Le Figaro Bordeaux
They practiced hijama on their clients, a traditional medicine popular among Muslims who see it as prophetic care.
The practice, under the guise of rigor, consists of incising one or more parts of a person's body to place suction cups there and
“extract harmful substances”
using the suction mechanism.
In Arabic,
hijama
designates the act of sucking an infant at its mother's breast.
Reported by the Gironde prefecture to the courts in December 2022, the couple of residents of Mérignac were referred to the Bordeaux public prosecutor's office this Thursday.
French and Muslim, Pierre DJ, 46 years old, and his partner Isabelle P., 38 years old, were introduced to hijama in Morocco, where the first had followed training.
“This training allowed him to practice first in Morocco, until 2020, and upon his return to France in September 2020, Pierre DJ continued while knowing that his Moroccan certificate had no value in France
, ”
specifies to
Figaro
, the Bordeaux prosecutor's office.
Also read “Tomorrow land of Allah, today land of disbelievers”: 2 new ordeals tagged in Dordogne
Judicial controls
Searched in November 2023 following investigations, then interviewed in police custody in February, the couple differ in their version of the facts.
While Isabelle P. admits to an illegal practice of medicine, her companion considers that hijama is
“a treatment”
, which
“has virtues in terms of well-being and relaxation”.
He also denies any correlation between this practice and his conversion to Islam in 2009.
Summoned in March for a judgment at the Bordeaux criminal court on charges of “illegal exercise of the profession of doctor” and “deceptive commercial practices”
,
the couple was placed under judicial supervision.
The two individuals are prohibited from leaving Gironde, from holding a weapon and from working as caregivers.
Their identity card and passport were also confiscated.