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The war between Hamas and IsraelDossierThe Islamologist is accused of “excusing terrorism” after sharing a press release from the organization and accepts the statements he made on Tuesday, January 2, to the critics of the social network.
Retired CNRS researcher François Burgat (75) is a well-known figure in the academic debate on radical Islam. His messages posted on social networks regularly spark controversy, especially since the conflict between Hamas and Israel broke out on October 7. On Tuesday, January 2, the scientist once again sparked a flood of disapproving reactions when he posted on X (formerly Twitter) a press release from the terrorist organization in response to a New York Times article about “allegations of rape and violence by militants.” published the Islamist movement. Considering these claims to be “part of the Zionist attempt to demonize the resistance” of the “Palestinian people,” the American newspaper's statement demanded that it “apologize for this professional sin.”
Faced with internet users criticizing the French Islamologist for sharing Hamas communications and suggesting that he approved of them, the former member of the Institute for Research and Studies on the Arab and Muslim World insisted on “clarifications”: “I “I have infinitely more respect and consideration for the leaders of Hamas than for those of the State of Israel,” he claims, saying that the leaders of a terrorist organization have the same plan as the democratically elected in the Jewish state. “Uninhibited apology for terrorism” is what many people are complaining about