French Karim Benzema, The 2022 Ballon d’Or and Real Madrid legend has been denied Islamist links, as the French Interior Minister assured: Gerald Darmaninand announced that he was considering charging the government official for defamation.
This was stated in a statement by the French international’s lawyer to Le Parisien: Hugues VigierIt centers around Benzema’s public support for civilians in Palestine, in the midst of war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militias and at a time when there are two Islamist attacks in Europe (in France on Friday and Belgium on Tuesday). .
“We cannot accept that the rulers believe that they have the authority to do anything simply out of opportunism.”The French player’s lawyer assured that they plan to accuse Darmanin of “slander, even public insult”, given the bad reputation of the current player of the Saudi club Al-Ittihad.
In fact, Benzema (97 caps for France) has already decided to condemn European Parliament member Nadine Morano (from the classic right-wing Republican party) for insults. The politician stated that the football player “is an element of Hamas propaganda.”
Another senator from the same party Valerie BoyerToday, he demanded that Benzema, who was born in France but also carries an Algerian passport from his family, be stripped of his French citizenship.
“Such a measure impossible because he is a native of France and one of his parents is also French. Vigier, who filed a complaint against Boyer, warned: “This is reminiscent of what happened in Nazi Germany.”
The political positions of the Madrid legend have become the talk of the day in France ever since. Darmanin claimed on Monday that the striker had “links” with the Muslim Brotherhoodwithout providing evidence of this.
This international movement of Sunnism includes Hamas, but incidentally it is classified as a terrorist in the country in which Benzema plays, Saudi Arabia, a kingdom framed by another hardline Islamic movement.
Speaking to RMC Sport, Interior Ministry sources justified Darmanin’s accusations by citing controversial situations such as Benzema’s refusal to sing La Marseillaise in matches against France or his “religious propaganda” in France. networks.social “In favor of the Muslim religion”.