Mosque closes in Paris after the murder of a teacher by a jihadist



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the temporary closure of a mosque out of Paris, it was ordered on Tuesday, after Killing of a history teacher by a jihadist, which surprised France.

The closure was ordered in the context of the crackdown on the suspects hate speech, while the Great Pantin Mosque, located on the northeast outskirts of the capital, had uploaded a video on its Facebook page, before the attack on the professor, with which it shot hate against him.

The french president Emanuel Macron Yesterday, Wednesday, he paid tribute to the professor who was beheaded.

“We will not abandon our sketches, our cartoons, even if others go backwards.” Macron said in a speech in the courtyard of the Sorbonne University, welcoming “a professor we will never forget.” Pati’s family and 400 other people attended., among the officials and colleagues of the murdered, but also his students.

National Tribute to Samuel Paty: The moving entrance of Samuel Paty's coffin in

The professor’s coffin entered the ceremony area. to the sound of the song “One” by U2.

The French president was especially excited after the award the Order of the Legion of Honor after Patti’s death, she complained “The disastrous conspiracy” and “I hate the other”, victim of the professor of History-Geography, assassinated at the age of 47 “because he embodied democracy.”

“(Samuel Patti was assassinated) because Islamists want to steal our future from us and they know that with silent heroes like him, they will never succeed.”, Macron stressed.

Patti He was beheaded by an Islamist on October 16 near the high school where he worked, ten days after showing his students sketches of Muhammad during a class on freedom of expression. The perpetrator was killed shortly after by police shooting.

“We will continue, professor.” We will defend the freedom that you taught so well and we will bring secularism. added the French president.

REPLAY - National tribute to teacher Samuel Paty

Outside the Sorbonne, where a giant screen had been erected, hundreds of people gathered to witness the ceremony and pay tribute to the professor.

Meanwhile, the prosecutor responsible for terrorism cases announced that charges seven people, including two minors. The two high school students, ages 14 and 15, are charged with “conspiracy to commit murder in connection with a terrorist organization” because they targeted the teacher at the perpetrator in front of the school in exchange for a sum of money.

The two minors were released, although the Prosecutor’s Office had requested that at least one of them be detained.

In addition ο Brahim Snina, student father and Islamist Abdelakim Sefrioui They are accused of “conspiracy to commit terrorist murder”, an accusation that was also pronounced against two friends of the perpetrator, Naim B. and Azim E.

A third person linked to the author, Yushu S., is charged with “constituting a terrorist organization with the aim of committing crimes against persons”.

Assassination of teacher Samuel Paty: seven people charged

All five men are in pre-trial detention, with the exception of Brahim Snina, who remains in custody pending a decision on whether to take him into custody. Snina allegedly issued a “fatwa” against the professor, while he had exchanged many messages with the perpetrator of the murder, before the tragic event.

Macron, who earlier this month pledged to crack down on Islamists, promised: “In every school, we will empower teachers to create people who respect the secular character of the state.”

Patti “was not an enemy of the religion” presented by the extremists, explained the French president. “He had read the Koran, he respected his students regardless of their beliefs, he was interested in Islamic culture.”

The professor’s beheading shocked France, where more than 250 people have been killed in attacks by extremist Islamists in recent years.

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