We may have come close to drama last night when a person came to threaten this lawyer known for his courageous stands against Islamism on various TV shows. Me Amine Elbahi indeed threatened in front of his home last night shouting: “Go out, we are going to avenge the Prophet. Allah Akbar!”
Amine Elbahi, born April 27, 1996 in Roubaix, is a lawyer in public law. He became known to the general public during an investigation by the television program Zone prohibited, in which he explained his fight against separatism and Islamism. He intervened several times on CNews, in particular in the program “Morandini Live” the day after his interview on M6 and the first threats received.
Amine Elbahi reports the radicalization of his sister, who left for Syria on August 26, 2014, to join the ranks of Daesh. At 20, he became involved in the fight against radicalization by joining the ranks of the citizen reserve of National Education and was received by Prime Minister Manuel Valls to share his fight on secularism.
During the month of July 2016, he wrote a column on Islamism, published in the newspaper Liberation and taken up in the morning of France Inter, alerting on the causes of radicalization.-
Last night, things almost went wrong, because it was in front of his home that a man came directly to threaten him, as he says:-
“Last night, around 9:45 p.m., an individual threatened me with death, in Roubaix, in front of my family’s home: “Get out, get out (…). We will avenge the Prophet. Allah Akbar!”. He was arrested by the CRS and taken into police custody at the Roubaix central police station. During his arrest, he outraged the police and violently attacked the police.
I filed a complaint just like the police.
Thank you to the police for their quick and efficient intervention. I hope for a firm criminal response!”