French mosques host dialogue weekend on attacks anniversary
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Mosques all over France are taking part in a dialogue weekend, opening up to the public as the country marks one year since radical jihadis attacked a satirical newspaper and Jewish supermarket, killing 17 people.
The open-door initiative that includes tea and pastries was organized by France's main Muslim body to counter islamophobia and highlight the differences between jihadism and moderate, peace-loving Islam.
After fresh attacks in November, police conducted over a dozen raids on Muslim places of worship and closed several over radicalization fears.
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In other events to mark the first anniversary of January's attacks, French President Francois Hollande paid homage to a female police officer killed by gunman Amedy Coulibaly. In the evening, many will gather for an homage at a Jewish supermarket, the site of a fatal hostage siege.