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French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has warned of “Sunni Islamic terrorism” as the most significant threat to Europe, while posters depicting French President Emmanuel Macron in the form of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler prompted an investigation.
During his recent stay in New York, USA, Darmanan told Agence France-Presse, “We came to remind them that for the Europeans and for France, the first danger is Sunni Islamic terrorism, and cooperation to combat terrorism between the intelligence agencies is very necessary,” especially before Paris hosts the 2024 Summer Olympics.
The episode (26/5/2023) of the “Above the Power” program shed light on the statement and its significance, and on the minister who made it and what was known about him from previous positions. Despite its support for offensive images of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace.
The statement reflects a transition from a sectarian complex against Muslims at the French Minister of the Interior, to a sectarian complex towards the Sunnis among them, and it comes within a series of statements and positions that show racism towards Islam, the last of which was his ministry’s request for a list of the names of Muslim children who were absent during the blessed Eid Al Fitr day.
Darmanan, 38, is the youngest minister of Macron’s government, and he is of Maltese-Jewish descent for his father, and an Algerian Muslim for his mother, and his maternal grandfather fought in the French army against his country Algeria, and he is the front of the French government’s strict measures regarding what Paris calls separatist societies and institutions inside France.
Accusations of sexual assault and harassment were brought against him in 2018, but he denied them, and the case was closed at the time for lack of evidence. He also faced criticism for letting his mother continue the profession of cleaning houses even after he was appointed Minister of the Interior, as a profession that is not appropriate for the elderly.
Macaron stick
Some consider Darmanan the stick wielding Macron over French Muslims, and with him he caused the largest popular boycott of France’s products that has been going on for more than two years.
In a related context, the episode of the “Above Power” program dealt with the French authorities opening an investigation to arrest those behind the hanging of posters (removed by the police) depicting Macron in the form of Nazi German leader Hitler in a French city. Based on the investigation, legal charges of insulting the president are expected to be filed against everyone involved in this matter.
This news prompted the International Commission for the Victory of the Prophet of Islam to question freedom of expression in France, in exchange for Paris’ insistence not to condemn the description of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, as terrorism, and to consider that as part of freedom of expression.
In addition, the episode “Above Power” dealt with the following topics:
A Shiite Sheikh forbids the election of Kilicdaroglu and considers him a threat to Islam.
The Palestinian Authority: Israel wages a religious war against Islam in Jerusalem.
– Iran calls for Afghanistan to return the water to its streams, and Mubin Khan mocks.
Aidarous Al-Zubaidi proposes 3 names for his separatist state in southern Yemen.
The Lebanese forgot their hellish situation and were divided over modesty on the beach.
Retired porn star Mia Khalifa is honored at Oxford University.