This Monday, December 2, at the bar of the Paris Assize Court, Brahim Chnina, accused of having orchestrated a digital fatwa leading to the death of Samuel Paty, delivered a performance which turned into a disaster. Oscillating between provocative ambiguity and assumed indecency.
His famous surgical mask has disappeared. In four years, Brahim Chnina seems to have gained twenty. Thin, his beard and head now streaked with white, like the cream sweater he wears. Only his voice, recognizable in the famous video which led to the death of Samuel Paty, has not changed. The father of the family is camped there, before the eyes of his family, with a haggard look, a bottle of Cristalline within reach.
This December 2, in the crowded room of the Paris Assize Court, promises to be historic. He must shed light on this affair which never ceases to torment the pride of a society conscious of seeing in it the reflection of its own cowardice. The air is heavy, weighed down by the shards of the lawyers of defense, who scold the president and directly attack their counterparts from the civil parties, whom they accuse of mistreating Brahim Chnina. The man is accused of having triggered a digital fatwa against Samuel Paty. The exercise will be methodical and relentless. In turn, the court, the prosecution, the lawyers for the civil parties, then those for the defense, will scrutinize it.
