From Hijra to Terror: The Islamic State’s Threat to France – Adam Hoffman analyzes the explanations for radicalization in France and the logic underlying the Islamic State’s terror attacks in Europe. | Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies

On November 13, 2016, France marked one year since the brutal series of terrorist attacks carried out by the Islamic State (Da’esh) in Paris, which killed 130 people, injured hundreds more, and led the authorities to declare a state of emergency throughout the country that remains in place. Memorial ceremonies in Paris inaugurated monuments in memory of the victims.[1] A few days later the U.S. revealed the identity of the architect of the Paris attacks, Abu Souleymane al-Faransi (Abdelilah Himich), who was also suspected of planning the subsequent terror attacks on the airport and subway station in Brussels in March 2016.[2]