PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers debated a bill on Monday they hope will uproot radical Islam in the country, beliefs that authorities maintain are creeping into public services, associations, some schools and online with the goal of undermining national values. The bill is broad and controversial, with around 1,700 proposed […]
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Macron Seeks an Enlightened Islam
Emmanuel Macron has resolved to be the president who finally eases tensions over France’s young and growing Muslim population. Every president since Valéry Giscard d’Estaing in the 1970s has resolved to do that. None succeeded, and the stakes have risen with each failure. On Oct. 16, a Chechen-born 18-year-old living […]
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Macron Scrambling to Salvage Liberal Reputation Worldwide After Targeting Islam
JEAN-FRANCOIS BADIAS PARIS—On October 16, French history teacher Samuel Paty was walking home after a day at school in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine when he was attacked by an 18-year-old, who beheaded him in broad daylight and posted a photo of his body online. The attacker, Abdullakh Anzarov, a […]