French CRS riot policemen stand guard in front of the Sacre-Coeur basilica of Montmartre in Paris as France has raised the security alert for French territory to the highest level after the knife attack in Nice October 30, 2020. — Reuters pic
In a statement, Macsa founder, lawyer Lukman Sheriff Alias, condemened France President Emmanuel Macron’s statement blaming Islam as a “religion in crisis all over the world”. Samuel Paty a school teacher at a Paris suburb was beheaded by an 18-year-old attacker who was apparently incensed by the teacher showing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad in class.
Macron called the teacher a hero, and he pledged to fight “Islamist separatism,” saying it was threatening to take over some Muslim communities in France.