“This is not true! Karim Benzema has never had the slightest relationship with this organization,” his lawyer Hugues Vigier told ‘Le Parisien’.
After French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin linked Karim Benzema to a terrorist organization and said “he has infamous ties to the Muslim Brotherhood”, Le Parisien has published statements from the French striker’s lawyer lawyer flatly denies this accusation. and announces that they will take legal action against Darmanin as well as Senator Valérie Boyer, MEP Nadine Morano and publicist Frank Tapiro.
The “Muslim Brotherhood” is a transactional Islamic organization considered terrorist in France. In fact, they are is recognized as a terrorist organization in several countries and is one of the most influential groups in the Arab world.
“This is not true! Karim Benzema has never had the slightest relationship with this organization,” his lawyer Hugues Vigier told ‘Le Parisien’, which also emphasizes that the player has chosen to go to Arabia this summer. country that considers this organization a terrorist group.
“We are considering launching legal proceedings for manipulation of information against this minister (…) and also for defamation or even public insult, because this non-existent link with the Muslim Brotherhood, which according to him is infamous, done in a derogatory tone . “It is not acceptable that those in government believe they have the authority to do something like this out of pure opportunism,” the former Madrid player’s lawyer said.
Furthermore, Hugues Vigier warns that Benzema is considering taking legal action against several more personalities over the allegations. He mentions, for example, European deputy Nadine Morano, who described Benzema as a “Hamas propaganda element”, and publicist Frank Tapiro, who said the French striker was “complicit in terrorism”.
“Requesting a prayer on October 15 for the civilian population who are victims of bombings and which does not discriminate against civilians or children clearly does not constitute propaganda for Hamas, nor complicity in terrorism,” Benzema’s lawyer said. “It is, at least I believe, compassion in the face of what many today describe as war crimes, something that many agree is happening in Gaza, but which does not hide the horror of the terrorist acts of October 7 (… ) “They have provoked a profound and intolerable attack on his honor.”
Valérie Boyer has even raised the possibility of revoking Karim Benzema’s nationality if the footballer’s ties to the “Muslim Brotherhood” were confirmed. “If Karim Benzema has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, as the Interior Minister claims, I call for sanctions, in particular the deprivation of nationality. There is an urgent need to act against those who continuously threaten our country,” he said on social media. networks.
“To carry out such a measure, something impossible against a Frenchman of French parents, would only remind us of Nazi Germany,” Hugues Vigier replied.
Source: Goal