Éric Delbecque is an expert in internal security, former director of security for Charlie Hebdo after the 2015 attack, and author of
Silencieux.
Make no mistake, the Salafists threaten the Republic
(Plon).
FIGAROVOX.-
A man was beheaded in the Val d'Oise, the anti-terrorist prosecution was seized
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The terrorist threat is therefore still as strong on French soil?
Éric DELBECQUE.-
Undoubtedly.
She never really went down.
We do not see why it would decrease in the next few times.
Our country suffers from being the prey of a certain number of Salafist enclaves in which the political Islam, Salafism, which constitutes the fuel of jihadism is spread.
Once again, we can see that we are fighting against an ideology which leads, inevitably, to the most barbaric and the most deprived end up opting for violence.
Teachers are now in danger when they content themselves with exposing the debates that exist within our society.
The murdered teacher had shown his students the cartoons of Muhammad.
In the midst of the “Charlie” trial, the possibility of caricaturing Islam is therefore still not acquired in France?
It is first and foremost freedom of expression that is in danger.
As for the freedom to make fun of, or to criticize a religion, it seems indeed always strongly threatened.
And it is no longer only when one exercises the profession of journalist.
Teachers are now in danger when they content themselves with exposing the debates that exist within our society.
The Charlie trial shows abundantly that efforts still need to be made to overcome the heartbreaking “yes, but…” syndrome.
Freedom of expression should not live under house arrest.
It is up to everyone, whatever their philosophical or religious convictions, to admit the right of others not to share their beliefs, including by making fun of them.
Republican secularism presupposes this distance between oneself and one's personal values.
A common law governs relations between citizens, it is based on individual freedoms and respect for a base of tranquility, which is called public order.
Some today want to promote a totalitarian regime (the Salafists) and others (the “yes but”) are ready for any compromise and unreasonable accommodation.
The spirit of Munich is not dead.
The mission of educating becomes more and more complicated, even risky.
Does this climate of terror threaten to intimidate even more those who want to speak freely about Islam?
In any case, this promotes an extremely anxiety-provoking climate.
There are many voices that are raised today against Islamist barbarism, but making this choice now requires realizing that critical thinking can come at a terrible price.
Does this barbaric act cause fears for the safety of all teachers in France?
Some journalists already live under police protection, will history teachers soon have to do the same?
The situation differs depending on the location.
Some areas are more difficult than others.
The fact remains that the mission of educating is becoming more and more complicated, even risky.
On our soil, in the “lost territories of the Republic”, students contest the legitimacy of the Republic, of freedom of conscience and of reason.
All this based on conspiracy theories or fundamentalist vulgates, and even downright anti-democratic and violent.
Has the speech of those who speak of a "war against Muslims", particularly following the announcements on separatism, helped to add fuel to the fire?
Without doubt.
This is not the cause of this horrible act, but this type of speech strengthens the deleterious mental climate maintained by the Salafist ideologues.
To fight against "separatism" is to fight against fascists and totalitarians, in no way excluding our fellow Muslims.
I believe that those who deliberately maintain this absurd confusion are like collaborators of 21st century fascism.