Delafosse openly accused of Islamophobia: are LFI elected officials taking advantage of the Muslim vote in Montpellier with a view to the municipal elections?

Is the mayor of Montpellier, Michaël Delafosse the target of a smear campaign that accuses him of stigmatizing the citizens of Montpellier of the Muslim faith? is it “Islamophobic”, as confirmed by leaflets and posters that have been circulating in Montpellier since June? Is he paying for his determination to protect secularism in his politics at all costs?

In any case, this is a study the idea who threw the stone into the pond by clarifying that these leaflets were distributed outside the mosque of La Paillade, or deposited in the mailboxes of the working-class neighborhoods of the city and in the Juvignac. What does this leaflet say? That’s Michael Delafosse “participating in the closing of mosques and Muslim institutions. He waited for more than 30,000 deaths and 17 demonstrations in Montpellier to talk about a ceasefire. He is becoming a police for women’s clothes (abaya)!”

“Oumma Montpellier” under investigation

Michaël Delafosse knows that this formal attack has been organized for months by a group on the social network WhatsApp called “Oumma Montpellier”. “umah”meaning “the community” of believers in Arabic, discussing many topics, especially international and local politics. To be involved, you must be invited and the participants are hand-picked.

We talk about the pro-Gaza demonstrations but we also refer to the mayor of Montpellier as a “Zionist” and “definite enemy”. Its faults are numerous: to be “a preview of our prophet’s plays on the regional hotel”; said about the murder of Samuel Pati that it was “muslim follower”after establishing a charter of secrecy “which disturbs Muslims”, to have “named for the abaya, a garment worn by our sisters, that this garment was an attack on divinity” or have “He contributed to the closure of several Muslim educational institutions and mosques“…

The challenges of the next municipal elections

“When we saw all these messages we were scared”recalls security assistant Sébastien Cote. But the majority of Montpellier also knows that “Oumma Montpellier” wants to vote for La France Insoumise, ready for anything “To win those votes in the neighborhoods.said yesterday morning that Michaël Delafosse was very disappointed by these attacks which he thinks “inappropriate”.

A mayor who refuses, for now, to file a complaint. The elected officials of LFI Montpellier, who are suspected of working through communism, do not want, at this time, to respond. Rhany Slimane, LFI coordinator in Montpellier, reserves ​​the right to continue but, in those around him, it is said “disgraceful” of these charges. Notified, the deputy head of the 2nd department of Hérault Nathalie Oziol ensures that she is not “Nothing to add on this topic”. But he announced in the Opinion, when Michaël Delafosse came to the town hall, that he “Misuse of secularism to cast doubt on Muslims”. And adding that “for the Christian festival of Saint-Roch, he does not see the problem of neutrality”.

Behind these attacks is the battle for the next municipal elections while LFI records registration scores in neighborhoods where leaflets and posters are widely distributed. This will be an opportunity to address each camp’s “values”…