“It is not an honor to have a fan like Bin Laden”: Enrico Macias tells an incredible anecdote

There are fans that we would like to do without. The French singer Enrico Macias said in the podcast legend, directed by Guillaume Pley and broadcast on August 17, that the former al-Qaida leader Bin Laden had audio cassettes of his songs in his hiding place in Kandahar, Afghanistan. These were found after his death in Pakistan in 2011.

He was a BBC journalist who taught the news to the singer a few years ago. “I didn’t believe it at first, I thought it was a gag,” said the interpreter of Girls from my country In the podcast. In addition to these famous cassettes, they were in particular (and still so surprising) of Gandhi’s speeches.

“It’s not a great honor for me to have a fan like Bin Laden. Because I’m not a fan of him,” said Enrico Macias.

Already, in 2015, Enrico Macias confided his “shame” and his “surprise” on this issue in Franceinfo. Nor did I really want to believe this information. “The man responsible for the September 11 attacks that listen to the one who sings Children from all countriesIt would be strange, “he observed at that time.

And to add: “Among the rules implemented by Osama Bin Laden, it was forbidden to listen to music, therefore, I would be surprised that I have my CD.” But “if this is the case, my songs did not prevent him from committing atrocities.”

“Heresy”

For his part, Flagg Miller, the expert in literature and Arab culture who heard the 1,500 cassettes found in the hiding place of Osama Bin Laden, analyzed in an article published in the BBC: “I think that this collection of French songs reveals how much the Kandahar’s Arabs of Kandahar talk about foreign languages ​​and had lived experiences at a time of their life, appreciate the titles of the titles of the titles of the titles of the titles of the titles of the titles of the titles of the titles Titles (Germans of whites. Macias) and would have continued to appreciate them while (…) listening to them could be considered as heresy. “

In a recording published on the BBC website, you can even listen to an excerpt from the song North people of Enrico Macias in the middle of a speech by the leader of the terrorist group.