The Fnac in Woluve-Saint-Lambert was to receive the authors of the book. Allah has nothing to do in my classroom for a conference on the occasion of its publication.
For several days, the tone had been raised in the run-up to a conference at the Fnac to mark the release of a book on Islamism in schools. “Young people” threatened staff“explained on X Jean-Pierre Martinone of the two authors of the book entitled Allah has nothing to do in my classroom.
These “young“who spoke of “the prohibition of quoting Allah’s name“, according to the author, “demanded the cancellation of the conference and book signing“which was to have been held at the Fnac shopping mall in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, a suburb of Brussels. Both the publisher and the store announced on social networks that they had cancelled the event, without giving details of the reasons for the cancellation.
“The decision to cancel the event was taken solely by Fnac and was not taken on the orders of the police.” a local police official told the Brussels weekly Bruzz. According to the daily, the mayor of the town had asked the police to send a team to the scene. La Libreseveral plainclothes officers. “I met one of the perpetrators on Friday in a TV studio and learned that threats had been made online. They were young people who wanted to provoke incidents in the store”, explained Olivier Maingain.
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Growing influence of Islamism
Written by two journalists, the book takes the form of an investigation highlighting the growing hold of Islamism in Belgian schools and the way its militants oppose the values of Western schools. “Teachers testify to the questioning of the teaching of subjects and values, such as equal rights for men and women, respect for individual freedom, freedom of conscience and worship…“explained earlier this week in our columns, one of the two authors Jean-Pierre Martin.
“Those who wish to censor this book, and unfortunately will never read it, hate us and seek to frighten us.“, also denounced after the cancellation of the conference the independent journalist. “There are serious threats against anyone who wants to defend freedom of expression.” reacted Laurence D’Hondt, co-author of the book. The two authors nevertheless went to the Fnac, escorted by three police officers, to meet readers. La Libre.
“Threatening authors is yet another blow to our freedoms and freedom of expression. We must never tolerate this, commented Alexia Bertrand, Secretary of State for the Budget and member of Belgium’s ruling center-right government.