France: Submission to Islamism Quickly Gaining Ground :: Gatestone Institute

France: Submission to Islamism Quickly Gaining Ground :: Gatestone Institute - by Guy Millière

• Samuel Paty, a high school teacher [was] savagely beheaded on October 16, 2020 in... the suburbs of Paris where he taught...

• The list of 14 people [indicted] does not include the murderer, Abdullakh Anzorov: he was shot dead by police.

• [A]ll investigations show [that teachers] are afraid and practice self-censorship. For 10 years, teachers have not taught about the Holocaust. They have also given up on addressing the subjects that led to Paty's murder: secularism, tolerance and the right to criticize religions.

• Throughout France, Muslim students openly threaten teachers by telling them that they are "risking a Samuel Paty". Many topics can no longer be addressed.... In biology class, discussing evolution or Charles Darwin is... unsafe.

• Teachers have been resigning in increasing numbers, and recruiting new ones has become a problem...

Samuel Paty, a high school teacher, was beheaded on October 16, 2020 in the Paris suburb where he taught. Throughout France, Muslim students openly threaten teachers by telling them that they are "risking a Samuel Paty". Many topics can no longer be addressed in a classroom. Saying that the earth is round has become dangerous: many Muslim students say that Islam teaches that the earth is flat. Discussing evolution or Charles Darwin is equally unsafe. Pictured: Bois-d'Aulne College in Conflans-Saint-Honorine, where Paty was murdered. (Photo by Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images)