The deadly terrorist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo Paris is the result of the French government's irresponsibility and failure to respond to the expansion of radical Islam in the country, Aymeric Chauprade, a French politician and member of the European Parliament told Sputnik Wednesday.
"Of course this attack has been perpetrated by Muslim fundamentalists… Unfortunately this is a result of the expansion of Islam inside France, because the government… has put up no resistance against the expansion of radical Islam in France over the last decade," Chauprade said, adding that the attack is the result of a "lack of responsibility from the French government."
"We have to stop the expansion of all these radical organizations that are building mosques, that are trying to impose Sharia law instead of the law of the French Republic, and we have to be very strong and very firm against this threat," Chauprade said.
The member of the European parliament also said that there are a high number of Islamic State fighters inside France and Europe's Schengen Area in general, and so it is not only France that faces the danger of attacks by radicalized Muslims, but other European states too.
Chauprade emphasized the need for Europe's cooperation with Russia to fight the spread of Islamic radicalism.
"We also have to cooperate more with Russia instead of pressuring Russia about Ukraine. We should work with Russia to fight against terrorism. Because we are all in the same war against fundamentalism and radical Islam," he argued.
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