Jewish leader says Islamists have declared war on France

Islamists have declared war on France, a senior leader of French Jews says following multiple assaults, including today’s murder of three people at a church in Nice.

Gil Taieb, the vice president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities, makes the comments in reference to the knife attack outside the Notre Dame church of the Mediterranean coastal city.

“The Islamists are waging war against us!” Taieb writes on Twitter. “We stand united against Islamist barbarism.”

The incidents follows protests across the Muslim world against a plan of action against radical Islam being pushed by French President Emmanuel Macron. It includes banning home schooling to eliminate underground Islamist schools and limiting foreign funding for houses of worship, Macron said.

— JTA