On November 20 and 21, the island of Djerba, in southern Tunisia, witnessed the activities of the Francophone Summit in its 18th session, and according to official sources, 89 official delegations representing countries and international organizations participated in the Francophone Summit on the island of Djerba, including 31 heads of state and government, 5 deputy ministers of countries and a significant number Among the foreign ministers, the ministers in charge of the Francophonie, a number of other ministers, ambassadors, and 7 secretaries-general of international and regional organizations.

The summit dealt with several topics, including youth employment, women's issues, and digitization as a means of developing economic cooperation and economic integration within the Francophone space, as well as the reports of the participating countries on their internal conditions.

Tunisia will preside over the summit during the next two years, taking over the presidency from the Armenian side.

By holding the summit in Tunisia, 51 years have passed since the establishment of the International Organization of La Francophonie and includes countries that share the use of the French language, which is commonly referred to as the Francophonie Summit.

Francophone ideology

France seeks to remain, through the Francophonie, a great empire that includes the countries it occupied and became rich countries with its wealth that occupies the first ranks in reserves of gold, cocoa and uranium, without having a single mine inside its lands, and because the cultures of countries subject to some of its influential elites and rulers of French hegemony, it seeks to undermine The cultural unity of each country, and making it multicultural through the cultures that prevailed in historical stages and became a relic after an eye, in exchange for a living Islam that announces itself 5 times a day, in addition to Ramadan, Hajj and Eid, which reveals the anger of the followers of France over the manifestations of Islam in their countries, whether By restricting Islamic manifestations, fighting those who adhere to them, or introducing corruption of all kinds in order to eliminate or curtail Islam.

At a time when France is working to revive the pre-Islamic history with its symbols and manifestations and consider it a component of identity, it seeks to spread a culture of vulgarity, such as the insane celebrations that preceded the summit in what was called the Francophone village on the Tunisian island of Djerba, which was represented in a kind of vulgar dance that appears as part of Awrah during dancing and other manifestations that are called transgression is art and culture.

This is exactly what prompted the jealous people in Tunisia, on social media, to compare what Qatar is doing in the World Cup with what is happening on the land of the seven worshipers of the Companions, Uqba bin Nafi, Imam Sahnoun and Al-Taher bin Ashour.

Diversity to dominate

As previously indicated, the diversity that is intended to be accepted in the countries under French hegemony does not exist in France, which is restricting every day the diversity within its borders, especially against Islam and Muslims.

It is a diversity intended to accept French hegemony and perpetuate it, even at the expense of the real identity, especially within the Arab-Islamic space, and that is the official advertising flash of the 18th summit of the Francophonie, which is an image of an air stream consisting of points, musical notes and letters of the different alphabets used in 88 Francophone countries, This is to highlight the economic, social, cultural, ethnic and gender diversity that characterizes the Francophone space.

The soundtrack of The Flash was composed by Tunisian composer Sami Maatouk, who composed the music for Nouri Bouzid's movie "Mile Foie".

In contrast to Qatar and its promotion and expression of the Islamic identity, at the summit of the Francophonie on the Tunisian island of Djerba, the story of Ulysses and the island of the lotus fruit (lotus) was presented, as it came in the Greek myth, and the story of successive civilizations on the island, including the Romans, Carthaginians, Vondals and others who passed through the island and left an impact on it.

In addition to discovering the lifestyle of the indigenous inhabitants of the island of Djerba, including, for example, the style of housing and the most common handicraft products on the island.

Why Djerba Island?

Choosing the island of Djerba to hold the Francophone summit, which is a town, not a governorate, has to do with the ideology of Francophone and French hegemony, as a Jewish community lives on the island, and it has the Ghriba Jewish Synagogue, to which thousands of Jews annually, most of whom are from the Zionist entity with foreign passports, and of course talk about peaceful coexistence and coexistence on land The island of Djerba between Ibadi and Maliki Muslims and between Jews and Christians and reviewing accurate scenes of this coexistence by photographing religious landmarks found on the island, many of which are Islamic, especially Ibadhi, from mosques characterized by unique architecture, simple and modest in their form and profound in their implications, to churches and Jewish temples, the most famous of which is the Ghriba Temple. A book was presented (DJERBA ABSOLUMENT), which was accomplished by the Belgian historian Virginie Brivo, who has been interested for 25 years in the Ibadi groups and in the history of the island of Djerba.

between Tunisia and Qatar

Many wonder why the walls of Djerba at the Francophone summit are not adorned with translated verses and hadiths, as in Doha?

The streets and hotels of Doha these days are decorated with Quranic verses and prophetic hadiths translated into many languages, with the aim of introducing the World Cup fans to Islamic and Arab culture and changing the stereotype that Western media has implanted in the minds of the masses.

The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in the State of Qatar went further, as it appointed the best muezzins with clear voices in most mosques, which impressed fans and international journalists alike, so that the English team interrupted its training to listen and enjoy the call to prayer, in a movement of appreciation and respect for Islamic rituals.

All hotel rooms are also equipped with a QR code attached to a site containing brochures in all languages ​​introducing Islam and Arab civilization and originality.

These initiatives were very well received within the Muslim world as well as among World Cup fans.

Tunisia had to play a pioneering role in introducing the tolerance of the Islamic religion and the richness of Arab culture and civilization.

The Francophone Summit was an opportunity to show our pride in our Arab-Islamic identity and our pride in belonging to this nation, and to try to change ideas and stereotypes about our Islamic religion and our cultural heritage.

These summits do not always recur, so we have to remove the robe of hesitation and isolation and highlight to the world the values ​​of our true Islamic religion, its tolerant teachings, and the richness of our history and our Arab civilization.