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A strange slogan ‘Bismillah, se le tenebre’ went viral in the French student movement. Gen-Z students are using this slogan to tease the police.
What is the meaning of this sentence?
Bismillah (Arabic): in the name of Allah
From Le Ténèbre (French): this is darkness
By combining both, its rough meaning is ‘This is darkness in the name of Allah’. However, this is not a sentence in French. People are making fun of it because of its strange structure and combination of strange words.
In India too, the slang ‘Vasteguna Huinya’ became popular during the student movement in July. This also had no special meaning. It was a distorted form of the viral English sentence ‘Can I get a hoya’.
Students are protesting against the poor condition of schools in France.
Where did this slogan come from?
According to the New York Times report, this slogan was first used on social media Snapchat.
A man sent messages on Snapchat to some people to join a private chat group of those organizing student protests last month. He wrote, ‘Bismillah, se le tenebre.’ After this he said, ‘We will break everything.’
He created many profiles with different names and sent these messages. These included names like Mamadou and Abdellah. Some profiles also had Algerian flag emojis.
The language and style of the messages seemed strange and amusing to some Snapchat users. He took screenshots of these messages and shared them on social media. After this this sentence came into discussion.
Young protesters displayed a poster with the slogan ‘Bismillah, se le tenebre’ in the French city of Nantes on October 13.
The youth thought that the police had sent this message.
Many youth suspected that these messages had been sent by police or security agency officials. He felt that the authorities were trying to connect with the youth by creating their identities in order to gain inside information about the student movements. But due to the strange language used in the message, questions started being raised on his efforts.
After this the protesters started using the phrase ‘Bismillah, se le tenebre’ to make fun of the police. Gradually this sentence became a part of the demonstration and also became discussed on social media.
Police arresting a protestor and taking him away in Paris. The picture is from 17th October.
After France, this slogan reached other European countries also
This slogan is no longer limited to France. Youth also used it in some protests in Belgium and Germany. Due to this, this sentence has become a topic of discussion in other countries also.
Students say that the strange language of the slogan shows how much distance there is between the government and the youth. Sabrine Kharbach, spokeswoman for a French student organization, said no young person talks like this.
According to him, through this slogan the youth made fun of those people who were trying to penetrate among the youth to gather information from inside the movement.
The video of youth protesting with placards written ‘Bismillah se le tenebre’ is viral.
How did the students’ movement start?
Student demonstrations in France began last month. Students of hundreds of schools were demanding repair of dilapidated buildings, shortage of teachers, reducing the number of students in classes and reducing study pressure.
- Violence also took place at many places during the demonstration.
- Protestors set fire to or vandalized at least 24 schools.
- During this period, about 8,000 people were arrested.
People from labor organizations and others also participated in the student movement. After this, demonstrations also started against inflation.
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