The eighth bulletin - your publication (12/15/21) monitored the widespread anger on the communication platforms after the French Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanan, announced the closure of 21 mosques during the recent period, claiming that they were witnessing “manifestations of extremism”, and the closure decisions coincided with the incident of vandalizing a Muslim cemetery in the city of Mulhouse (northeast France).
Activists also circulated pictures of the traces left by unknown people on the graves of dead Muslims in Mulhouse, after the vandalism process, which also affected the tombs and green spaces.
In turn, the dean of the Great Mosque of Paris, Shams El-Din Hafeez, called on the French authorities to take all measures to arrest the aggressors on the cemeteries, describing the event as "terrible."
The city's mayor, Michel Lutz, denounced the event, and said that she had moved to the cemetery in order to declare her solidarity with all Muslims in the city, adding that she would file a complaint on behalf of the municipality.
In turn, the singer Khaled believes that France's decisions are disregard and guardianship, so he wrote, "The West strives to spread what they call the concepts of human rights and democracy, even if wars are required, and then besiege the different others at home under the pretext of promoting the values of the republic. This happens when you underestimate the values of others and consider yourself a guardian of the scientist".
While Faroj Belkacem called on Muslims to unite in the elections in order to be a pressure card, he said, "If Muslims united in France, they would have become a winning pressure card in the elections."
Naji Hashem denounced the measures taken by France against Muslims, tweeting, "414 days and France is still working with a feverish energy against Muslims, closing mosques, disrupting Islamic associations, raids on the homes of prominent personalities, extensive legal amendments, and drawing up a charter that a Muslim must decide that he is above religion."
On the other hand, French Senator Esther Benbasa called for training imams to eradicate radicalism, saying, "The imams must first be trained so that we do not have to close mosques, and allow Muslims to practice their religion in peace away from any radicalism."