“A new date has been proposed to the High Council of Malians of France and to all the members of the family who will be willing to come”, according to the entourage of Bruno Retailleau who explains to exchange with one of the uncles of Aboubakar Cissé living in France.
“For the moment he (Bruno Retailleau) has not contacted the family. It seems that he is related to certain representatives of the Malian community but not with the family, “said Aminata Konaté-Boune, spokesperson for the family of Aboubakar Cissé, present Monday at the Great Mosque in Paris during a religious ceremony for the deceased.
An impediment of a loved one
The vice-president of the High Council of Malians of France, Niakaté Djambéré Sega, indicates that a delegation including family members and the Malian community was to meet the minister today, at their request but the meeting was offset because of the impediment of a relative of the victim.
Before the burial, scheduled in Mali, the victim’s body was welcomed on Monday at 11 am at the Grand Mosque in Paris in the presence of a large crowd of faithful and relatives of the victim. A mortuary prayer has been said by religious.
«Acts of clothes»
“We, Muslims in France, expect more than simple declarations. This crime is not a news item, it is an act of hatred, extreme violence, punctuated by anti-Islam invective […] It is an Islamophobic attack, a terrorist crime, “denounced the rector of the Great Mosque, Chems-Eddine Hafiz, when speaking. “Some absences, hesitations, have left traces. When the word Islamophobic becomes the object of a sterile debate, the real violence is denied. […] We cannot fight a hatred that we refuse to name ”.
“This drama should not become the ferment of an additional division. He must be a salutary shock, an awareness of the precious bond that unites us beyond our differences, “he continued.
