Diverse Paris Mourns Together After Indiscriminate Violence

PARIS (AP) — Halima Saadi Ndiaye was celebrating her 36th birthday in a cafe where her brother worked when terror took over. The memory tortures him, along with worry about the future of his neighborhood, a place proud of its diversity and tolerance. After Friday's attacks by Islamic extremists, they now worry about a backlash against Muslims and other minorities, moderate or otherwise. Narrow cobblestone streets intersect with grand tree-lined boulevards, with a cafe on every corner, many hosting live music, interspersed with kebab shops, eclectic groceries and hip boutiques. Young people crowd the neighborhood every night, drinking, smoking or playing music along the embankment. Hodda also owned a share in La Belle Equipe and was its manager, and the siblings often hung out there, sharing a glass or a meal. Portraits of his wife, Djamila, and Halima and Hodda Saadi hang on the window of the cafe, along with pictures of several other victims of France's worst attack in decades. Islamic extremist attacks have repeatedly targeted Jews, and the far-right National Front has fomented suspicion of Muslims. The Saadi brothers don't want the attacks to scare people away from the neighborhood they love for its multicultural cohesion.

 

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