«The terrible murder of Aboubakar [Cissé] Reminds us that Islamophobia is today at the heart of the development of fascism in France as elsewhere ”. Organizations and personalities denounce the progression of Islamophobia in France and call, in a forum published by Political Monday May 5, at “A big walk everywhere on the territory” Sunday, May 11.
The text evokes the death of the 22 -year -old Malian, killed on April 25 In the Grand-Combe (Gard) mosque “Because Muslim”. The signatories of the gallery, oriented on the left, include associations, such as the collective against Islamophobia in Europe or Palestine emergency, but also intellectuals and representatives of the cultural world like the writer Annie Ernaux, the actress Adèle Haenel and the humorist Waly Dia. Finally, political organizations also participate, such as rebellious France, the new anti -capitalist party or the permanent revolution movement.
“This crime is not a news item. […] It is the story of a country where a man decides to kill another he does not know, because he prays in a mosque “say the authors of the gallery. The death of Aboubakar Cissé is far from trivial, according to the latter, which underline “An atmosphere that promotes it” et “Obsession against Islam and immigration” of the right and the extreme right: “Le Pen, Bardella, Cutting, Valleys, Darmanin”.
The suspect, Olivier H., a 20 -year -old Frenchman, had 57 stab wounds to the young Malian before filming himself, faced with the dying victim, to congratulate himself on his act and insult the Muslim religion: “I did it, […] your allah shitting “he had repeated twice. “He’s black, I’m going to do it”, had he also launched on social networks, just before taking action.
-However, according to first investigations, the suspect “Act in an isolated context, without ideological demand or link with an organization […]. The springs to act of the aggressor very quickly appeared to be deeply personal, the desire to kill someone, whatever the target ”, against the background of «fascination morbide», said the Nîmes prosecutor on Friday.
While the very right -handed Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, had proposed to receive the family of Aboubakar Cissé on Monday – what they refused, the text denounces the supposed hypocrisy of the “Same that feeds The Islamophobic climate for years [et qui] pretend to be moved by the fate of Aboubakar ”.
But the signatories also attack the “Culpable and embarrassed silence of a part of the left in the face of the expulsions of imams” And alert to the rise of the extreme right. A peril affected in the last legislative elections, and more than ever threatening for the presidential election 2027: “A few months ago, we narrowly escaped the formation of an openly right government but this start, as we know, is perhaps temporary. The worst remains to be feared “they worry, fearing that “The odious murder of Aboubakar may only be the prologue to other mass horrors”.
In 2024, the Ministry of the Interior recorded 173 anti -Muslim facts in France, a drop of 29 % compared to 2023. A figure “No doubt below reality, because all the victims do not necessarily file a complaint”, A nuanced Bruno Retaille Fervier current. The first three months of this year were also marked by a spectacular increase of 72 % compared to 2024 of the anti -Muslim acts identified by Beauvau, with 79 cases, according to the count of the Ministry of the Interior.
