فرنسا: القبض على مسلمين أبرياء أثناء ممارستهم رياضة الدفاع عن النفس

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

قامت قوات الأمن الفرنسية بإلقاء القبض على 7 رجال مسلمين تبدو عليهم شعائر الإسلام أثناء الجلسة الأولى لممارسة رياضة الدفاع عن النفس بأحد المتنزهات المفتوحة بمدينة "ستراسبورج" بوضح النهار، وطالبتهم بأوراق الهوية، وذلك عل إثر استدعاء الشرطة؛ حيث ظن بعض المواطنين أن التدريبات التي يؤديها المسلمون برعاية المدرب إعدادًا للجهاد.

وقد أكد المشاركون أنه فصل تدريبي لممارسة الرياضة لتعلم الدفاع عن النفس تحت إشراف أحد المدربين، وليس الغرض منه الانخراط في أي أعمال عنفٍ.

وتأتي تلك الواقعة في ظل ما يتعرض لهم المسلمون من ممارسات تمييزية في مناطق مختلفة، واتهامهم بالتخطيط لممارسة العنف.

وتُعد "فرنسا" وطنًا لنحو 6 ملايين مسلم؛ مما يشكل أكبر أقلية إسلامية في أوروبا؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Self-Defense Class Accused of 'Jihad Training'

A group of Muslim men training in their first self-defense class has been attacked by French police who, after receiving calls from Strasburg citizens, stormed and accused them of "training for jihad" in broad daylight in a park.

"It was our first course, we hardly knew each other. We were doing some stretches, ran a few laps, practiced body placement, punch-kick combinations," a 35-year-old member of the group -- a Muslim speaking on condition of anonymity, told Agence France Presse (AFP) on Thursday, October 16.

It was "simply a self-defense course with a trainer."

A group of seven men, some with beards, were training in their first class of self-defense when police attacked them in the eastern city of Strasbourg asking for identities and papers.

The police was called to the scene after the men, aged between 30 and 45, were seen acting out scenes of combat with fake weapons on Tuesday.

"This was not with the aim of going to Syria, we are far from all of that," he said.

France is home to a Muslim community of nearly six million, the largest in Europe.

French Muslims have been complaining of restrictions on performing their religious duties.

The religious minority have found themselves under pressure to disdain themselves from crimes that contradict with their religion, putting them in the middle of a backlash by the far-right groups.

Repeated condemnations of acts perpetrated by the so-called "Islamic State", in addition to apologies issued by Muslims across the world have wearied French Muslims.

The increasing pressure on Muslims to condemn the heinous crimes of the extremist groups has been deemed as “Islamophobic madness”.