THE QUESTION
- By broadcasting videos in which they criticize the teaching of Samuel Paty, the activist Abdelhakim Sefrioui and the father of the family B. Chnina, did they become complicit in the assassination of the professor?
Did they directly set in motion a fatal “fatwa” to the professor?
Far from being easy, this question is nevertheless essential to understand and judge the chain of events and responsibilities that led to the death of the history professor on Friday.
Read also: How Abdelhakim Sefrioui, notorious radicalized, catalyses hatred with impunity on French soil
Reminder of the facts: in several messages posted on Facebook as well as videos published on social networks since the beginning of October, still visible to this day for some, the two men sharply criticized the methods and objectives of the history professor of Conflans- Sainte-Honorine, outraged by his choice to present two caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in class.
The two men have stepped up initiatives to put pressure on Samuel Paty and his hierarchy.
"
I'm going to go see the principal
", "
you can write a letter to the school principal to fire this patient
", "
you have to fire this teacher
", "
you have the address and name of the teacher to say STOP
" ... B. Chnina made particularly vehement remarks over the days, describing the teacher as a "
thug
".
He also lodged a complaint for "
dissemination of pornographic images
".
“
If you want us to be together and say STOP, don't touch our children, send me a message […] This thug must no longer stay in national education, must no longer educate children and must go educate himself
", he declares in particular in a video, criticizing before that the"
hatred
"of the professor.
Sefrioui also accompanied him on a meeting at college on October 8.
To read also: Beheading of Samuel Paty: reports, threatening calls, complaints, videos… Eleven days of gear
"
They clearly launched a fatwa against this professor
", denounced this Monday the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, saying to himself "
of agreement with this idea that there are sponsors by the hatred of the social networks
".
"
The anti-terrorism prosecution will see if it qualifies them as accomplices in terrorist acts
," said France's top cop.
But, legally, can we prosecute the authors of videos and messages criticizing Samuel Paty and shared on social networks by his murderer?
What does the law say in concrete terms?
CHECKS
- From a legal point of view, this file is in a
gray
area, on the border between freedom of expression, on the one hand, and the call to hatred that does not say its name, the other.
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