October 20, 2006
You will call us non-violent or we will kill you.
Michelle Malkin noted the Robert Redeker story back in September. He's a philosophy teacher "forced into hiding", due to death threats, after writing an article critical of Islam" in France.
On Monday the French police arrested someone in connection with the threats.
Arrested on Monday in the central city of Orleans, the 25-year-old call-centre employee was held for 24 hours by anti-terrorist investigators, who found no evidence he was linked to a terrorist organisation.Remanded in custody, he faces up to five years in jail for "aggravated threats" over a threatening e-mail he sent last month to Robert Redeker, a 52-year-old father of three who teaches in southwestern Toulouse.
Though a practising Muslim, the suspect apparently has no links to Islamic extremism, according to police who said he acted alone out of "hatred" for the author.
Hat-tip Ark.
UPDATE: I'm a little behind. Hot Air noted a "Frenchman" had been arrested two days ago.
Posted by Karol at October 20, 2006 01:37 AM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags: Robert+Redeker France+Muslims
No comments - nobody ever heard about it.
Your own correspondent from France.
Posted by: ark at October 20, 2006 09:56 PM
