Marine Le Pen’s right-hand man accuses Benzema of being an Islamist

Jordan Bartella is Marine Le Pen’s right-hand man and the current leader of the far-right National Group (RN). Karim Benzema assumedThe legendary French striker A player in Saudi Arabia, “a friend of Islamic ideology.”

“We have to distinguish the work of the individual, he has certainly been one of the best French footballers, but he is a regular in Islamic practice”The leader of the list for the RN European elections for 2024 condemned in an interview this Sunday. BFMTV.

The politician replied: A picture of Benzema wearing the country’s traditional dress was released by his club Al-Ittihad on the Saudi national holiday. Persian Gulf Muslim. Striker wrote On a snapshot that already has more than 2.5 million “likes”: “Look at the life we ​​have, Happy Saudi National Day.”

Bartella (age 28) said Remember that charge Former Real Madrid striker He has already publicly expressed his joy at playing in a Muslim country He asserted that being photographed in that dress implied a certain ideological intimacy.

“He’s wearing traditional Saudi clothing. Saudi Arabia, as far as I know, is an Islamic country. I understand that they cut off the hands of those who steal,” concluded Bartella, the Marine’s bodyguard. Le Pen voluntarily gave the leadership of the party to her young protégé.

Benzema, born in Lyon but of Algerian descent, retired from the French team, where he played 97 games and filed several lawsuits against other figures in the French far-right for associating him with Muslim fundamentalism.