Mr. Professor

Liberation

Adieu Monsieur le Professeur

The Republic last night paid a poignant tribute to the teacher Samuel Paty, assassinated on Friday by an Islamist terrorist.

yes, tears rise,

and crying is necessary, as are the flowers and the candles placed and lit in front of the college of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine or elsewhere in France.

Contrary to what representatives of the far right, and more sadly of the right, have been saying since last weekend, these tears are not crocodile.

They are that part of humanity that distinguishes us from Islamist terrorists and that it is out of the question that they steal from us.

Liberation

The abject death of Samuel Paty reminds me of my father who taught English but even more, will have tried all his career to raise to the rank of enlightened, tolerant citizens, free, in love with justice, with fraternity, these hundreds and hundreds of adolescents, these adults in formation who have crossed his path.

At school but also in the associative and sports world, where living together is learned.

Share, mix, win, lose, argue, meet again, respect rules, respect each other.

History repeats itself

Le Parisien

The ceremony at the Sorbonne was most poignant.

Like the one for the victims of Mohammed Merah in 2012 or the tributes to the Invalides for the victims of the Bataclan in 2015. (…) We have often felt a feeling of helplessness in the face of this repetition.

Political Islam continues to thrive inexorably.

Le Parisien

listening to the President of the Republic last night, we wondered if, beyond the emotion, things were not changing.

(…) Emmanuel Macron is facing an absolute emergency.

"Samuel Paty is the face of the Republic", rightly said the president.

The symbolism of the assassination of a teacher, who teaches freedom of expression to his students, obliges us to act without weakness.

and now, what do we do?"

Le Figaro

It is now necessary that always, everywhere, all the time the first courage is to say what one sees, what one experiences, what one fears.

It is also this, it is above all this, the rule of law.

Article 2 of the Declaration of Human Rights, the newspaper recalls: 'These rights are freedom, property, safety and resistance to oppression'.

The tribute that was paid last night to Samuel Paty and the events organized throughout France are an expression of respect.

But all this will be pointless,

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The primary mission of the École de la République is to train responsible citizens,

Ouest France.

The tribute paid yesterday to Samuel Paty, at the Sorbonne, was a strong reminder.

(…) We must tear ourselves away from the astonishment, dominate our passions and think carefully about the methods and means of deconstructing the trap of the Republic's adversaries.

(…) We must demand much more from all of us: a constant commitment to save fraternity from all that threatens, destroys and denies it, from all that prepares the ground for fratricide.

Republic of the Pyrenees

it is with Muslims, the main victims of terrorism, that this battle must be waged.

Islamism is a disease of Islam

Until now, there was a form of denial, which was common to all of us.

After Samuel Paty's assassination, many around me are devastated and say 'we have to do something, make it stop'.

The teaching of free will is necessary, continues the rector of the Paris mosque, because freedom of expression is enshrined in our democratic society.

It is a precious commodity.

Caricature and satire are French specificities.

If you accept to be French, you have to accept all the rules.

Only the law sets the limits.

Muslims can live normally, in modernity, without holding onto what existed 1,400 years ago.