Professor at Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris-III University and director of the Center for Arab and Oriental Studies, Bernard Rougier has edited the collective work
Les Territoires conquis de l'islamisme
(PUF, 2020, 368 p., € 23).
LE FIGARO.
- Why does the savage assassination of Samuel Paty differ from the previous Islamist attacks that struck France?
Bernard ROUGIER.
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There is something new about this assassination.
Based on the evidence available to date, the assassin, Abdullakh Anzorov, did not claim any membership in any transnational jihadist organization - neither al-Qaida nor Islamic State.
He did not act under an order from outside.
He was known for common law acts, but did not appear in any file linked to acts of terrorism.
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On the other hand, he evolved in Islamist circles and seemed more and more sensitive to this ideology, as evidenced by his Twitter account in recent months.
We know he frequented
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