After the raid, while the children were in custody, the police asked the parents a series of questions: What did they think of the caricatures? “Strange questions,” Fatima Harid, Sohib’s mother, said, asking why questions about their religious practices were relevant. An officer told her that her son, who described himself as Muslim during questioning, should say “French Muslim” instead, she said. The mother of Emira, Ms. Yildirim, 46, said she had lived in France since age 6 and had attended its public schools. “I’m worried,” she said, dropping off Emira in front of the primary school the other morning.

Source: New York Times November 23, 2020 08:01 UTC