Islamic Terrorism in France. An Analysis

This paper is analyzing the terrorist’s attacks of France since the proclamation of the caliphate and the refugee crisis in 2014. Focusing on the perpetuators and their reasons for the attacks in France – mainly on symbols of the French culture, like the national day, freedom of religion, freedom of speech as well as on state officials. The backgrounds of the attackers play an important role as well as the long-lasting and difficult relationship between France and the Muslim world mainly throughout their colonial history, their current interventions in wars as well as their inner state policies.