{"id":1296181,"date":"2022-02-14T12:53:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T17:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1296181"},"modified":"2022-02-14T12:53:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T17:53:09","slug":"france-begins-trial-for-jihadists-who-murdered-catholic-priest-jacques-hamel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-begins-trial-for-jihadists-who-murdered-catholic-priest-jacques-hamel\/","title":{"rendered":"France Begins Trial for Jihadists Who Murdered Catholic Priest Jacques Hamel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrance-begins-trial-for-jihadists-who-murdered-catholic-priest-jacques-hamel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1296181&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A Paris criminal court opened trial Monday for the case of Father Jacques Hamel, a Catholic priest whose throat was slit by two Islamic terrorists in July 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly six years after Father Hamel\u2019s assassination while he was celebrating Mass in his church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, the victims and their loved ones hope to obtain answers during this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.francetvinfo.fr\/faits-divers\/terrorisme\/saint-etienne-du-rouvray\/assassinat-du-pere-hamel-le-proces-des-quatre-accuses-souvre_4960650.html\">trial<\/a>, despite the absence of the main protagonists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The two 19-year-old jihadists, Adel Kermiche and Abdel-Malik Petitjean, who professed allegiance to the Islamic State terror group, were killed by the police as they exited the church on July 26, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The Paris court is trying four people: Rachid Kassim, the alleged instigator of the attack \u2014 tried <em>in absentia<\/em> and believed probably dead \u2014 as well as three alleged members of the entourage of the assailants.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5974982\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-585197944.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5974982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-585197944.png\" alt=\"Jacques Hamel\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Archbishop of Rouen Dominique Lebrun blesses Father Jacques Hamel\u2019s coffin at the Rouen cathedral in northern France on August 2, 2016 for the funeral of the 85-year-old priest who was murdered by two jihadists on July 26. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sudouest.fr\/justice\/attentat-de-saint-etienne-du-rouvray-quatre-personnes-jugees-a-partir-de-lundi-8725731.php\">words<\/a> of the prosecution, the three people to appear in the dock of the special assize court of Paris will be from the \u201cfamily, friends, or telephone entourage\u201d of the two killers.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Philippe Jean Louis, Farid Khelil, and Yassine Sebaihia are being tried for \u201cterrorist conspiracy,\u201d and are accused of having been aware of the plans of the two jihadists, sharing their extremist ideology, and trying to join an Islamic terrorist group in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Philippe Jean Louis, 25, has been described as \u201cvery active in the jihadosphere\u201d and prior to the 2016 attack had traveled to Turkey with Abdel-Malik Petitjean, with the apparent aim of reaching Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Farid Khelil, 36, a cousin to Abdel-Malik Petitjean, is presented by the prosecution as an active consumer of jihadist propaganda. The third defendant is 27-year-old Yassine Sabaihia, who had briefly met with the terrorists in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray on July 24, just two days before the attack.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4723646\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jacques-Hamel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4723646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jacques-Hamel.jpg\" alt=\"priest\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A picture of Father Jacques Hamel, the 85-year-old priest who was murdered by two jihadists is on display during Hamel\u2019s funeral at the Rouen cathedral in northern France on August 2, 2016. (Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The fourth defendant, Rachid Kassim, presumed dead in a bombing in Iraq in February 2017, will be the conspicuous absentee. This French propagandist of the Islamic State terror group is the only one to be indicted for complicity in the assassination of the priest and the attempted assassination of a parishioner, for having \u201cknowingly encouraged and facilitated\u201d the criminal actions of Adel Kermiche and Abdel-Malik Petitjean.<\/p>\n<p>In regular contact with the two via Telegram, Kassim provided them with advice and instructions for committing violent action on French soil and for making their video of allegiance to the Islamic State.<\/p>\n<p>According to their lawyer, Father Hamel\u2019s two sisters are waiting \u201cto understand who the perpetrators of the act were and their motivations\u201d and why their brother was designated as a target.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/eglise.catholique.fr\/espace-presse\/communiques-de-presse\/523184-ouverture-du-proces-de-lassassinat-du-pere-jacques-hamel\/\">statement<\/a> Monday, the spokesman for the French Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference said that while the death of Father Hamel remains a great suffering for many, \u201chis life and his martyrdom bear fruit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFather Jacques Hamel will remain for the priests of France a fine example of priestly life,\u201d he said. \u201cHe will remain for Christians the witness of a charity offered to all, a humble and generous servant to the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis life and his death resonate for our country as a call to fidelity and fraternity, so that evil does not have the last word,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Paris criminal court opened trial Monday for the case of Father Jacques Hamel, a Catholic priest whose throat was slit by two Islamic terrorists in July 2016. 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