{"id":86040,"date":"2019-11-01T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=86040"},"modified":"2019-10-31T18:29:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T22:29:22","slug":"nyt-death-of-isis-leader-is-little-consolation-to-a-changed-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=86040","title":{"rendered":"(NYT) Death of ISIS leader is little consolation to a changed France"},"content":{"rendered":"

The death of the Islamic State leader<\/a>,<\/a> Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was met this week with no outpouring of joy or even relief in France, even though this is the European country that suffered most from his depredations.<\/p>\n

The reason is simple: the Islamic State\u2019s crimes, and the fear they instilled in the national psyche, are so ingrained in France that the daily fabric of life has been inexorably altered.<\/p>\n

As if proof were needed, within the last month, a former far-right candidate shot two Muslims who stopped him from burning down a mosque. A Muslim mother was reprimanded by an official for wearing a head scarf. And President Emmanuel Macron called for a \u201csociety of vigilance\u201d after a Muslim employee at Police Headquarters in Paris killed four officers <\/a>in a knife attack.<\/p>\n

These recent symptoms of what some call an ongoing trauma for France demonstrate why Mr. al-Baghdadi\u2019s death was \u2018\u2018no more than a step,\u201d as Mr. Macron put it Sunday in a muted reaction to the news.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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How the leader of ISIS traumatized France, so much so that news of his death did little to ease a now-ingrained sense of anxiety. @AdamNossiter<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/ZanrqOrxPQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 rickgladstone (@rickgladstone) October 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n