Defending French Secularism

The President vs. the American Media
After terrorist attacks, France’s leader accuses the English-language media of “legitimizing this violence.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/15/business/media/macron-france-terrorism-american-islam.html

The beheading of a teacher will harden France’s belief in secularism
https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/10/18/the-beheading-of-a-teacher-will-harden-frances-belief-in-secularism

Emmanuel Macron warned against mounting Islamism and the threat to freedom of expression. After a shocking attack this now sounds prescient
https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/10/18/the-beheading-of-a-teacher-will-harden-frances-belief-in-secularism 

Related:
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-empty-rhetoric-of-je-suis-samuel-