“There is pleasure on the part of Benzema in the most radical Islamism”

The leader of the French far-right, Marine Le Pen The football player is considered to be bright Karim Benzema is complacent “to more radical islamism“, but at the same time he criticizes the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, who for political reasons accused him of being close to a fundamentalist group.

In an interview this Friday on the RMC radio station, Le Pen denounced the controversy launched by Darmanin against Benzema, who in his opinion “is a happy” at a time when France is facing “serious problems” such as the rise of fundamentalism and the risk of attacks.

In his opinion, “there is a contradiction” in the attitude of the minister, because although on the one hand he blames Benzema for his closeness to the Muslim Brotherhood, at the same time “he did not listen to Darmanin. call for a ban on the Muslim Brotherhood“, an organization that for him has “a totalitarian ideology.”

Asked about the fact that the footballer’s lawyer denied this proximity and therefore expressed a complaint for the insults against the head of the Interior, the leader of the far right and finalist in the last two presidential elections in France (in 2017 and 2022) replied that “that should be seen.”

Although he admitted that he did not have the exact information that the minister might have about the football player, “what is clear is Benzema enjoys the most radical Islamism which some might call Islamic fundamentalism.

But then he pointed that out which can have no consequence “until it is ordered that this ideology be banned, as we have been asking for many years” and criticizes Darmanin’s inaction in that area.

The Interior Minister on Thursday repeated the accusations he launched on Monday about what he called “well-known links” of Benzema with the Muslim Brotherhood, without providing concrete evidence.

Darmanin’s thesis is that the French international, who signed this season for a team in Saudi Arabia after 14 years at Real Madrid, is a propaganda instrument of a strict concept of the Muslim religion.

And that’s it Muslim Brothers They certainly use the notoriety of some personality like him to popularize that vision.

At the origin of this controversy is a message from Benzema on his X account (formerly Twitter) in favor of the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip, within the framework of Israel’s military offensive against that enclave.

For the minister, the fact that he did not do the same when the terrorist attacks of Hamas occurred in Israel on October 7, or when in France a teacher was murdered on the 13th in his high school in Arras of a jihadist highlight. “a selective anger.”

And he directed a challenge in the direction of the athlete, who ordered him to post other messages on his social networks followed by millions of people from all over the world. condemning Hamas attacks and the attack against the professor from Arras to refute the accusations made against him.