The article discusses Yorgos Lanthimos' film 'Bugonia,' emphasizing the importance of genuine listening over militant activism, and explores how radical acts often fail to create real change, highlighting the need for balance between speaking out and truly hearing one another.
The father of the teenager arrested for stabbing an Assyrian bishop during a church service in Sydney reportedly saw no signs of radicalism in his son, according to a community leader. The attack, deemed a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, has raised fears of persecution within the Assyrian community, with some members having fled their homeland due to religious persecution. The incident has also put the city's Muslim community on alert, with a mosque receiving firebomb threats. Police are seeking to charge individuals who attacked emergency crews after the stabbing, and the bishop, who has faced criticism and online trolling, has been injured in the attack.
In response to recent acts of terrorism, France has raised its anti-terrorism alert to the highest level and will conduct a review to determine which foreigners with a record of radicalism can be expelled from the country. President Emmanuel Macron wants the state to be "implacable against all those who support hatred and terrorist ideologies." The French administration has asked local authorities to examine the files of radicalized individuals and ensure there are no oversights in the expulsion procedure. The Minister of the Interior has instructed authorities to pay particular attention to young people from the Caucasus. Talks with Russia will be resumed to organize expulsions, as there are about sixty dossiers of Russian citizens, including those from Chechnya, who are considered potentially dangerous.