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Following the murder of a history professor, in France numerous police operations are being carried out against Islamists from the radical milieu. President Macron also announced that he would take stronger measures against radicalization.
In France, after the brutal murder of history professor Samuel Paty, numerous police operations continue against Islamists. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said they would target “dozens of people” from the radicalized milieu. Police operations would continue 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.
Monitoring of online platforms
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. Darmanin also announced that it would be looking at various partnerships this week.
According to the Elysee circles, the Defense Council also decided to intensify the monitoring of online platforms in order to be able to act more quickly in the event of calls of violence. In addition, radical associations will be identified and a suitable legal framework will be found for their dissolution.
Macron wants to limit distance learning
Macron had already announced tougher measures against radicalization in a speech in early October. The head of state had focused primarily on education; a corresponding bill will be presented in December. Macron announced, for example, that distance learning for children who stay at home will be strictly limited from next summer.
Paty, a 47-year-old history teacher, had shown Muhammad cartoons in class on the subject of free speech. Then the father of a schoolgirl had massively mobilized against him online and also published data such as the address of the school.
Tens of thousands demonstrate for freedom of expression
According to Interior Minister Darmanin, the father also issued an alleged fatwa against the teacher. In Islam, a fatwa is legal information to clarify a religious or legal problem. Then the school and the teacher were threatened. On Friday morning, Paty was brutally murdered 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. Macron called the act an Islamist terrorist act. Tens of thousands took to the streets across France on Sunday under the slogan “Je suis Samuel” (in English “I am Samuel”) or “Je suis Prof” (in English “I am a teacher”) to demonstrate for freedom of expression .
