Column: Some Exploiting France’s Tragedy

In the aftermath of last week’s tragic events in France, the world has witnessed great demonstrations of solidarity. Judging from the more than one million people who gathered in Paris - and others in smaller rallies in Europe and in Washington, D.C. -- the murder of 17 journalists, police and shoppers in a Jewish market by three terrorists claiming to be avenging insults to Islam has brought together ordinary people from many religions and ethnic groups in an emphatic rejection of...

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