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HARDtalk: Dominique Schnapper on secularism in France after Samuel Paty's killing

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Dominique Schnapper on secularism in France after Samuel Paty's killing

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Dominique Schnapper on secularism in France after Samuel Paty's killing

Dominique Schnapper heads a council which advises the French government on secularism

Dominique Schnapper is president of a council of elders which advises the French Government on secularism in schools

The beheading of a teacher by an 18-year-old outside Paris struck a particularly jarring blow to the French psyche. Samuel Paty was murdered for teaching his students, including young Muslims, about freedom of speech, including the freedom to mock religion. His killing was seen by some as an attack on France’s secular values. Stephen Sackur speaks to Dominique Schnapper, president of a council which advises the government on secularism in education. Is France's government getting its response to this tragedy right?

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