Why are French protesters chanting ‘Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres’? | HappeningNow.news

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Why are French protesters chanting ‘Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres’?

For students, the slogan has come to represent a whole array of grievances that lie at the heart of the protest movement.

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For students, the slogan has come to represent a whole array of grievances that lie at the heart of the protest movement. As violent protests roil France, bringing together students demanding better educational conditions and groups rejecting the high cost of living, one chant has become an improbable rallying cry: “Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres”.

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