Two of the main leaders of the left in France criticized on Saturday the rush of the far right to describe as “Islamist” the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg in Germany when there was nothing to indicate in the personality of its author that this was the case.
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“Turn your tongue in your mouth seven times before delivering your prejudices whose sole purpose is to cultivate anti-Muslim racism,” declared on X the first secretary of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure, sharing the message of Jordan Bardella, the president of the Rally national (RN, far right).
The latter had deplored on the same network immediately after the events an “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.
Likewise, the political coordinator of La France insoumise (radical left) Manuel Bompard castigated on Saturday “extreme right leaders (who) threw themselves like vultures on the attack on Magdeburg to pour out 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 (German far-right party, Editor's note). Never forget that the extreme right kills,” he added.
In a message also posted on “This act of war against a symbol of our civilization raises hearts,” she insisted.
A vehicular attack on Friday at the Magdeburg Christmas market left five people dead and more than 200 injured. The suspect of Saudi origin was arrested at the scene and did not have the profile of an Islamist.
In fact, assured Saturday the German Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, he is an “Islamophobic” in view of his known positions.
The attack in Magdeburg came eight years after that committed by a Tunisian Islamist in Berlin, where a truck ram caused the death of 13 people, the deadliest attack in Germany.
