The mayor of Échirolles issued a press release to “strongly condemn this intolerable act.” “If the Islamophobic nature of this act is proven, it would be added to the too long list of attacks that affect Muslim citizens in France, especially in places of worship dedicated to them.”
Will there be any retraction or apology?
“A worshipper is assaulted in front of the Echirolles Mosque by a man claiming to ‘know Le Pen,'” translated from “Un fidèle agressé devant la Mosquée d’Echirolles par un homme prétendant ‘connaître Le Pen,'” by Dominique Durand, France 3, April 1, 2023 (thanks to Medforth):
On Thursday, March 30, a worshipper was attacked while opening the doors of the mosque of Échirolles, near Grenoble. Armed with a knife, the aggressor said he “knew Le Pen.” Put to flight by other faithful, he is still wanted by the police.
The attack occurred very early, Thursday March 30, in front of the Échirolles mosque. Shortly before 6 a.m., while he was opening the doors of the place of prayer, a worshipper was violently beaten by an individual. He was slightly injured in the forehead following a punch.
The attacker allegedly claimed he “knew Le Pen” and pulled out a knife. Alerted by the cries, two other faithful intervened and put the attacker to flight.
Two days later, this Saturday April 1, the public prosecutor of Grenoble confirmed that the police officers in charge of the investigation were still looking for the defendant. “Probably unbalanced” and described by the victim as “an individual of North African origin, 30-35 years old and about 1m80,” specifies the prosecution. DNA investigations are also underway.
In the process, the mayor of Échirolles issued a press release to “strongly condemn this intolerable act.” “If the Islamophobic nature of this act is proven, it would be added to the too long list of attacks that affect Muslim citizens in France, especially in places of worship dedicated to them,” writes Renzo Sulli.
While the attack occurred only a few days after the start of Ramadan, the city councilor added “to show his support for the victim, his relatives, as well as the entire Muslim community of Échirolles.”
somehistory says
“Probably unbalanced” Of course, islam does that….”unbalances” them, esp the very devout. And it’s so convenient that it fits right in with the authorities wanting to have a simple solution.
During their lust for food…and other stuff…fest, they have to find someone to attack. And since they don’t agree with other mozlums about how devout to be, they attack mozlums and right away, it can still be called the fake ‘phobia.’ Then when it isn’t, that doesn’t make so much news.
Ray Jarman says
+1
Perfectly stated and I bet if it had been proven to be a non-muslim, the NYT would have run a front-page headline to describe how these sub-humans are being maligned.
somehistory says
thank you, Ray Jarman. I agree with your NYT statement, also.
gravenimage says
France: ‘Islamophobia’ fizzle as mosque attacker turns out to be Muslim
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And now this story will disappear–move along, folks, nothing to see here…
Actually, Muslims attacking Muslims is very common, far more common than “Islamophobes” doing he same.