18/01/2015
“So when Charlie Hebdo will be published insha
' Allah (God willing), do not pay attention. Do
not respond to the provocation," Matic wrote.
CAIRO – French director Isabelle Matic has
announced her decision to revert to Islam on
her FaceBook account, making the unexpected
announcement only a few days after Charlie
Hebdo Paris attacks.
“Today, I passed through the first pillar of
Islam. There is no god but Allah and
Muhammad is His Prophet,” Matic said in a
message posted on her page on
January 11.
She followed her announcement with a series
of posts in which she thanked Moroccan actor
Hicham Bahloul for announcing her decision
on Moroccan papers.
In another message, she described how she
took the decision and its effect on her beliefs
in freedom of expression.
“Between the massacre at the premises of
Charlie Hebdo and other event that have
followed: I became a Muslim,”
Matic wrote.
“Am I still for freedom of expression for all
and Charlie Hebdo in particular?! Yes,”
Matic wrote yesterday.
“With regard to my position towards the
caricatures of the Prophet, I will write you the
text of the SMS that I received this morning
from a mosque which agreed quite well with
my thoughts since the beginning of the
cartoons, well before I became a Muslim,”
she added
“They are making fun of Muhammad and do
not harm Muhammad. They are making fun of
a character that they have imagined and to
whom they have given a name. This man is not
our Prophet,” she wrote.
The new Muslim referred to the early life of
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) when
non-believers rejected his calls to Islam.
“The Makkans laughed at Muhammad (worthy
of praise) in the appellant Modamam (worthy
of name calling). The prophet peace be upon
him was smiling. Yes, he was smiling! And he
said: They are making fun of Modamam and
not me,” Matic wrote.
“The wisdom is the answer to provocations.
And this is what our beloved Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allah be with him) has taught
us.
“So when Charlie Hebdo will be published insha
' Allah (God willing), do not pay attention. Do
not respond to the provocation. And do not
give them of importance,” she added.