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Source: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/israel-on-front-lines-manuel-valls
Europe Is the Target of Jihadism and Islamism
(Tablet) Manuel Valls - Europe is more than ever the target of jihadism and Islamism. France has been in the crosshairs for many years, in its democratic, secular, Christian and Jewish dimensions, because we are the country of the Enlightenment and our values are universal. We therefore need all of society to be mobilized, everywhere. This war is fed by political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood. Here at home, we have thousands of radicalized people who represent a major threat. I'm particularly troubled when I read that 57% of young Muslims consider Sharia more important than the republic's law. We must also wage an ideological, intellectual, and cultural war against Islamism. Defending democracy, our civilization, secularized, tolerant societies, with our Judeo-Christian heritage, and integrating the Islam of millions of citizens who will remain here, the great majority of whom reject Islamism, is a considerable, crucial task. The writer served as Prime Minister of France from 2014 to 2016.