BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 27. The new Cabinet appointed by Emmanuel Macron will make the policy towards Muslims even more discriminatory, and Islamophobia, in general, is becoming a kind of state ideology in France, Jean-Michel Brun, chief editor of the Paris-based online newspaper La Gazette du Caucase, said in his article, Trend reports.
The piece talks about the racist scandal in France caused by the sensational statement of former French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
“My name is Gérald Moussa Jean Darmanin (his middle name comes from his grandfather, an Algerian gunman who served France). It is quite obvious that if I were honest, if my name was Moussa Darmanin, I would not have been elected mayor, deputy, or interior minister," the article quotes the former minister.
The author emphasizes that thereby Darmanin confirms the existence of racism in France.
“It's a pity he is no longer Minister of the Interior. However, before this statement, “Moussa” Darmanin, who authored the term “Islamist separatism,” was the initiator of discrimination against Muslims. Under his leadership, there have been administrative closures of mosques for frivolous reasons and of Muslim schools on equally flawed pretexts, the dissolution of the “Collective against Islamophobia” in France, and the banning of imams from speaking about state Islamophobia. He is also the initiator of the famous “Control of Immigration” law. Nowadays, no longer a minister, Darmanin is once again Gerald Moussa, a citizen with an Arab name. Welcome to the real world!” the material notes.
Brun mentions that immediately afterward, Darmanin became the object of sharp criticism from the French right-wing National Rally party.
“This statement insults France, which gives a chance to all who respect it,” the author quotes the leader of this party, Jordan Bardella.
“Will Bardella, who is of Algerian descent, be so emphatic when he becomes an ordinary citizen again?” writes Brun.
The article further notes that, as a result, a few hours later, the outgoing government's spokeswoman, Prisca Thevenot, who was born into a Mauritian family, also spoke about her family's history.
“'My name is Prisca Thevenot. But my name is also Prisca Balasoobramanen. I am the daughter of immigrants who taught me to love France and to respect our republic. I am an example of how one can be a binational and deeply patriotic French person,” she stated, undoubtedly forgetting that the government she was part of had started hunting migrants.
This government, which continues to take a hostile stance towards Muslim-majority countries such as Algeria, Türkiye, and Azerbaijan, is unwavering in its support for those who have occupied their territory for 30 years under the pretext that they represent the “Christian world” against “Islam”. The new government team of Michel Barnier, appointed by Macron, is determined not only to continue the policies of the previous one but to make them even more discriminatory,” the author argues.
The material emphasizes that the terror of multiculturalism in France also explains a significant part of that country's foreign policy.
“In the Caucasus, for instance, support for Armenian separatists cannot be explained only by electoral goals. “The 'Armenian vote' as French-Armenian journalist Leo Nikolian points out, is a myth. The real reason is that Azerbaijan is one of the most multiethnic countries in the world, and for fear of spreading this model, France is rushing to support monoethnic Armenia,” the article says.
The author notes that the Prime Minister has formed a government that word for word repeats the terms of the National Union party's program.
“So, will Gérald Darmanin now advocate the reopening of establishments that he closed and the return of wrongly exiled imams? Of course not. On the other hand, it is quite possible that the French people will eventually rise against it,” Brun writes.