EditorialPeople gather on Oct. 22, 2020, to mourn at a memorial to Samuel Paty, who was beheaded by a militant Islamist, at the middle school where he taught in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)
EditorialA woman and child view a memorial for Samuel Paty, the teacher beheaded in a terrorist attack last year, outside his school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a suburb of Paris, on Oct. 22, 2020. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)
EditorialA march last year in honor of Samuel Paty, a teacher who was beheaded by a man angered by Paty showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a class. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)
EditorialA tribute to the slain teacher Samuel Paty at a bus stop in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France, Oct. 22, 2020, the town where he was killed. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)
EditorialPeople visit a makeshift memorial for Samuel Paty, the teacher who was beheaded after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a class on free speech, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France, Oct. 22, 2020. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)
EditorialA bus stop tribute to Samuel Paty in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France where he was killed, on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)
EditorialPeople visit a makeshift memorial for Samuel Paty, the teacher who was beheaded after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a class on free speech, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France, Oct. 22, 2020. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)
EditorialA makeshift memorial to Samuel Paty at the middle school where he taught in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a Paris suburb, in France on Oct. 22, 2020. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)
EditorialPeople visit a makeshift memorial for teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a class on free speech, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France, Oct. 22, 2020. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)