Christian Estrosi is a shrewd politician and a tenacious person: “I won’t give up on anything” is one of his favorite expressions, a sort of personal trademark.
The history of the religious association En Nour has already been the subject of many chronicles. The standoff between the former mayor of Nice and this association was unfavorable for the former, and it’s difficult for him to digest, which is understandable if one is accustomed to “voluntary servitude” as taught by Etienne de la Boétie in his opus (Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, 1574).
After a period of relative calm, this case has resurfaced. Firstly, with the spread of an investigation into the financing methods, accompanied by accusations of money laundering, concerning the arrangement works of the premises.
Then with the “discovery” that among the associates there is a “S” file, which apparently does not correspond to the truth (see below for an excerpt from the Prefecture’s statement).
Moreover, you don’t need to be James Bond to imagine that “the long ears” are particularly attentive to what happens on rue Pontrémoli (the association’s headquarters).
Caution advises not to mistake the target and not to fuss just to make noise.
And above all, not to confuse detectives with jukeboxers: the music is the one you’d like to hear, but sometimes the singer sings out of tune.
Statement from Christian Estrosi (excerpts): “Yesterday an investigation was opened into the financial movements around this establishment. And today, we learn that a member of the Board of Directors of the association under the 1901 law and the association under the 1905 law is filed S!”
Two other passages deserve to be noted:
(i) a questionable project that is absolutely not supported by the majority of the Muslim community of Nice.
(ii) In early July 2016, the former Prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes, Adolphe Colrat, stepped in for the Mayor of Nice to authorize the premature opening of this place of worship.
In response, the prefecture published a statement this Tuesday evening, notably reminding that the religious association Nice la Plaine “is under very careful monitoring regarding its management modes.”
The prefecture reminds that the En-Nour mosque, to the west of Nice, “was opened to the public following a decision by the Council of State on June 30, 2016.” And to specify: “contrary to what might have been said, this opening resulted from a court decision, and not a decision by the Minister of the Interior.”
The prefecture assures “that none of the people leading the association is known at this stage for radicalization.”
