Another act against a Muslim place of worship in France. A mosque located in the Orne department in Normandy was the target, on the night of Saturday, November 19 to Sunday, November 20, of anti-Muslim tags. An act that aroused indignation among the Muslim community in France and was condemned by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin.
It is in a deleterious climate marked by a controversy over the wearing of Muslim religious symbols in French schools that a Muslim place of worship is the target of an Islamophobic attack. An anti-Muslim inscription was discovered on the wall of the Franco-Turkish mosque located in the town of Flers in the department of Orne in Normandy.
The facts would have occurred between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m, report several witnesses. According to a police source quoted by AFP, the inscriptions made on the exterior wall of the mosque, “Islam outside Europe” and “Charlemagne Division”, were made “in black paint, about 7 meters in length and 2 meters high. The mayor of Flers, Yves Goasdoué, went there at the end of the morning of Sunday, November 20 to assure the Muslim community of the city of his support. ” It is shameful! It doesn’t reflect the vibe of the city. It only takes two zebras to do that, ”denounces the mayor in a statement to the Actu.fr site.
Gérald Darmanin denounces the act targeting the Flers mosque
The prefect of Orne “condemns in the strongest terms the anti-Muslim and neo-Nazi insults (no neo-Nazi tag has been reported, editor’s note) affixed to the walls of the Franco-Turkish mosque in Flers on the night of November 19 to 20 “, indicates the prefecture of the Norman department on Twitter. The prefect “assures the Muslim community and all religious associations of the absolute vigilance of State services to prevent and fight against any anti-Muslim act”. The internal security forces “reinforce patrols around places of worship and are at the disposal of their representatives to enhance security
measures”, also recalls the prefect in his press release. The mosque of Flers is managed by the
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, who is also in charge of religious affairs, denounced the act targeting the Flers mosque and announced that an investigation had been opened. “I condemn the insults of an anti-Muslim nature and advocating Nazism posted on the walls of the Flers mosque on the night of November 19 to 20,” wrote the Minister of the Interior on Twitter.
