Muhammad Abdallah Kounta during the final of the 4x400m relay of the Paris Games PANORAMIC / DPPI VIA AFP / © FEDERICO PESTELLINI
Present for several years in the relay team of the French athletics team, Muhammad Abdallah Kounta is one of the men in form of the season. It is therefore logical that he was selected to participate in the 4×400 m relay during the Paris Olympic Games which ended this Sunday. Nevertheless, despite this honor, the 29-year-old runner does not seem to carry France in his heart. Indeed, as revealed by the compte X/Twitter Sword of SalomonMuhammad Abdallah Kounta praised Hamas fighters as early as October 7, 2023, incited hatred of Israel, trivialized the Holocaust and quoted a surah from the Koran considering Jews and Christians as enemies.
🚨🎽 SIGNALE: Muhammad Abdallah Kounta (@misryyy), athlete of the French Team 🇫🇷 @FFAthletisme to #JOParis2024has been praising Hamas terrorists since 7/10, has incited hatred of Israel, has trivialized the Holocaust and has quoted a surah from the Koran considering the Jews… pic.twitter.com/ESUebdSS6D
— SwordOfSalomon (@SwordOfSalomon) August 13, 2024
By scanning the runner’s social networks, Sword of Salomon discovered that the latter had described France, the country he represents, as ” suffering ” and reposted a post calling it ” country of degenerate racists ” Even more controversial, in August 2021, he claimed to want ” kill little white ” He also posted a Surah from the Quran (Al Ma’idah, verse 51): ” O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as allies; they are allies of one another. And whoever among you takes them as allies, he is one of them. Surely Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.. »
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The runner also seems particularly marked by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, liking messages comparing the arrest of Hamas fighters to the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz and glorifying the militants of the Palestinian Islamist movement. He also mocked the security measures put in place at the Paris Olympics to protect Israeli athletes. Faced with the controversy, the runner deactivated his X/Twitter account, which is no longer accessible today.
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