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French Minister Accuses Benzema Of Muslim Brotherhood

File photo - L-R : Saudi Al-Ittihad Club Chairman Anmar Alhaeli, French football player Karim Benzema and club vice-Chairman Ahmad Kaaki, pose after a signature ceremony in Madrid, Spain, on June 6, 2023. Al-Ittihad club announced a 3-year deal with Benzema, who is the second major football player to join a Saudi club after Cristiano Ronaldo. 2022 Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema finds himself mired in political controversy amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Speaking to French outlet CNews on Monday, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin accused Benzema of having connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, a religious and political group which France considers a terrorist organization. In the televised interview, Darmanin said: “We have closed 1,100 Islamist establishments. And in recent weeks, I’ve been particularly interested, Mr. Benzema is linked, we all know it, notoriously with the Muslim Brotherhood. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Minister Accuses Benzema Of Muslim Brotherhood

File photo - L-R : Saudi Al-Ittihad Club Chairman Anmar Alhaeli, French football player Karim Benzema and club vice-Chairman Ahmad Kaaki, pose after a signature ceremony in Madrid, Spain, on June 6, 2023. Al-Ittihad club announced a 3-year deal with Benzema, who is the second major football player to join a Saudi club after Cristiano Ronaldo. 2022 Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema finds himself mired in political controversy amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Speaking to French outlet CNews on Monday, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin accused Benzema of having connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, a religious and political group which France considers a terrorist organization. In the televised interview, Darmanin said: “We have closed 1,100 Islamist establishments. And in recent weeks, I’ve been particularly interested, Mr. Benzema is linked, we all know it, notoriously with the Muslim Brotherhood. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Benzema Signs with Saudi Club Al-Ittihad - Madrid

L-R : Saudi Al-Ittihad Club Chairman Anmar Alhaeli, French football player Karim Benzema and club vice-Chairman Ahmad Kaaki, pose after a signature ceremony in Madrid, Spain, on June 6, 2023. Al-Ittihad club announced a 3-year deal with Benzema, who is the second major football player to join a Saudi club after Cristiano Ronaldo. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Benzema Signs with Saudi Club Al-Ittihad - Madrid

L-R : Saudi Al-Ittihad Club Chairman Anmar Alhaeli, French football player Karim Benzema and club vice-Chairman Ahmad Kaaki, pose after a signature ceremony in Madrid, Spain, on June 6, 2023. Al-Ittihad club announced a 3-year deal with Benzema, who is the second major football player to join a Saudi club after Cristiano Ronaldo. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iraqi windsurfing athletes train hard against headwind of insufficient funding

STORY: Iraqi windsurfing athletes train hard against headwind of insufficient funding DATELINE: May 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iraqi national windsurfing team 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): OMAR TALAL, Member of the Iraqi national windsurfing team 3. various of the training 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ANMAR SALMAN, Trainer of the Iraqi national windsurfing team 5. various of the training STORYLINE: With golden sunlight gleaming off the river waves before sunset, Omar Talal was working hard to adjust the boom of his white and red sail towards the wind on the Tigris River through central Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): OMAR TALAL, Member of the Iraqi national windsurfing team "It is a nice sport and I loved it, so I started practicing it in 2018, and I participated in the Iraq Championship and won first place in 2020, and again I won first place in 2021 in the windsurfing. My ambitions are to get advanced positions in the upcoming." A