In France, a low-intensity war is bubbling, aimed at radicalizing education.
At the Pierre Mendès France School in Saumur, a student told his teacher, My father will behead you . It has become impossible even to make a precise list of these incidents. They occur every day in France. Faced with Islamist intimidation, what should the free world do? Title of Robert Redeker s column in
Le Figaro in 2006. A few days later, he began receiving death threats.
If extremists have managed to intimidate France s schools and universities, why should they not be able to subdue all of society?
In France, a low-intensity war is bubbling, aimed at radicalizing education. Minister of Education Jean Michel Blanquer revealed that after the beheading of the schoolteacher Samuel Paty in October, 800 Islamist incidents had taken place in French schools. Pictured: Bois-d Aulne College in Conflans-Saint-Honorine, where Paty was murdered on October 16, 2020. (Photo by Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty