Accused of "incitement to hatred", Michel Houellebecq was for a time targeted by a complaint filed by the Grand Mosque of Paris, deploring comments made by the writer in an interview with Michel Onfray's magazine,
Front populaire
.
Several excerpts, noted the Muslim institution, show "
staggering brutality
".
On the initiative of the Chief Rabbi of France Haïm Korsia, the writer and Chems-Eddine Mohamed Hafiz, rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, met.
The latter finally renounced legal proceedings, following this exchange.
Asked about the controversy, Jordan Bardella deplored the “
excessive
” remarks of the author of
Submission
.
“
It amounts to putting everyone in the same bag
,” said the president of the National Rally (RN) on BFMTV.
“
We have a problem in France, with French people born on French soil, who are from here but whose soul is elsewhere.
People who behave like nationals of foreign countries: there we have a problem.
»
However, continued Jordan Bardella, “
there are French people of Muslim faith, of immigrant origin, who respect our laws and our customs and who must be able to continue to live in France.
“Thus the head of the RN regrets a”
generalization
“which “
does not have to be
”, while pointing to “
worrying tensions
” which make “
think of situations of civil war
”.
“
When you look at the riots at the Stade de France, the police attacked every day in the housing estates, it is another law that applies than that of the French Republic.
" Before concluding : "
I have a difference with Michel Houellebecq.
I consider that we can avoid the worst in our society but it is now that decisions are made.
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