‘Double standard’ in France: ‘Whenever a mosque is attacked, no minister turns up’

A man suspected of fatally stabbing a young Malian in a mosque in southern France and filming the victim’s agony has surrendered to police in Italy. Identified as 21-year-old Oliver Hadzovic by Italian police, and Olivier A. by French prosecutors, he was not driven by anti-Islamic motives, his lawyer said. The suspect claimed he “killed the first person he saw” and expressed no hostility toward Islam or mosques. François Picard discusses the case with author and scholar Olivier Esteves. He is a Professor of British Studies and Political Science at the University of Lille.