Islam And The West

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Earlier on in the year I reported on the case of Muslim gravestones being desecrated in France’s largest military cemetery in Notre Dame de Lorette.

Now reports are emerging from France which say that the Saint-Priest mosque situated in the suburbs of Lyon has been suffered an arson attack. This latest attack has like the previous one in Notre Dame de Lorette been condemned by the French President Nicolas Sarkozy. However it seems that even the French President is unable to stop the tide of attacks/discrimination being faced by the Muslims of France:

“Racist acts against Muslims has taken the French press by storm. After the defilement of gravestones at the military cemetery of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, in Northern France, it is now the turn of the Saint-Priest mosque, situated in the suburbs of Lyon. A part of the Muslim holy grounds has been partially damaged by arson. This act, which has been widely criticized, reveals a growing trend of islamophobia in the French society.

Thousands of Muslims, including Christians and Jews, Sunday, demonstrated in front of the Saint-Priest mosque, to express their anger and confusion over the fresh upsurge of islamophobia in the country.

The mayors of Lyon, Gerard Collomb and Saint-Priest, Martine David were both present at the demonstration to protest against the arson at the mosque.

They both denounced the act as ‘racist’ and ‘heinous’. In a communiqué, Martine David urged the authorities to ‘act quickly to bring the authors of the crime to book’.

In a speech, the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, ‘firmly’ condemned the crime, however, not a single member of his government went to Saint-Pierre to observe the state of affairs….

…The arson brought back vivid memories of the December 8 defilement of Muslim gravestones at the Notre Dame de Lorette military cemetery, in the north of France. Kamel Kabtane, head of the Lyon mosque said ‘he was outraged and appalled’ indicating that the acts have become an object of a mainstream political rhetoric, which stigmatize Muslims. ‘Politicians refer to people who slaughter sheep in their bathing tubs and talk of radical Islam. This is very far from the truth’. (Source: Africa.com)

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