10 Jan 2015

‘Don’t trigger wars, don’t burn mosques – or synagogues’

The brother of the French policeman who was killed during the attack at Charlie Hebdo calls for unity in the country.

Malek Merabet said those who killed his brother Ahmed Merabet were not doing what they did because they represented any “religion”, it was because they were “mad men”.

He said: “I address myself now to all the racists, islamophobes and anti-semites that one must not confuse extremists with Muslims. Mad people have neither colour nor religion.

“I want to make another point: don’t tar everybody with the same brush, don’t trigger wars, don’t burn mosques – or synagogues. You are attacking people. It won’t bring our dead back and it won’t appease the families.

“It’s not two terrorists, two madmen who are going to represent all Muslims. We have nothing to do with that. My brother was Muslim, he was killed by false Muslims, by two terrorists, there you go.”