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Guillaume Tabard: "Against separatism or for secularism?"

2020-10-06T18:39:18.114Z


COUNTERPOINT - There is the classic concern of seeking a formulation that is more offensive than defensive.Semantic debate, act II. Before Emmanuel Macron's speech, there was this question: was he going to speak of separatism, in the singular, by clearly pointing to Islamism, or of separatism, in the plural, by targeting other religious communities or political groups, at the risk of downplaying the specificity of the threat of radical Islam? The Mureaux speech reassured the worried. The President's wo


Semantic debate, act II.

Before Emmanuel Macron's speech, there was this question: was he going to speak of separatism, in the singular, by clearly pointing to Islamism, or of separatism, in the plural, by targeting other religious communities or political groups, at the risk of downplaying the specificity of the threat of radical Islam?

The Mureaux speech reassured the worried.

The President's words were strong and unambiguous, and the measures announced targeted.

The determination to tackle the specificity of Islamism could not be more clearly articulated.

With the debate on the title of the law, it is the same debate that comes back in another form.

Will the word "separatism" be used?

"Undoubtedly not"

, recognized Gérald Darmanin Tuesday on Classic Radio, favoring, relying on another presidential formulation of Friday,

"something which would resemble a bill reinforcing secularism and republican principles"

.

he

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Source: lefigaro

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