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Paty had shown cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in the classroom for discussion. That led to his death, a brutal beheading with a knife. In France, the country is turned upside down. In response, the government expelled 231 non-French radicals from the country.
On Tuesday morning, political scientist and student of Islam studies Sonny Spek in De Telegraaf expressed his surprise at the silence in the Netherlands. “It is also the general wait-and-see attitude of the parliament to prevent the spread of radical Islamic ideas that is sticking,” said Spek. “The attack on a French teacher will also make Dutch teachers think again. What can you say? How should you present difficult topics? Is that necessary at all? “
Ekiz was also surprised at the lack of turmoil in our country. “As the days and hours passed, I thought: where is that openly shocked reaction in the Netherlands? They have taken to the streets en masse in France. We can do that in the Netherlands too. At the dam. Black Lives Matter. And I think: where are we now? ”
A silent journey in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, where Paty was killed. Earlier, hordes of people gathered in the center of Paris.
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“It is especially quiet from the political point of view. But it is France! It’s around the corner. I just think that’s really scary. What I find worrisome is that people rely mainly on what individuals say. They’re just scared to say what they think because your head could be chopped off just like that. But it must be about: how do we tackle this? Then it’s about the parallel society, about foreign funding, extremist imams. It’s not at the top of the agenda. ”
Threats
Ekiz herself noticed that after she spoke about Charlie Hebdo, she was immediately threatened. “That makes you more likely to condemn it than such a beheading itself. I hope that changes. ”
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