A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “Verily Allah, the Exalted, has forbidden wine. So who hears this verse and he has anything of it with him, he should neither drink it nor sell it.” (Sahih Muslim 3835)
The principle is always and everywhere the same: in Muslim countries, one should conform one’s behavior to Muslim sensibilities. In non-Muslim countries, one should conform one’s behavior to Muslim sensibilities. Note that this woman says she was enraged over having to pose unveiled for her ID photo. So whether it was over alcohol or veiling, or both, her rage is Sharia-inspired.
“A hysterical woman returns to ransack the alcohol department in the same Reims store,” translated from “Une femme hystérique revient saccager le rayon des alcools dans le même magasin de Reims,” L’Union, October 10, 2020:
On September 16 at 6 p.m., a 36-year-old woman seized with a fit of hysteria ransacked the liquor department of the Spar supermarket in the Croix-Rouge district of Reims.
She was released after a few hours in police custody. The supermarket was not able to reopen until two days later.
This Thursday at 9 am, the same woman again trashed the department. The damage is more extensive: the Spar has closed for the entire day at least.
The 30-year-old’s behavioral disturbances are believed to be linked to religious reasons, she told witnesses who came to calm her down.
The police arrested her and took her to the police station again.
The manager of the Spar is annoyed. Located on avenue Bonaparte, in the Croix-Rouge district in Reims, his store suffered a financial loss last month after the rampage of the liquor department by the hysterical woman. He has not yet been compensated by that the same person, who, released from psychiatry, returned to his supermarket this Thursday at 9AM to ransack more bottles. Hundreds were destroyed, customers evacuated, the store closed.
“I was in front of the door when I heard the sound of broken glass,” said resident Salah Byar. “I turned around and saw this woman throwing bottles everywhere. I wanted to go in to calm her down, but an employee asked me to go out because I might get hit by some bottles. There is one that went over my head. ”
“I have a big problem with my head”
On the sidewalk, Salah Byar found a young man from the neighborhood, Mohamed. “From the outside, you could see her breaking the bottles,” he says. “We pounded on the window to tell her by gestures to calm down. When she saw us, she threw bottles at us, against the glass. With a third person, we entered through the back door, then we began to chat with her from afar. She had bottles in her hand, but she didn’t throw them anymore. ”
Salah Byar resumes. “She dropped the bottles and threw herself on me, to stick like a child wanting a hug. She cried: ‘I’m sick! I have a big problem with my head! Help me! Help me!’ She was talking about her Spanish ID on which she is veiled, and her residence permit where she is not, because she had been forced to remove her veil for the photo. She said that’s why she was having problems.”
“She also told us that she broke the bottles because her religion forbids drinking alcohol,” Mohamed adds. “It’s nonsense to say that. We are not in a Muslim country, but I did not dare to point that out to her, because I was afraid it would make her angry, even though we had managed to calm her down. ”
The police arrived, then the fire department. The 36-year-old woman was bleeding from her hands from broken glass. She agreed to get into the ambulance for some treatment, but then refused to leave with the police. They had to handcuff her to get her into their vehicle and drive her to the police station, where a new “degradation” procedure was opened.
The manager’s fed up
Following the previous acts of vandalism, committed on September 16 at around 6PM, the 30-something was automatically hospitalized after being released from custody. The supermarket could not reopen until two days later. While the damage from last month still remains to be assessed (to the damage, we must add the loss of business linked to the closure), the manager and tenant of the building is not hiding his frustration. “She comes out and does it again. I’m fed up! Already it’s difficult to run a store here. The last time, neither the town hall nor the Foyer Rémois contacted me to express their support. I feel a little isolated.”
He’s not going to give up. As of this morning, relatives and friends joined his employees to help them clean up and reopen as quickly as possible, perhaps Friday, he hopes.