In a video relayed on his social networks this Saturday, rapper Gims got angry with his “Muslims brothers” who celebrate New Year and Christmas. He asks them “to stop that”. Words that made Minister Marlène Schiappa react.
It’s a video that gets people talking. Last Saturday, the singer and ex-rapper of the group Sexion d’Assaut, Gims, relayed a message on his social networks, inviting everyone, and in particular Muslims, to no longer send greetings for the New Year. “Stop with that”, he launched, explaining in particular that this did not correspond to his religious vision. We hear it thundering: “I never answered that, but you keep sending me ‘Happy New Years’ throughout January, February, etc. Muslims, we have the same conviction. “The singer then continued on the celebration of … birthdays:” I suffer with that. We don’t celebrate that, because that’s how it is! It’s one more step towards death, so what are we looking forward to in the end? It is not part of our convictions for us Muslims. Come on, let’s focus a bit on our own stuff. It’s not bad, but let’s stay strong on our values. Christmas, we respect, but it’s not our holiday “. He also expressed his amazement at the Christmas trees that would find their place in the home of a Muslim family.
Eric Zemmour is enraged, Marlène Schiappa gets involved
It did not take more to unleash the anger of many Internet users, who in chorus reproach Gims for playing the game of communitarianism. In the political arena, it is even a minister who made a point of reacting to these remarks in the person of Marlene Schiappa. The right arm of Gerald Darmanin thus indicated on the antenna of RMC, during the program Apolline Morning, this Monday January 3: “As Minister responsible for citizenship, I fight against radicalization, separatism, a form of communitarianism. We often talk about living together, it can start with expressions of politeness, relatively harmless. It requires more condemnation”.
Valérie Pécresse summoned to explain her support for Gims
Then, she directed her criticism to a more political aspect. Marlène Schiappa continues: “I recently learned in a television program that Maitre Gims was funded by the Ile-de-France region and that he had given his support to Valérie Pécresse. I am asking Valérie Pécresse today what she thinks of These words. Everyone knows what I think of this type of practice. I ask Valérie Pécresse, who is supported by Maitre Gims, to comment “. Before being accused of salvaging, the Minister further adds: “It was not I who decided to put Maitre Gims in the political debate. It was Valérie Pécresse, who prided herself on her support and who said that she was funding him via the Ile-de-France region . The same Valérie Pécresse boasts of having put in place a charter of secularism “. The person concerned has not yet responded to the minister …