Paris attacks won't shut door on refugees

The terrorist attacks in Paris have set a new bloody record in Europe. They not only claimed more lives than the January attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, but also showed that terrorists are "better coordinating" to carry out their evil deeds.

Worse, unlike the January attack that had a clear target and claimed 12 lives, the latest attacks were indiscriminate and left 129 people dead and about 350 injured.

The attacks will influence the way France and other Western countries view terrorism and combat it. But more than that, they will influence the attitude of Western people toward Muslim refugees from the Middle East and could even prompt some European Union countries to rethink whether to accept the refugees. As a result, the political parties opposed to accepting Muslim immigrants may gain more supporters.