Among the French shocked since the attack against Charlie Hebdo include millions of Muslims. It is on their behalf that the French Council of the Muslim Faith had reacted on Wednesday, citing a "drama of a national scale, an attack against democracy and freedom of the press." On Thursday, he called all the mosques to condemn violence and terrorism. Muslim leaders have reiterated that this barbarity was not Islam. Some, like Hassen Chalghoumi the media imam of Drancy, north of Paris, asked the authorities to fight "without mercy" those he described as "devils." "We do not endorse enough," he said.
Y-he has a desire to grow Islamophobia by the jihadists to sow division in France, it is one of the questions posed by our colleague Isabelle Kumar Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan, Professor contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford University.
Isabelle Kumar, euronews:
"Very simply, why these young people they decide one day to kill? "
Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University:
"Several reasons may explain the passage to the act. The first, obviously, is related to their own understanding of Islam or to the Manichean way they were taught Islam. And then there are all those things that come to us from Syria and Iraq, and the positions taken by some violent extremist groups who say that only Muslims are right and all others are wrong who say we are oppressed by the West, by France or the United States, in short by the West at large. Hence this misconception.
Isabelle Kumar, euronews:
"Some also point the finger at the failures of the French model of integration ..."
Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University:
"No, it is not a question of integration. The very vast majority of Muslims in France and Europe is an integral part of society. Just look at the reactions to be convinced: there is complete agreement in the Western world. All communities condemned what happened. This is, I believe, a marginal phenomenon and punctual. Historically, Muslims are part of the European and Western societies. It is a fact that we should not always question. "
Isabelle Kumar, euronews:
"She becomes the France you feel more and more racist? "
Tariq Ramadan:
"No, and I think that kind of generalities do no good. France is not a racist country, even if some of its nationals are. "
Isabelle Kumar, euronews:
"You now live in Britain. What are these two different countries? Do they treat them differently Muslim community?
Tariq Ramadan:
"There is a transnational reality whether in Germany, Belgium, France, and even in Britain with the rise of UKIP, for example. This party stigmatizes immigrants and Muslims repeating that Islam is foreign to the European continent. I say just the opposite: Islam is a European religion, it is a Western religion is like this and we are going to build a common future. "
Isabelle Kumar, euronews:
"Do you think just that one terrorist objective is to divide, to cultivate the prevailing Islamophobia and therefore always generate more radicalization? "
Tariq Ramadan:
"What they want is to strengthen Islamophobia reinforce this sense of alienation and frustration. That is why we must stand and I repeat to Muslims around the world: 'do the opposite of them. Do not isolate yourself psychologically, do not marginalize, stay surrounded, be visible, make your voice heard, be the voice of the voiceless, the silent majority that is resolutely against what is happening ' . "
Isabelle Kumar, euronews:
"Islam is being interpreted more and more violent. And then there is also this very frightening power that develops. Would you say that it will last? "
Tariq Ramadan:
"You never know what will happen. But again, this is a very marginal phenomenon within the Muslim community. "
Isabelle Kumar, euronews:
"But there is growing ..."
Tariq Ramadan:
"Yes, he is growing, but it remains marginal. You know, when I speak in the media in 90% of cases, is to explain what Islam is not. We do not invite me to talk about what Islam, its values, to talk about spirituality or sharing. Not the contrary, it pushes me into a corner and wait for me to say that I am not a danger. Why do not you ask me rather what I can bring to the company? In the West, when you speak of Islam, you are either cantilevered or defensive. We need to stop talking to us in those terms, because in the end, I am a Westerner like you and I am a Muslim component of the future. "
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