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"Living together is urgent" Such was the slogan of the demonstration against Islamophobia that was taking place this Sunday in Paris. 13,500 people beat the pavement, according to the count of the cabinet Occurrence, to say stop to the aggressions and stigmatization which claim to be victims Muslims. A controversial march because of alleged links between some organizers and the Muslim Brotherhood, which is why the Socialist Party did not want to join the parade. This morning, the march was described as "unbearable" by the Secretary of State for Youth, Gabriel Attal, invited to the Grand rendez-vous Europe 1 / CNews / Les Echos.
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Jean Luc Mélenchon was there, surrounded by several rebellious elected officials. Before and during the march, they justified at length their presence. "I am here because the cause is right, and the central message of this demonstration is to say that we can not stand this climate of hatred and rejection of Muslims, it's simple!" Clémentine Autain, MP LFI. "I want to find elements to mark our differences, but today, our responsibility is to gather," she says at the microphone of Europe 1.
"These are polemics that ultimately aim to divide us"
The atmosphere of the event was calm. In the middle of many signs "Stop Islamophobia", some flags of Europe Ecology the Greens and the Communist Party were visible. Ian Brossat, spokesman for the PCF, lamented to Europe 1 the dispersion of the left: "In a demonstration, there are always people who have different opinions.I think it is time for the left to wake up We can not have a rise of racism and xenophobic ideas in our country and in front of that, a left that is hiding ".
Political divisions that hinder the message of the march, according to a protester. "These are polemics that ultimately aim to divide us.We will not play on words: today we are here to say that we are together, not only against Islamophobia but against all forms of racism", she said at the microphone of Europe 1.
"I would have preferred to stay at home, that there is no need to come."
Among the protesters, Sonia, who came veiled with a French flag. "It's quite a pity and absurd to have to insist and remember the fact that you can wear a scarf and carry a tricolor," she laments for Europe 1. "I would have preferred to stay at home, he There is no need to come in. I think that the most violent is something that we end up integrating ourselves, a kind of fear, such as being always on our guard unconsciously ", concludes -she.