Samuel Paty in 2020, Dominique Bernard in 2023: on Monday, October 14, a minute of silence was planned in tribute to these two teachers murdered by radicalized Islamists in all middle and secondary schools in France, with the ambition of ” continue “ has “fight against ignorance and fanaticism”.
Each establishment is called to organize “according to the times and methods that the teaching teams consider most appropriate”reported the Ministry of National Education. “During the week, a time of analysis and reflection can also be organized with the students, the duration and content of which will also be up to the teams to choose according to their respective situations.”He clarified, seeing in this moment of tribute a form of “transmit values” embodied by the two teachers.
Sophie Vénétitay, general secretary of the SNES-FSU, the main secondary sector union, judged “It is essential that the school gathers around a moment of tribute, to put words to what is still a great pain”.
Michel Barnier is expected at the Samuel Paty university
A day after a ceremony that brought together more than two thousand people and several ministers in Arras to pay tribute to Dominique Bernard, a French teacher murdered by a radicalized former student, Michel Barnier was expected on Monday afternoon in the Aulne forest . in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), where Samuel Paty taught.
The Prime Minister will be accompanied by his Minister of Education, Anne Genetet, in this Ile-de-France institution still deeply marked by the memory of this history and geography teacher murdered by a radicalized Islamist on October 16, 2020. The school should also Soon he will be called Samuel Paty.
“Three years apart, almost exactly on the same day, two teachers were killed by Islamist terrorists. They taught French history, knowledge of the world and love for our language. “They transmitted to their students the joy of learning and the civic spirit.”Barnier stressed on Sunday in a message on X. “We will not forget them. And we will do everything possible to protect our teachers and continue with them to fight ignorance and bigotry.”added the Prime Minister.
“To form free and enlightened citizens”
On Monday morning, the Minister of Academic Success, Alexandre Portier, went to a Lyon institute to pay tribute to the two teachers, whose portraits were broadcast on a screen located in the establishment’s lobby.
“Teaching is not just a profession: it is a vocation, a flame that we transmit, the hope of being able to carry a spark. It is a daily commitment to help students develop their free will. “It is the ambition to form free and enlightened citizens.”Portier declared before an audience of high school students. Samuel Paty and Dominique Bernard “We knew it and we believed in the power of school to change lives, open horizons and reduce ignorance”he added.
Samuel Paty, 47, was stabbed and then beheaded by Abdoullakh Anzorov, a Russian refugee of Chechen origin, on October 16, 2020 near his university. The 18-year-old, a radicalized Muslim, criticized him for showing caricatures of Muhammad in class. Before being killed by the police, he took responsibility for his actions by congratulating himself for having “avenge the prophet”.
The emotion aroused by this attack was revived with the murder, on October 13, 2023, of Dominique Bernard, 57, stabbed to death by Mohammed Mogouchkov, a former student registered for Islamist radicalization, in front of his establishment. Mogouchkov, 21, born in Russia, was charged and imprisoned by an anti-terrorist investigating judge four days after the attack for which he had claimed responsibility on behalf of the Islamic State organization.
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This week of tributes will also be marked by the presentation, on Saturday at the Sorbonne, of the Samuel Paty prize, intended to reward class projects focused on “democratic principles and values”.