Benzema is once again involved in a extra-sports controversy. He French Interior Minister Gérald Darmaninhas accused the footballer of be linked to the Muslim Brotherhoodan Islamist organization considered terrorist in countries such as France, Russia or Egypt.
In an interview in CNewsMinister Gérald Darmanin has assured that “Mr. Karim Benzema has notorious links with the Muslim Brotherhood”.
These statements by the member of the French Government come after this Sunday Karim Benzema will show his support for the inhabitants of Gaza. “All our prayers for the inhabitants of Gaza who are once again victims of these unjust bombings that spare neither women nor children,” the player expressed on his account on the social network X (previously known as Twitter).
Notably The Muslim Brotherhood organization was responsible for the creation of Hamasand its stated objective is instill the Quran and the Sunna as the only point of reference to order the life of the Muslim family, the individual, the community and the State. Furthermore, the Muslim Brotherhood also seeks to make Muslim countries unified Islamic caliphates.
Likewise, the supporters of this organization are suspected of having created the terrorist group Al-Qaeda and for having assassinated political opponents such as Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha.
However, although the Muslim Brotherhood It was originally a fundamentalist groupis currently an organization with a broad social base whose minority of leaders has opted in modern times for a non-violent methodology in the global Jihad.