André Senik is an associate professor of philosophy. He notably published
The Manifesto of the Communist Party in the eyes of history
, Pierre-Guillaume de Roux editions, 2015.
The culprits of the Islamist attacks of November 13 have been judged.
They were so in an irreproachable way, and French justice showed itself worthy of the rule of law.
Nobody finds anything wrong with it.
This trial brought to the victims, to French society as a whole, and even to the defendants, all that could be expected from such a trial.
And yet, the primary cause of the tragedy for which the human culprits have been judged, the primary responsibility for these blind crimes has been neither indicted, nor judged, nor condemned.
The primary responsibility for these crimes without justification lies entirely with the conquering Islamist ideology, which must be called by its name.
Without her, none of the murderers who were tried would have become mass criminals.
The humans who commit these monstrous crimes have only become criminals under the influence of one of the ideologies that drive their followers to the most inhuman crimes.
The role of totalitarian and terrorist ideologies in the mass crimes of the 20th and 21st centuries must be recognized because only this role allows us to understand how ordinary humans can commit monstrous acts.
Andre Senik
Beyond the case of terrorist Islamism, the role of totalitarian and terrorist ideologies in the mass crimes of the 20th and 21st centuries must be recognized because only this role allows us to understand how ordinary humans can commit monstrous acts that seem unthinkable.
The role of ideologies is neither an aggravating nor a mitigating circumstance in the judgment of the authors, but it must be recognized, because these ideologies must be condemned and fought because of their criminality.
However, these ideologies are neither put on trial nor condemned in court, because the courts are only authorized to judge humans.
At Nuremberg, Nazi ideology was not judged and condemned.
The denunciation of the crimes of communism did not lead to the due process of the ideology of this system.
It is better to say that the condemnation of the mass crimes of communism has not been traced back to the ideological source that made these unthinkable crimes possible.
This is why we collectively have the feeling that the trial of the assassins of November 13 did not go to the end, and that the condemnation of the human culprits will not be enough to make us turn the page by telling us that justice has been done.
The cultural fight against conquering Islamism must be waged in school, because it is the condition for the integration of all young people in France into our culture.
Andre Senik
For justice to be done, we have to continue the fight against the barbaric Islamist ideology that led to this killing.
It remains for us to lead the fight in broad daylight against Islamism, in France itself, with the aim of reducing the seduction of this ideology among those young Muslims in France who may be tempted by a radicalized vision of their identity, a a vision all the more exhilarating as it is archaic and deadly.
The cultural fight against conquering Islamism must be waged in school, because it is the condition for the integration of all young people in France into our culture.
The day when the fight against conquering Islamism and for integration into our culture will be officially declared, the exemplary trial of the assassins of November 13 will no longer leave us with an aftertaste of unfinished business.