Overview
- Pro-government influencer Daniel Parisini, known as Gordo Dan, posted on X that Islam endorses violence and is linked to terrorism, calling the religion incompatible with Western values.
- Zulemita Menem responded with a public letter on X rejecting the conflation of Islam with terrorism as a grave error and speaking as an Argentine and a Muslim.
- She pointed to relatives serving in the Milei administration with Muslim roots, citing Eduardo “Lule” Menem in the Executive, Martín Menem in Congress, and Sharif Menem.
- Martín Menem urged that terrorism be separated from religion, and earlier this year Sharif Menem bluntly told government appointee Lucas Luna to delete an Islamophobic post.
- The clash underscores tensions inside La Libertad Avanza and the influence of Parisini, a Santiago Caputo–aligned streamer who fronts the ultra-official La Misa program.