Syrians and Iraqis are true victims of extremism

Fourteen people lost their lives to Islamic terrorism in France last week. Over the last few years thousands and thousands of Iraqi and Syrian Christians including little children have been murdered horrifically, dispossessed and exiled by the same Islamic extremists.

They did not publish offensive material against Islam; all they did was seek to adhere to their faith quietly.

What is clear in any case is that the world media and its governments including our own only find the voice of outrage and condemnation when violence hits home.

It was only when they came for a relatively small number of Europeans that we could see ‘nous sommes tous Charlie‘.

Margaret Hickey

Castleowen,

Blarney

Co Cork