Paris (AFP)

Several political figures, including the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, gave their support to the journalist of Figaro Magazine Judith Waintraub, threatened with death on social networks after a controversial tweet about a veiled student.

The minister responsible for the city Nadia Hai was herself criticized for attacking the journalist.

Friday, September 11, Figaro Magazine journalist Judith Waintraub titled "September 11" the video broadcast by BFMTV of a veiled student giving cooking tips at low prices.

This tweet, which seems to allude to the attacks of September 11, 2001, initially provoked a series of indignant reactions, accusing Ms. Waintraub of "unworthiness" and "racism".

She also received a lot of support because she was targeted by death threats on social networks, including one saying: "We're going to beat you up your mother like 2 brothers on Charlie", in the midst of the trial on the January 2015 attacks and the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

Several personalities have given him their support such as Valérie Pécresse, Xavier Bertrand and even the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin: "whatever disagreements, sometimes profound, that I have with Judith Waintraub, I strongly condemn the death threats she receives, "he reacted on Twitter.

At first, Nadia Hai praised the video of the young student and criticized the "sad and unworthy" allusion made by Judith Waintraub to September 11, because the young girl "is called Imane and wears the headscarf".

In a second message on Saturday evening, she explains that she continues to find Judith Waintraub's tweet "shocking and outrageous. But the death threats she is the victim of have no place in our Republic. I condemn them. Together, let us reject violence. ", she adds.

"Pathetic", immediately reacted the journalist of Figaro.

Former Prime Minister Manuel Valls in turn criticized Nadia Hai's message: "Full support for Judith Waintraub. Faced with threats and intimidation there is no room for the + but + and relativism ... and especially from a minister ".

"A journalist is threatened with death, but some elected officials prefer to be indignant at her tweet ... Yes, the trivialization of the veil accompanies the progression of Islamism. And to consent to the terror which wants to prohibit any criticism, it is s 'make it an accomplice,' said LR MEP François-Xavier Bellamy.

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