The day after the conviction of eleven young people who had harassed her on social networks after her controversial video on Islam, Mila, 18, visited the Grand Mosque of Paris on Thursday, July 8 in the company of her rector, Chems- eddine Hafiz.
The young woman vowed that her presence in this place of worship would be "
soothing for everyone
".
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At the beginning of 2020, on Instagram, Mila had angrily retaliated against a man who insulted her "
in the name of Allah
": "
Islam is shit (...) Your religion is shit , your God, I put a finger in her asshole, thank you, goodbye
”. Since then, she has been threatened with death, cyber-harassed, dropped out of school and lives under police protection.
On Wednesday, the Paris Criminal Court sentenced eleven of its cyberstalkers to four to six months suspended prison sentence, after a high-profile trial.
“
Come on, Mila
”: for two hours, Mr. Hafiz led her on this private and under high security tour of the minaret, the mosque and its gardens.
Asked about her opinion of Islam since her controversial remarks, Mila hesitates.
“
I would be mixed on the issue.
It depends.
Between things that are misinterpreted, between what is really my thought ...
"
"
A mark of peace
"
Chems-eddine Hafiz underlines him that "
Islam is a religion which, of course, it is necessary to respect
". But for him, Mila, whom he has familiarized with and towards whom he has shown many respects and gestures of affection, "
had harsh words in a particular context
", that of online harassment. "
I don't think what she said ... maybe it betrayed her true thoughts, but I'm convinced that we have to get out of the clichés
." For him, "
there was at one point an unfortunate incident but the fact that she comes here is a source of hope
". “
The Paris mosque is a place open to everyone. We want to really show him what Islam is,
”emphasizes the rector.
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Mila insisted on her "
pleasure
" during this "
friendly visit
" under the auspices of the rector, an old friend and member of the bar of her lawyer, Me Richard Malka.
It is a “
very important mark of peace for me
”, she underlined, while receiving from the rector a Koran with the pink cover.