An eight-year-old boy in France was interrogated by police
after his school reported that he was praising terrorism.
According to Daily Mail, the boy named Ahmed, refused to
partake in the minute of silence held at his school to honor
the victims of the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks.
Ahmed reportedly stated “I am with the terrorists.”
School authorities subsequently reported the issue to the
police. The boy and his father were interrogated by the
officers. When they asked Ahmed if he knew what terrorism
is, he replied “I don’t know.”
Activist group, Collective Against Islamophobia , reportedly
defended Ahmed’s actions, stating that as a Muslim, the boy
meant no harm, but was only expressing that he was not in
support of satirical cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in the
magazine. They further stated that his “I am with the
terrorists” remark was just the little boy’s naive way of trying
to express his feelings.
“Father and son are deeply shocked by their treatment which
illustrates the collective hysteria that has engulfed France
since early January,” the group said in a statement.
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