“He contacted me a few months ago. We had long discussions before he told me of his desire to write a book that would not focus on the attacks. I had already been approached by the media and journalists but I had always refused“, explains Mohamed Abdeslam.
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The choice of Dieudonné may seem particular and “I too was afraid at the beginning, I know him through his controversies. We had several interviews before starting the project and I saw the man that Dieudonné Mbala Mbala was beyond “the comedian Dieudo”specifies Mohamed Abdeslam adding that Dieudonné proposed something completely different, not focused on me or the attacks, hence this deradicalization manual.“
“Salah is the starting point”
Through these 184 pages, where only Dieudonné and Mohamed Abdeslam intervene, the latter testifies to his childhood, that of his brothers, their journey and after November 13. “Our family journey, mine and particularly that of Salah and his radicalization“, he details. He places his shift into radicalism around 2013. “At the time, it was not a word that was used much. We were not armed, we did not have the tools. I would have liked so much that at the time people could have given them to us“, continues Salah Abdeslam’s big brother who was not informed of the writing of this book until its publication on November 14.
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“I don’t talk much about Brahim’s journey because Salah’s radicalization is the starting point of everything. The domino effect begins with his meeting with Abdelhamid Abaaoud (the Molenbeek resident responsible for attacks in Europe on behalf of the Islamic State, Editor’s note).”
“I was often criticized for being passive back then and people who think I was stoic should read this book“, he whispers.
Families destroyed
“With today’s tensions, particularly in Palestine, I fear that sensitive people will do irreparable things. What is important is that families escape what we ourselves experienced“, relates the one who hopes to leave a positive mark behind the name Abdeslam. “I’ve made mistakes in my life that I regret, but today I’m trying to do things right.”he said. “I am not Salah and one day I will be proud to say that my name is ‘Mohamed’ and not just ‘Abdeslam’“, he projects.
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“I have always wanted to pass on my experience to young people but with my name, I am not asked for much. When your name is Abdeslam and your brothers killed innocent people, it’s hard.“
“On November 13, 2015, a lot of families were destroyed and among these, Salah destroyed his own“, underlines Mohamed Abdeslam. “For all people who could join radicalization, know that the first people you destroy will be your loved ones“, he insists.
