“Muslim in appearance”: Pascal Boniface apologizes to Karim Bouamrane

Clash between Pascal Boniface and Karim Bouamrane. The director of the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) described the mayor of Saint-Ouen as an “appearing Muslim”, after the latter refrained from commenting on the war in Gaza during his visit in the show Quelle époque on France 2. Comments to which the elected socialist of Moroccan origin did not fail to react.

Commenting on Sunday on a video of Karim Bouamrane’s intervention in the program Quelle époque broadcast on Saturday, Pascal Boniface described the mayor of Saint-Ouen as a “Muslim in appearance”. “Honestly, I wonder about this man who I don’t know personally. Is he an example of meritocracy? So well done! Or instrumentalized in the manner of an apparently Muslim who does not criticize Netanyahu and therefore benefits from big media promotion,” the political scientist wrote on X.