Paris honors the slain teacher, shock, and revolt after execution

Respecting the mask instructions, thousands gathered at “Place de la Republique” in Paris, revolted by the teacher's head-cut execution of history Samuel Paty.

Some carried French flags while those who received the word remembered the last victim of terrorism in France, the Voice of America reports.

The shock and revolt that involved the country looked in many ways to the pain that swept France six years ago when millions of pencil protesters in their hands turned out to protect freedom of expression, following terrorist attacks in the editorialisation of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

“Freedom of expression is one of the core values of our identity,” Prime Minister Jean Castex told the weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche.

Those who were speaking at Sunday gatherings warned that they should not respond to hatred.

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But despite calls for national unity following the second terrorist attack within a month, French people differ when talking of responding to Islamic radicalism.

Part of this thought distinction is also fed by the authorities ' reaction to the coronary.

“O us, or they,” was entitled a editorial of Le Point magazine regarding the murder, while Le Telegramme wrote that Friday's “na attack recalls how threatened our model of education and the separation of religion from the state”.

At least 11 people were detained and questioned about Friday's murder in a suburb near Paris when the teacher was returning from school to home.

Among the detainees are relatives of the accused, an 18-year-old refugee from Chechnya identified by officials as Abdolah A., who was shot dead by police shortly after he had beheaded the victim.

After putting a picture of Samuel Payy on Twitter, after his execution, 18-year-old had left a threatening message to President Macro.

Reuters news agency reports that Twitter quickly removed the post, saying the account was suspended because it violated social media platform rules.

The incident occurred less than a month after a Pakistani immigrant stabbed two people before the old Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris.

In both cases it appears that the authors reacted to the publication of the Caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The attacks were carried out as the trial continues in Paris over the 2015 attacks on Charlie Hebdo's editorial.

In Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, about 30km from Paris, the bouquet of flowers was put in front of the school where Payy taught. Residents honored the teacher, which many described as a kind and strict “”.

Freedom of Speech at Risk?

The teacher's murder occurred after showing during his teaching about freedom of speech and the cartoons of the Prophet Muhamet. According to the students, on similar occasions before the day of the attack, he had warned Muslim students that they could leave the class if they considered them offensive cartoons.

But the parents of Muslim students had expressed complaints. A student's father had expressed dissatisfaction with social media, which was supported by Abdelhacim Sefreoui, a prominent Islamist.

According to the newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, authorities view Sefreui as a dangerous agitator, although they did not think that the reaction would be up to murder but only by protest.

Investigators have not yet found any direct connections between Chechen suspects living in Normandy and the school area.

On Sunday, President Macro met with his cabinet to discuss measures against extremism. The Macron Party has prepared a bill against separatism that primarily focuses on radical Islam.

The president, meanwhile, has suffered a decline in popularity as a result of the authorities' response to the choreography. Critics accuse the government that even in the case of extremism, its measures have been dim.

In response to Macro's comments that extremists will never win, the far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, reacted on Twitter with posting “they're here, we have them in school!”

The major “must give way to major actions,” said centre-right leader Christian Jacob.

Meanwhile, leaders of the Muslim community in France, the largest Muslim community in Western Europe, worry that the latest attack will be followed by increased anti-Muslim sentiment.

I am deeply killed by this impregnable act in the name of a religion that has nothing in common with him. No doubt it will affect us, as citizens of France and as Muslims,” said Bordo Mosque clergyman Tareq Obro in an interview for French radio.