L’Occident face au djihadisme islamique. Comment répondre?
The West in the face of the Islamic jihadism. How to react?

Summary/Abstract: What is the right attitude towards the Islamic jihadism that would cement the positive relationship between the West and Islam? The author of the article pictures a multicultural society built on mutual respect, whose primary objective is getting to know each other in order to build – together – a better world.First, he identifies some key features of a jihaidst, which are intended to help understand (or explain) occurrences of the use of violence on religious grounds. Next he describes some characteristics of the idea of the freedom of speech – the motive behind many terrorist attacks, especially the dramatic outcome of the assault of the offices of «Charlie Hebdo». Finally, he addresses the classic idea of the laïcité (secularity) in the Western world and analyses the phenomenon of the ”return to religiosity”.In his conclusion, the author postulates the sine qua non condition for a peaceful existence of a multicultural society: non-religious government, whose objective is not the promotion of an ideology (which could mutate into oppression), but the preservation of the freedom of speech and religion for all citizens.

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