Two months after his striking words towards Karim Benzema, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin persisted and signed his statement.
“ Mr. Benzema has a notorious connection, as we all know, with the Muslim Brotherhood. We are attacking a hydra that is the Muslim Brotherhood because they give an atmosphere of jihadism as Gilles Kepel said (a political scientist specializing in Islam and the Arab world, editor’s note). » Thus spoke Gérald Darmanin two months ago on CNews, then reproaching the footballer for his tweet of support for the inhabitants of Gaza without first being moved by the Hamas attack in Israel a few days earlier.
This Sunday during a long interview given to Brut, the Minister of the Interior does not take anything away from his speech, taking care however not to force the line with regard to the presumed or fantasized relationships of the former scorer of the team of France. “ I maintain my point that there is an atmospheric jihadism, a conception which leads towards radical Islam, and there are promoters of this radical Islam. I think he is a great footballer, I have no problem personally against him, but when Mr. Benzema never says a word about the assassination of teachers, never says a word when there are Islamist terrorist attacks in France, I regret it, because it is followed by millions of people. »
Benzema did not file a complaint
“ He’s not just a footballer, he’s someone who is followed by millions of people », insists Gérald Darmanin, who sees in the absence of complaint from the Benzema clan against him proof of possible links with the Muslim Brotherhood. The Al-Ittihad attacker, last October, did not rule out legal action for defamation after the initial exit of the Minister of the Interior. “ He didn’t do it, not to my knowledgebreathes the latter. I think I would have known, it’s been several weeks… »
