It is not enough to remember, it is necessary to act.
A year ago, Samuel Paty was beheaded on leaving his college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine by a young Islamist.
His course on freedom of expression, illustrated by the cartoons of Muhammad, had "disturbed".
The terrorist was killed instantly and fifteen people, including five schoolchildren, were prosecuted for complicity in the murder.
A year ago, France wept with emotion, expressed its anger: "Never again."
Emmanuel Macron spoke in the courtyard of the Sorbonne.
There would be a before and an after.
And then?
It is not enough to commemorate, it is necessary to change mentalities.
Is this possible when the slogan of National Education has long been “not to make waves”?
When, faced with the Islamist blackmail exercised by certain students and their families, it was rather advisable to find “reasonable” accommodations?
Already, in 2004, a report on the blows of a penknife to secularism at school revealed the extent of the capitulation.
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