for her sister, “there was neither awakening nor startle”

for her sister, “there was neither awakening nor startle”

The sister of history and geography professor Samuel Paty, Mickaëlle Paty, believes that “there was neither awakening nor startle” since the assassination of his brother by a radicalized Islamist four years ago to the day, in a book published Wednesday October 16.

“Four years after the assassination of my brother, I am very angry. That of having wasted time, due to not having been heard. There was no awakening, no start, and our enemies gained further ground.”says Mickaëlle Paty in her book “Mr. Paty’s class” (Albin Michel), co-written with the author Émilie Frèche.

She retraces the events leading to the assassination of her brother on October 16, 2020 near the college where he taught, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), 11 days after giving a course on freedom of expression.

“From now on, the alibi of caricatures or the veil is no longer even necessary for them to attack the school, we have had sad proof of this with Dominique Bernard. Being a teacher is enough to put you in the sights of these fundamentalists”she adds, calling for the establishment of“a real public policy for the promotion of our values, and not just for their defense”.

“A series of renunciations”

For her, Samuel Paty “died because in the face of the Islamist offensive, for years we have only produced a series of renunciations that we thought were unimportant, but which, put together, have built a system”.

While the Paris Special Assize Court will judge eight people involved in the assassination of Samuel Paty from November 4, Mickaëlle Paty says “expect from this judicial moment the reestablishment of the truth about the course of our brother(s), but also the exposure of Islamism as a political project against which we must fight”.

“The situation has become so critical that we can no longer simply react to attacks. We must now rearm ourselves ideologically”she believes.

Mickaëlle Paty took legal action in July to have the State’s responsibility recognized in the assassination of her brother.

A minute of silence was organized Monday in middle and high schools across France in memory of Samuel Paty and Dominique Bernard, another teacher killed by a radicalized Islamist.

A total of 78 “disruptions and protests” was recorded by the Ministry of National Education during these times of homage, according to a provisional report, against 230 “last year, at the same time”.

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