The RN too quick to denounce “Islamism” after the attack in Magdeburg, the left falls on it

POLICY – “She dreamed of an Islamist attack to unleash her racist hatred against Muslims. » Like many left-wing elected officials, the Insoumis deputy Thomas Portes denounced this Saturday, December 21 on “Islamist”. Yet, the personality of the author in no way indicated this fact.

Indeed, Jordan Bardella, president of the RN, deplored on “Islamist attack”. “The target of the attack owes nothing to chance: radical Islam is waging a war on our Christian traditions, on our identities, on our civilization”he added.

“Turn your tongue in your mouth seven times before revealing your prejudices”

In a message also posted on X, Marine Le Pen for her part denounced Friday “Islamist barbarism” Who “sows terror in the heart of Europe”. “This act of war against a symbol of our civilization raises hearts”she added.

“Turn your tongue in your mouth seven times before delivering your prejudices whose sole purpose is to cultivate anti-Muslim racism”responded angrily, the First Secretary of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure, reposting Jordan Bardella's message.

Likewise, the political coordinator of La France insoumise Manuel Bompard on Saturday castigated “far-right leaders (who) pounced like vultures on the Magdeburg attack to vent their anti-Muslim hatred.” “We learn that the alleged perpetrator of the attack is a supporter of their ideas, a supporter of the AfD party. Never forget that the far right kills”added the Marseille MP.

The suspect is “Islamophobic”

Alexis Corbière, deputy of the environmentalist group and member of the NFP, also stepped up to the plate: “To all those who demand without verification that the author of the Magdeburg massacre be described as an Islamist, it seems that he is an anti-Islam activist and supporter of the German extreme right.” The Insoumise Claire Lejeune abounds, as you can read in the tweet below : “the alleged author claims to be atheist, anti-Islam and anti-immigration, is a Zionist, supporter of the genocide in Palestine, support of the AfD and all friends of the RN”.

After the car ramming attack in the Christmas market, the suspect of Saudi origin was arrested at the scene and did not present an Islamist profile. In fact, assured Saturday the German Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, this is a “Islamophobic” in view of his known positions. According to the first elements of the investigation, the alleged perpetrator of the attack is a doctor from a Shiite Muslim family, but who openly declared himself “atheist” et « anti-Islam ». Some German media also attribute connections to the German far right, the AfD.

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