2023-11-08 08:01:00
Darya Safai experienced the hell of Iranian jails, life under the regime of the ayatollahs, the absence of joy in a political system that uses religion to oppress women. Her activism for women’s rights got her and those close to her into serious trouble. This is the reason why she came to settle in Belgium.
Today, Darya Safai takes advantage of the resonance offered by her status as a deputy to denounce “the frightening ideology of Islamism”. On His publications are retweeted thousands of times and have several million views, with comments coming from all over the world.
Obviously, this “fight once morest obscurantism” is not to everyone’s taste. The nationalist MP is the subject of constant criticism. “Extremists consider that I have no right to speak regarding things that fall within my area of expertise. They’re trying to intimidate me. Europeans who do not have the experience that I have do not understand the language used in these demonstrations. I translate this language and I denounce it, tirelessly. Because if we stop doing it, if we stop being strong, we’re really screwed. We will find ourselves under threat from those who created the Islamic State.”
The intimidation that Darya Safai describes takes place in different forms. Sometimes accused of racism, sometimes portrayed as an Islamophobic extremist, but sometimes physically threatened. “On social networks, people always try to discredit me. The words of these people have consequences. When, in committee, I opposed the return of the wives of Islamic State fighters, when I left parliament, there were people in the street, people who threatened me verbally and physically.”
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The MP says she is constantly worried. Since leaving Iran, she has known that the regime has put a target on her head. “They will not find a loyal soldier to shoot me down, but they will motivate a mad extremist who is raging in the streets of Brussels to take action.” This fear has been reinforced since she called for getting rid of Hamas. “My life is in danger because extremists don’t want me to speak out regarding the terrible things being done in the name of Islam. When I say goodbye to my children and my husband in the morning, I cross my fingers that I can return alive in the evening.”
Intimidation, defamation and slander on social networks have become daily life for Simon Moutquin since he made a tweet on the conflict in the Middle East. MP Ecolo received death threats and barely veiled allusions to the risks that might weigh on his person. “I am homosexual. I have never hidden my sexual orientation. A member of the Engagés told me that if I went to Gaza, I would go up the stairs and come down through the roof. I contacted President Maxime Prévot and the party’s ethics council was contacted.”
Following his tweet on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, MP Simon Moutquin (Ecolo) received death threats “from the far right”
The elected official from Walloon Brabant regrets the “amalgamations” that are made regarding him. “I have always been committed to the fight once morest all forms of obscurantism, even that of Hamas. It is the fight once morest anti-Semitism that founded my political commitment. But some try to suggest the opposite,” he says, pointing to Joël Rubinfeld, president of the League Against Anti-Semitism (LCAB). Monday, on LN24, the president of the LCAB openly accused the Ecolo party of welcoming anti-Semitic figures into its fold. “The former vice-president of the People’s Party [en 2010, NdlR] associates me with the barbaric act committed by Hamas. He claims to see nuance in my remarks when I directly and strongly condemned the Hamas attack.”
Simon Moutquin collected all the accusations of anti-Semitism, physical threats and hate messages once morest him. He tells us that he is studying the file with his lawyers. “This approach aims to stop these people who pollute the debate. They must not reinforce the polarization of society.”
Abroad, several personalities have been the subject of death threats following their comments on the conflict in the Middle East. In this long list, we note the American it-girl Gigi Hadid, the French influencer Maeva Ghennam, the president of Insoumis Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the French deputy Louis Boyard (LFI).
Palestinian refugee Rima Hassan clearly saw her first name written on Israeli army missiles in response to her activism on behalf of the residents of the Gaza Strip.
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