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September 24, 2006
France: Two Mosques Attacked On First Day of Ramadan
News from Associated Press via the Khaleej Times and Reuters via Daily Times reports that earlier today, two mosques in France were vandalised.
On the day that French Muslims began to celebrate Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, one mosque in the historical city of Carcassonne in the south of the country had racial insults and swastikas put on its walls.
The Carcassonne incident was recorded on French broadcast media. In Quimper, in the northwest of the country in Brittany, the Penhars mosque similarly had six green swastikas scawled on its exterior walls. Worse still, an arson attack took place.
Around 4 am, a neighbor noticed a fire inside the building and the emergency services were called. Firefighters soon had the blaze under control. Four separate fires had been started within the building. There was little damage to the mosque.
The Penhars mosque, which has a congregation of several dozen, is one of two Islamic places of worship in the area. Philippe Paolantoni, a local government official, said of the Penhars Mosque congregation: "The community is well known and well integrated."
Paolantoni said that the arsonists at Quimper had gained acess through a window, which was found open.
The Movement against Racism (MRAP) condemned both attacks and said in a statement: "MRAP plans to take legal action over this Islamophobe act. It calls once again for more vigilance and a significant mobilisation to stamp out this worrying increase of racism against Arabs and Muslims."
MRAP linked the attacks to the reporting of imminent terror attacks against France which have been recently aired in the media. These stemmed from a video broadcast, published on the internet, by Ayman al-Zawahiri, deputy leader of Al Qaeda.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at September 24, 2006 9:34 PM
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It is more likely that the mossies did this themselves since the french have lost the ability to defend themselves.
This is firmly evidenced where France now intends to nuclear arm the terrorists. A morally bankrupt country trying to live the good life.
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at September 25, 2006 1:36 AM
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