“France is at the forefront of the fight against Islamism in Europe”

PWhy is it so difficult to fight Islamism? How to loosen the noose around Muslims who carry a humanist, secular and universalist word? What should the authorities of European countries give up to fight this battle? Political scientist and feminist activist born in Ukraine, Djemila Benhabib has also lived in Algeria, Canada and Belgium, countries that have very different relationships with the sacred and minorities. She publishes this Thursday, April 14 Islamophobia my eye (Kennes), a personal account and intellectual reflection in which she skillfully describes a life “caught between three sacred fires: Islamism, cultural relativism and anti-Muslim racism”. If she is worried about a form of “tribalization” of society, capable of abandoning…