« Si c’est ça votre Islam là...» : Le capitaine Traoré vent debout contre l’extrémisme religieux au Burkina
Religious extremism and radical Islamism have no place in Burkina Faso. Captain Ibrahim Traoré made this clear on Thursday, July 16, during a meeting with civil society representatives from the Yaadga region.
“There are people who tend to make statements that undermine social cohesion. When the new law on religious freedoms was adopted in Burkina Faso, we Muslims were the first to complain. Why aren't others complaining? I think that if you want to attract someone to your religion, it starts with your behavior. Look at Christianity! Many people in Europe are Christian and all that. In 2026, have you heard of anyone wanting to kill their brother because of religion?” the Burkinabe leader asked his audience. The answer, of course, was no.
"We blacks are ready to hate our brothers, to kill them, because they are called kafir."
Captain Traoré also cited Saudi Arabia as an example, considered the cradle of Islam. There, he asserted, no one tries to kill their neighbor simply because they are not Muslim. Unfortunately, it is "we Black people who are ready to hate our brothers, to kill them, because we say they are kafir (infidels)," lamented the President of Burkina Faso.
He warned that he would be uncompromising with radical Islamists. "If that's your Islam, we're going to fight it. You extremists, you need to pull yourselves together. If you don't pull yourselves together, the fight is on," the leader declared, reminding everyone that his religion is a religion of peace.
"The microphone you're speaking into was made by Kafir."
He then threw a cold truth in the faces of these extremists who abhor kafir (infidels). "There are people who, for them, this is kafir, that is kafir. What have they themselves made? If you want to live in the 7th century, you go find yourself in the bush, sit there, and live. Because in our era, everything is haram, you know. The ONEA water, the pipes, that was made by a kafir. Those pumps, that was made by a kafir, the lights, that was made by a kafir, the microphone you're speaking into, that was made by a kafir. Can't you be intelligent enough to understand that? ... He goes out, he has a big vehicle driving, that was made by a kafir. The plane you're taking, that was made by a kafir," Captain Traoré declared to a laughing audience.
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