Samuel Paty died beheaded.
By separating his head from the body, his murderer has, without knowing it, awakened the fatal memory of a distant time when the Terror reigned.
These revolutionary times were much more troubled and violent than today.
But the horror of this beheading of a respected history professor, in the midst of civil peace, touches the heart of a long historical memory.
Since 2012, we have seen Islamists attack Jews, journalists, anonymous people in cafes and concert halls, a priest.
And here is, new torture, the oh so symbolic decapitation of a professor.
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In April 2012, a teacher working in the Jewish denominational school in Toulouse was killed because he was Jewish.
This time the professor was killed because he was a professor.
Will this beheading be the sign of a turning point?
Will the parents of Muslim faith students stop interfering in the life of schools?
The teaching staff
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