It is near Seine-Saint-Denis, in the Paris region, that Kamel Ouali grew up. A childhood that he does not forget and of which he is very proud. But this childhood would have nothing to do today according to his words. Indeed, when asked for “Le Figaro At Night”the choreographer and ex-teacher of “Star Academy” regretted the fact that religion had become “a subject” over the years. While this was not the case in his time. “Before, in the suburbs, especially in Saint-Denis where I grew up, we were at an impasse. Where there were Spaniards, there were Portuguese, Italians, Jews. But in fact, we don’t didn’t know the religion of the other. It wasn’t something important”he assures our colleagues.
The 51-year-old artist continues and recalls: “It was: ‘Are you Jewish? Ok great, who cares! And you’re Muslim? Who cares too’. It wasn’t even a subject”. “I never understood. I don’t know how it actually changed”he adds when the journalist asks him how the situation has “tilted”. For Kamel Ouali, there was “This separation, this ‘I’m a Muslim, I’m a Jew’ thing”. “But we didn’t even talk about it. The only thing we did was that on Wednesday afternoons, we went to catechism because there was a snack. And we met from all religions “, he recalls, saddened that the situation had changed.
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Religion has changed over time according to Kamel Ouali
But if things have changed so much, it’s because we don’t “leaves them no more choice” according to the artist who did not follow the last season of the “Star Academy” : “I think there is a little step back in fact. Like ‘what are the others going to say’. The eyes of others also play a lot”. Kamel Ouali’s parents were “much more open than some parents today”. “Religion should just be something that should carry us, and not something that should lock us in”, he finally concluded. Something to react on the Web.
While some welcomed the speech of the man who declared his love for Sofia Essaïdi, others violently tackled him and even called his speech “racist”. “In 2 minutes the #nupes of the Extreme Left will explain that Kamel Ouali is facho nauseating sound of boots…”for example quipped a user while another accused: “Kamel Ouali may be voting for Reconquest because he speaks exactly like Zemmour”. Fortunately, some thanked the choreographer for his words “just” Who “do good”.
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