Despite huge Paris rally, fears of coming conflict
BY MATTHEW SCHOFIELD
Mcclatchydc.com
January 11, 2015
PARIS — As many as two million people – including 50 world leaders – marched through the streets of Paris in an enormous outpouring of grief and defiance Sunday, sparked by three days of violence last week that claimed the lives of 17 people.
But as Europe once again gathered to mourn those killed by terrorism, there were growing concerns that not only would there be fresh attacks, but that Europe’s mood may be headed toward a backlash against its burgeoning Muslim population.
French President François Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas led the parade of thousands who marched from the Place de la Republic, blocks from the offices of the satiric newspaper Charlie Hebdo where last week’s carnage began, through the Paris streets.
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