Not a Religious War: Reacting to Killing of French Catholic Priest

• Main Author: Hedges, Paul
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; Europe
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81956; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41026
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The killing of a French priest in a church in France seems to mark an escalation of ISIS/Daesh’s campaign in the West. It may lead to a dangerous narrative of a religious war which would play into extremist narratives on both sides. What is needed is a response which underlines how this is antitheti...