False trace

Terrible events in Nice can hardly qualify as a terrorist attack. The killer was not a faithful Mohammedan. According to those who knew him, he consumed alcohol and drugs. He did not visit the mosque, did not pray, like all believers - anywhere where the time of prayer would catch. His neighbor says that he "loved girls and salsa." What is Islamism!

31-year-old Arab Moammed Layage-Bulel, a native of Tunisia, was an ordinary hard worker. An emigrant from a dysfunctional country, who received a residence permit in France and sent part of the money earned to his relatives in their homeland. This is done by all emigrants - Arabs in France, Tajiks in Russia, Mexicans in the USA. Recently, Layaezha-Bulel has had money difficulties, in addition a wife has gone, in a word-a black strip in life.

The first ten hours after the tragedy on the English embankment, the French police did not talk about the terrorist attack. The Islamic State was also in no hurry to take responsibility. Bulal already fell into the field of view of the police, and, of course, he was checked for communication with the Islamists. Nothing suspicious was revealed. A petty criminalism, fell asleep at the wheel - an accident, a conditional period. The police did not consider it necessary to conduct constant observation behind this person.

Why the massacre was recognized as a terrorist attack - the question is rather to politicians than to the police. Some external circumstances fit into the usual scheme of international terrorism: Arab from Tunisia, a huge number of victims, the readiness of the killer for death.

To write off everything to international terrorism is the rest of the time. No matter how scary it sounds, a tribute to fashion

But are these exceptional signs of terrorism? Is it possible to call a terrorist attack another case of mass murder of people when the A-320 aircraft fell in France in March 2015 and 150 people died? The plane deliberately sent to the mountains the second pilot Andreas Lyubits. He decided to commit suicide, taking with him to the next one and a half hundred people. Of course, then no one talked about terrorism - a German pilot with a mental disorder, a native of Germany. What can be Islamic terrorism?

To write off everything to international terrorism is the rest of the time. No matter how scary it sounds, a tribute to fashion. A historian and journalist recently freed from prison in Azerbaijan, a political prisoner Arif Yunusov indicates that Muslims who refuse to pay tribute to the police on charges of international terrorism are planted in his country. Azerbaijani prisons are full of such "terrorists", whose entire fault is only that they do not hide their faith, wear beards and refuse to swim from annoying police officers.

There are many such cases in other countries, in particular in Russia . Mixing atypical social behavior with terrorism, justice goes along a false trace. Sometimes, as in Azerbaijan or Russia, this becomes part of the political campaign. Law enforcement agencies are covered by discussions about the terrorist threat of abuse of power and justice.

It seems that in France they seduced in such a way to solve problems. Perhaps the French authorities would be better to pay attention to the problems of social dependency, when migrants, especially those in the maintenance of the state budget, believe that the state is obliged to maintain them and everyone should? If they do not receive something, then everyone is to blame for this and everyone should be responsible for it. For example, under the wheels of a truck.

Mass killings have different reasons. To reduce everything to Islamic terrorism is an unacceptable simplification. So it will come to the point that sexual maniacs, serial killers and rapists for simplicity of decision will also be declared international terrorists.

Alexander Podrabinek - human rights activist and journalist, host of the Radio Liberty program "Dejavu"

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