The 2020 terrorist attacks in France and broader Europe brought a discussion on national, urban security. Reasonable focus fell upon the law and law enforcement, remaining to consider are the cohesion of the culture of lawfulness, harm reduction, and society building on local, national, and regional levels.

Continuity and innovation are questions faced by every society and nation on an ongoing basis. National integrity and social culture are provoked by a range of national and international social relations requiring to negotiate and renegotiate themselves. The certainty of the continuity and preservation of the French ethnic and national character and contemporary European French sentiment is met with the need for innovation to facilitate the resolution of the issues experienced by other ethnic groups within the French European society. The ethnic group of predominant contemporary interest is the Islam unified – and most commonly referred to as Muslims – within a Christian socialscape surrounding, while otherwise identities could vary and lead to secondary categories such as Algerians, Chechens, Pakistani, Tunisians, North Macedonians, Indians, Turks, Arabs, and so on.

There is a need for mutual extent of understanding and measurable commitment to non-violence. Therefore, there is a requirement for enabling mechanisms, social programming, society design and cohesion. Those are to address the narratives and actors of extremism, radicalisation, and hate, but simultaneously to facilitate belonging, social justice, opportunities for material and social realisation. Work requires participation on local and national levels, involvement of Muslim and non-Muslim members alike and attentiveness across variety of other affinity categories holistically binding to the French society in its wholesome entirety.

Work with religious leadership and community leaders are important steps toward a more secure future. While training of imams to address and combat terrorism and radicalisation can contribute to collective efforts with consideration for the particularity of their role, mindfulness for community-oriented approaches rather than top-down agenda is a must. Moreover, prevention and harm reduction practices should be a focal point. Mechanisms could include such considerations and interventions as diversion and meaningful disruption where an alternative is provided; creation of accessible, teachable moments, opportunities for awareness and work on the drivers of the behaviour; use of an epidemiological criminology framework addressing individual risk factors, family and other social surrounding, environment, and societal factors. Community leaders and representatives should be able to identify and take steps to facilitate reach of at-risk individuals. Members of the communities and broader society should be able to discuss and challenge inappropriate behaviour in safe and respectful manner. For example, facilitated by innovative weeks of action and programming empowering to addressing contemporary pressing issues in a meaningful way; accessible and streamlined participation in building bridges for holistic security approaches and partnerships. There is a need to promote culture of lawfulness and that requires inclusivity and collaboration.

Facilitation of belonging, social justice, opportunities for material and social realisation would further facilitate reduction of inequalities; contribute to peace, justice, and stronger institutions; enable creation of decent work and economic growth; create more sustainable and resilient cities and communities. All together facilitating wellbeing and development.

Continuity and preservation of the French ethnic and national character and contemporary European French sentiment met with the need for innovation, facilitating resolution of the issues experienced by other ethnic groups within the French European society tests the substance and resilience of national integrity and social culture and asks for the conceptualisation of participatory French patriotisme and Vive la France.

As reminded by The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on their social media, tolerance is a value-based relation of an individual toward people, expressed in acknowledgement, individual’s acceptance and understanding of other cultures, religions, nationalities. Following the autumn 2020 terrorist attacks in France, representatives from French (Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior) and Russian (Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Russian Minister of Internal Affairs) sides discussed the directions of Russian-French cooperation in the law enforcement sphere. Commitments to national and international sustenance encompass regional and broader international cooperation with non-Muslim and Muslim participants. There is also a need for international commitment to the common values and goals and attention through the prisms that neither violate national interest nor the interests of various ethnic Muslims with national representation in part elsewhere, and the laïcité nature of the nation.