A bus driver forces verses from the Koran on his passengers between Aix and Marseille

On the Aix-en-Provence-Marseille journey this Sunday, November 22, a bus driver forced an Arabic psalm from the Koran on all his passengers. Despite repeated requests from users to stop broadcasting, the driver did not turn down the volume during the 40-minute journey.

“You don’t have to do this with us.“, “you don’t respect secularism, you have no right!“, “it rhymes, it’s religious” chanted nervous passengers on line 50, according to France Bleu Provence. According to reports, the driver gave a short reply to one of the users.That is my bus. I do what I want. If you’re not happy, get off“, according to the comments reported by the radio.

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A”Algerian pensioneralready for the umpteenth time he tried to dissuade the driver, in vain. Then his wife tried to bring her husband to his senses, reminding him. “We are in his hands“Always according to the local media. No other passengers responded for the rest of the trip to the general distress.

According to our colleagues at France Bleu, the driver broadcast Surah Al Baqara 166 from the Quran over the car’s speakers, with accompanying video. Contacted Le FigaroThe Metropolis of Aix-Marseille confirms that “the investigation is ongoing“and adds to not having”Nothing more to say“.

The driver, who has since been called by his employer, has been identified by the transport authority’s RDT 13. The latter claims that he did not “a metropolitan agent, but a young recruit to a subcontractorAccording to France Bleu. In turn, the driver assured.that he did not play these lines on the car speaker, but only on the phone“Reports Paul Sill, RDT 13 Director of Transportation. This 50 bus route is one of the busiest in the capital, with an average of 10 to 15,000 users every weekday.