Darmanin reiterates his comments on Benzema, who “tweets selectively”

Gérald Darmanin affirmed Thursday evening on BFMTV that he would withdraw his comments accusing Karim Benzema of being "in notorious links with the Muslim Brotherhood" if the French Ballon d'Or "tweeted" to "also mourn" the assassination of the professor of French from Arras by a radicalized young person.

The Minister of the Interior did not give specific information to support his accusations concerning the French football international. But he insisted on the danger that “radical Islam” and the “Muslim Brotherhood” represent in his eyes.

“Not seeing this is showing the French that you are naive. Let's stop being naive! “, he told BFMTV journalists.

“If Mr. Benzema wants to show his good faith, which he is capable of showing in a few minutes in front of 20 million people who follow him (on X, formerly Twitter), that he also mourns the death of this professor, I will withdraw my words,” declared the minister, for whom the international “tweets selectively”.

Monday evening on Cnews, Gérald Darmanin accused the athlete of links with the Muslim Brotherhood, a radical Islamist organization born in Egypt, after he had posted a message on once again of these unjust bombings which spare neither women nor children.”

Since then, the footballer's lawyer has announced his intention to file a complaint against the minister and other personalities.