French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told the National Assembly that the country is at war with extremism and terrorism – but not with Muslims.  Valls says the three gunmen who murdered 17 people last week had tried and failed to kill the “ardent flame” of the “spirit of France”.

Valls said France was “at war against terrorism, jihadism and radical Islamism” but not Islam itself, which is the country’s second-largest and “has its place in France”, according to Valls.  After he spoke, they observed a moment of the silence for the victims of last week’s violence.  And then, lawmakers broke into a spontaneous version of the national anthem La Marseillaise, a first in parliament's history.  They also voted to continue France’s participation in international air strikes against Islamic State (IS) positions in Iraq.

Some 10,000 troops and police are deployed at sensitive areas around the country, especially at Jewish schools.  That’s a more than reasonable reaction, given that one of the gunmen’s targets was the kosher food store where four hostages were killed.  But there have also been more than 50 anti-Islamic acts reported since the attacks, and there are growing complaints that security isn’t evenly applied.

“There are websites out there calling for the murder of Muslim leaders and the torching of Muslim religious sites,” said Abdallah Zekri, head of the National Observatory against Islamophobia.  “Let’s stop the double standards.”

On Wednesday, the new edition of Charlie Hebdo magazine will hit kiosks and stores, with the Prophet Muhammed depicted on the cover holding a sign reading “Je Suis Charlie”.  It will be printed in French, Italian, and Turkish.  The online edition will be posted in French, English, Spanish, and Arabic.