not want to victimhood competition, I just want us to have empathy for each victim of these barbarians. If the acts of solidarity continue thereafter on a regular basis after his attacks; our society will only get better. But I fear unfortunately things to go back after Charlie Hebdo, we took very little teaching after that.

Long live the Republic, long live France.

A Muslim.

AVERAGEM8 :

"Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité". The terrorist attack was meant to take those three words away from our mind, but it fail. Does it mean that it's over ? I don't think so. I think it's only the beginning. "Am I afraid ?" you'd ask. My answer will be as simple as your question : "No! I'm not afraid". But why should I be afraid after what we saw the past few days. We have shown the need to be united, regardless of countries, nationalities and religions. We showed that we were one. This is the example to follow.

This is why I'm not afraid. As long as we stand united we are a billion times stronger than those barbarians who are trying to take our most precious things away from us. I know that if something ever happens to me you, the person reading this, will avenge and fight the threat for me, in my name, and i'll do the same for you.

AQUAPONEY, FIRELOUKOUM, AVERAGEM8