Attack on Journalism & Freedom of Speech
Editor’s Note: Jon & Jolene Hamill are the founders of Lamplighter Ministries and trusted generals with the Reformation Prayer Network. Visit their website for regular prophetic insight for the nation.
On January 7, twelve people—including eight journalists—were left dead as Islamist assassins stormed the newsroom of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine in Paris, because of previously published cartoon depictions of Muhammad. According to French President Francois Hollande, other attacks had been thwarted just within the past few days; two days later, another attack took place when an Islamist gunman killed four Jewish men and took hostages.