The death of Professor Samuel Paty, brutally assassinated near a college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, revives the debate around the fight against radical Islamism.
At the microphone of Europe 1, Richard Malka, Charlie Hebdo's lawyer, denounces the blindness of the political class.
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In a particularly difficult context, just a few days after the assassination of Samuel Paty, beheaded near a college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, the trial of the January 2015 attacks resumed on Monday.
A tribute was paid to the murdered professor.
Richard Malka, Charlie Hebdo's lawyer, regretted at the microphone of Europe 1 the lack of political will and courage in the fight against radical Islamism.
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"They could only prosper thanks to this weapon of mass destruction of our Republic which are the constant accusations of Islamophobia which have allowed Islamism for 20 years to penetrate all circles," he said, pointing the political class.
"We've been insulted for 20 years"
"We let it happen. We want actions, we need the public authorities to no longer be paralyzed by these accusations of Islamophobia. We need every civil servant in this country to be invested with a mission of respect for secularism and alert when there are attacks on secularism. We need our President of the Republic and our Prime Minister to act, "he denounces.
"It is not an excess of firmness that has led to this situation, it is an excess of compromise. It is our renouncements, it is the denial of reality. We have been insulted for 20 years and that 'we are told there is no problem. Well if there are problems! "
he continued.