Belfort (France): A bunch of Islamist radicals attacked a fellow Muslim for posting photos online of a Christmas party he had attended. The incident occurred in the north eastern city of Belfort, France, where the 20-year-old man was assaulted by Islamists for participating in a Christmas party.
Soon after the victim uploaded photos, he was threatened by an acquaintance, an Islamist fundamentalist, who was reportedly angry about the man attending non-Muslim festivities. The victim is the son of law enforcement officer.
The acquaintance reportedly rebuked the victim as a “dirty son of a white, son of a snake, son of police” and vowed to show him what a “real Arab” should be. Even though the tone of the conversation was rather belligerent, the young man still agreed to meet his accuser in-person to sort out their differences.
French authorities while condemning the violence, spoke against Islamist separatism. As per the report, the incensed man showed up with four other men, who beat up the 20-year-old and
threatened him with dire consequences if he reported the violence to the police. Despite the threat dished out to him, the young man lodged a complaint against his assaulters and his mother has promised to bring the culprits to book. “He walked right into an ambush”, she said as quoted by the local media.
With France already reeling from an extremist Islamism, the incident did not escape the notice of top French officials, prompting many to condemn the violence and reaffirm their commitment to continue fighting the Islamic “separatism.” Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin confirmed the attack and informed that a probe has been launched in this regard. He denounced the anti-police sentiments apparently exhibited by the suspects and called Islamist “separatism” unacceptable. He also took to Twitter to condemn the violence and shared pictures of the same on his social media.
“In Belfort, a young man was assaulted because he celebrated Christmas and was not a ‘good Arab’.
‘Aggravating’ circumstance: being the son of police officers,” the minister wrote on Twitter. The victim, is reportedly the son of a Muslim mother of Arab origin. His step-father is a non-Muslim
man. Both his parents are law enforcement officers. The man had shared photographs of a Christmas lunch he had enjoyed with family members.
