German paper that printed Charlie Hebdo cartoons hit by arson attack

A good week to recall Khomeini's time in France as a "refugee" from the Iran of the 1970's #FullCircleIslam pic.twitter.com/Am7OjmNHBH

— Katewerk (@katewerk) January 9, 2015

And as the smoke clears from the first two, another hostage taking at a French jewelry store. (Update – appears to be unrelated.)

As another terror attack unfolds in Paris…

The Independent that Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, received the first round of 50 in a public flogging after Friday prayers, which it says continue every Friday for 20 weeks.
A witness told the human rights organisation that Badawi was removed from a bus in shackles and taken to a public square in front of the al-Jafali mosque in Jeddah. He was then flogged in front of a crowd and security guards for 15 minutes, before being put back on the bus and driven away.
Amnesty says Badawi, who started the “Free Saudi Liberals” website, was arrested in June 2012 for creating an online forum for public debate and over accusations that he insulted Islam. His website has also been shut down.

Related: “… you almost get the impression, you almost get the impression now that the Western appeasement crowd are in fact willing to be Islam’s enforcers in the West. And that’s very dark and very disturbing, and bad things will flow from that if we cannot even honestly talk about this.”

Timely reminder: Letting Muslims move to the West after 9/11 is like hiding Nazis in your attic during World War 2

— Kathy Shaidle (@kshaidle) January 9, 2015