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In France, following the brutal murder of a teacher, numerous police operations are being carried out against Islamists. They were targeted against “dozens of people” from the radicalized milieu, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said in the morning.
Consequently, comparable missions will be continued in the coming days. At the French Defense Council, chaired by President Emmanuel Macron, it was decided on Sunday night to take stronger action against radicalization and also to focus more on hate on the internet. In addition, safety in schools will be improved.
Minister: “A fatwa against the teacher”
Darmanin said that since the teacher’s murder, around 80 complaints have been filed against the spread of hate on the Internet. This is news that glorified the act of the 18-year-old attacker. The minister also announced that he would be analyzing various associations this week.
Darmanin also spoke of the fact that the father, who had mobilized against the teacher on the Internet, and others had “issued a fatwa against the teacher.” There is no other word, said Darmanin. In Islam, a fatwa is legal information to clarify a religious or legal problem. The term made negative headlines around the world when Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini threatened British writer Salman Rushdie for blasphemy in 1989.
The professor was brutally murdered on Friday morning in a Paris suburb. The perpetrator with Russian-Chechen roots was shot by the police. Shortly after the fact, he bragged on the internet and wrote that the educator had looked down on the prophet Muhammad.
47-year-old history teacher Samuel Paty had shown Muhammad cartoons on the subject of free speech in class. Then the father of a schoolgirl had massively mobilized against him online and also published data such as the address of the school. The school and the 47-year-old teacher were threatened.
Father in police custody
The father was taken into police custody after the alleged terrorist act. The prosecutor was initially unable to establish a connection between himself and the 18-year-old attacker, who was shot by police after the crime.
In France, after the fact, there was also criticism that no protective measures were taken after the threats against the school. “All teachers in France need support when they find themselves in such a situation,” said Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer.
Macron spoke of an act of Islamist-motivated terrorism. The country has been rocked by Islamist terrorist attacks for years, killing more than 250 people.
