While the Taliban have taken power in Kabul and are spreading terror in Afghanistan, some people do not hesitate to clearly show their support for the Islamist insurgents. This is the case of Frenchman Idriss Sihamedi, founder of BarakaCity, a Muslim NGO close to the Muslim Brotherhood, which was disbanded in November 2020. “May Allah give the Afghan people the most beautiful wealth, the most beautiful hospitals, the most beautiful schools and the most beautiful future the country has ever dreamed of. Amin ya Rabb! (Amen in Arabic), he wrote on his Twitter account on Sunday August 15. Then he added a picture of the Afghan people and commented: “For every beginning there is an end. A few hours later, Idriss Sihamedi posted again on his account, this time to express his anger: “Angry Islamophobes get angry at me because the Taliban have taken over and even go so far as to blame the capture of Kabul on BarakaCity! Shame on these Afghan interpreters who served France and were dropped like rags,” he wrote.
Idriss Sihamedi describes himself in his Twitter biography as a “journalist, whistleblower, worker and human rights defender”. A man of many faces who believes he is working for the common good, yet is involved in numerous affairs. If BarakaCity was dissolved, it was because Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin called this NGO an “enemy of the Republic” and a “cradle of radical Islamism”. The activist was also implicated in two cases of cyber harassment against journalist Zineb El Rhazoui and political activist Zohra Bitan. The man who today rejoices in the return of the Taliban has always denied being an Islamist, Salafist or fundamentalist.