Alsace: a professor threatened with death for having evoked the cartoons of Muhammad – Le Figaro

The teacher had an oral clash with a pupil following the evocation in class of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons. The teenager’s uncle allegedly threatened the teacher by evoking Samuel Paty. a teacher, who had discussed in class “freedom of expression, the cartoons of Muhammad and Charlie Hebdo”. communicated. According to a judicial source, the incident occurred on October 4 at the Scheurer-Kestner high school in Thann, west of Mulhouse. The name of Samuel Paty mentioned in the threats A teacher “suffered death threats from of the uncle of one of his students, after he discussed freedom of expression in class, the cartoons of Muhammad and Charlie Hebdo”, according to this same source. She adds that the student, “who got into a verbal fight in class with the teacher, would have complained about it on her way home”. “His uncle, who would have mentioned the name of Samuel Paty during the exchange with the teacher in front of the high school, was placed in police custody, and indicted for death threats”, after a complaint from the teacher , added this judicial source. He was released under judicial supervision, with a ban on contact with the professor and on the outskirts of the establishment. The teenager will be summoned later by the examining magistrate to be heard on facts of apology for terrorism. In his high school, a disciplinary council must rule on this file soon. To read also Samuel Paty case: faults but no culprits? The Haut-Rhin establishment “is the subject of constant attention on the part of the rectorate and state services” since this incident, indicates the rectorate. A mobile security team has been present there since October 6 “to guarantee security, accompany the teams and provide psychological support”, specifies the rectorate, according to which “a listening cell for the staff has been set up”. On Monday, “two members of the Values ​​of the Republic (EAVR) team from the academy” were dispatched to the site in order to provide “the appropriate educational response”, specifies the rectorate. In addition, the high school will be integrated “this year into the secularism training plan” and “training on the management of sensitive issues and on secularism” will be organized there. This incident occurred shortly before the tribute scheduled for Friday 14 or Monday, October 17 in schools to Samuel Paty, a 47-year-old history and geography teacher beheaded on October 16, 2020 for showing caricatures of Muhammad in class. SEE ALSO – Death of Samuel Paty: the attack “would have could have been avoided,” said the family lawyer.