The obituary of Gilles Devers written by Chems-Eddine Mohamed Hafiz is a blatant example of how some choose to obscure reality. Hafiz, “paying homage” in Devers, never mentions the immoral commitments of this individual in favor of the Polisario separatists. The lawyer for lost causes, long an apologist for this armed movement supported by Algeria, was much more than a simple defender of human rights. He was a link in a proxy war waged by Algeria against Morocco and, yet, Hafiz prefers to describe him as a model of virtue and modesty. This shadow cast on Devers’ legacy is a deliberate manipulation of public opinion.
Before almost a decade, Algeria began the procedures for appropriation of the Great Mosque of Paris (GMP), which has since become “a property of the Algerian State through the Algerian Embassy in Paris”an approach which relied on a controversial French law stating that“a foreign country which finances an association under French law can, after 15 years, claim ownership of this entity, which is the case for the Grand Mosque of Paris”. The first Muslim place of worship built in mainland France, the GMP, whose Federation includes around a hundred mosques, has become an area of influence of the Algerian secret services.
Dubious tribute
The terms used by Hafiz to describe Devers, his “calm voice” and his “relentlessness”are only facade elements to mask the reality of its political role under the financial supervision of the Algiers regime. Devers has been a lawyer committed to geopolitical interests that serve Algeria in its conflict against Morocco. This blind support for a separatist movement, whether motivated by principle or other considerations, is far from being the subject of a simple emotional obituary. Defense of the Polisario theses has never been exempt from diplomatic and military considerations. Algeria found in Devers a valuable ally in its fight against Morocco. The actions of the latter, far from being devoid of ulterior motives, are inseparable from the actions of a country which nourishes a visceral hatred towards the Cherifian kingdom. But Chems-Eddine Mohamed Hafiz, in his desire to praise “his friend”carefully omits these inconvenient truths.
A place diverted from its function
At the same time, another fact deserves particular attention and shows another form of Algerian influence: the Great Mosque of Paris. This place, supposed to be a symbol of Islam in France, is today infested with Algerian secret service agents. Algeria, through its financing and indirect control, has insidiously taken control of this sensitive institution. Under the pretext of defending the rights of Muslims, it uses the mosque to disseminate its ideas, strengthen its influence and promote its diplomatic war against Morocco.
The fact that Algeria finances the Grand Mosque of Paris to the tune of several million euros is not a simple gesture of religious support. It is a strategic maneuver intended to control a major symbol of Islam in France, to infiltrate its structures and place agents there whose objective is to disseminate Algerian propaganda. Reports suggest that members of the Algerian secret services have diverted the mosque from its primary function, thus manipulating an institution that should be apolitical and independent.
This situation becomes all the more worrying as the mosque, from a religious symbol, has become a tool of political pressure. Algeria does not hesitate to use this space of worship to impose its theses, promote its visions and undermine diplomatic relations between France, Morocco and itself. The Algerian authorities know full well that the mosque is a symbolic place, and they exploit this asset to wage their ideological war.
Algeria succeeded in infiltrating the Grand Mosque of Paris through subtle but powerful means. By exerting political pressure and taking over the management of this institution, she makes it a playground for her agents, including Chems-Eddine Mohamed Hafiz who, by paying tribute to Gilles Devers, obscures the services rendered by the deceased to a separatist movement serving Algerian interests.
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