This change of strategy is in line with ISIL's objective of fomenting fear and a desire for vengeance in France, hoping to encourage acts of retaliation against the Muslim community, the vast majority of whom strongly support French republican laws and condemn terrorist attacks.
An increase in hatred and mistrust between communities, a victory for the xenophobic National Front party in upcoming elections, or an aggressive reaction against mosques or Muslims would only facilitate the recruitment of new terrorists to join the ranks of ISIL. [...]
The peaceful religious co-existence in France - a country that is home to the largest Muslim and Jewish communities in Europe - is the main target of ISIL, as the terrorist group regularly calls for eliminating what it refers to as a "grey zone" incompatible with its religious dualistic vision of a world divided in two camps: the Muslim and the unfaithful. [...]
Local imams refused to prepare the body of the terrorist for burial, stating this would "taint Islam", while the French Islamic authorities encouraged devout Muslims to go and pray in churches the following Sunday.
The Pope himself refused to address the topic of religious violence, stressing that neither Islam nor any other religion advocates such acts.
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