RMC “After Foot” creates a huge controversy

Did the football show broadcast in the second part of the evening on RMC's airwaves crossed the red line?

On April 3, “after foot” tried to decipher

A parliamentary report concerning communitarian and Islamist drifts in football. Macronist deputy Caroline Yadan, behind him with Julien Odoul (National Rally), was invited to the program.

“We know them. There are some who pray in the locker rooms, as we know, others require prayer rooms. Two, three players are able to stop in full training to pray. Neutrality in sport exists and it is absolutely necessary that the state is strong ”, In particular said the politician on RMC airwaves.

“This concerns all religions, and it concerns Lent and Jewish confession clubs”then replied the host of

“After Foot”. To which Caroline Yadan clarified that her report only concerned clubs gangrenous by Islamism.

“After football” let a

“Really Islamophobic platform” ?

A lively controversy settled during and after the show. On X, the hashtag #boycottafterfoot is skyrocketing. For its part, the newspaper Humanity judged that the elected official had held

“A falsely secular and truly Islamophobic platform on RMC waves”.

On February 18, the Senate adopted at first reading a bill aimed at prohibiting the wearing of any sign or holding ostensibly demonstrating political or religious affiliation during sports competitions organized by delegate federations and their affiliated associations.