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mein Teacher has been beheaded for showing his students cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The terrible act of terrorism could mark a turning point in the culture war that Islamists have declared of the French value system. Until now, a part of the left has prevented a social consensus that the republic should be more on the defensive against attacks on basic values. In 2019, prominent politicians such as the Green Party Yannick Jadot and Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the Left Party signed an “Appeal against Islamophobia”, denouncing the constitutional principle of separation of state and religion as a “violation of freedom ”. Spokespersons for the Left Party often overlook attacks on homosexuals, anti-Semitism and a disparaging image of women, as they assume a socially disadvantaged Muslim minority. The commotion over the murder of history teacher Samuel Paty could have beneficial effects if it led to the struggle for the basic liberal order from now on also in the last corner of the banlieue.
President Macron is right to appeal to the unity of the nation and the educational ideal of the Enlightenment. The xenophobic turmoil of the Le Pen family has long paralyzed France. Whoever opposes the ideas of radical Islam, is exposed to the suspicion of discriminating against Muslims and playing the game of the extreme right. Well-integrated immigrants are the ones who suffer the most from the growing distrust of their religion.
