Anti-Muslim tags were discovered Sunday morning on the walls of a Muslim cultural center in Rennes.
"No to Islamization", "Mahomet, prophet pedophile" or even "the crusades will resume" were notably registered there.
The Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin condemned these inscriptions and announced his arrival on site during the day.
Anti-Muslim tags were discovered Sunday morning by worshipers on the exterior walls of the Avicenna Muslim cultural center in Rennes, we learned from the regional council of Muslim worship, while the Minister of the Interior announced his come on site.
"Two days before the month of Ramadan, the faithful find their mosque tagged with obscene phrases," lamented AFP Mohammed Zaidouni, the president of the regional council for Muslim worship.
"We are the children of the Republic and we end up with hatred, violence and barbarism," he added.
The faithful made this discovery on Sunday around 6 a.m., during morning prayer.
"No to Islamization", "Long live the King", "Mahomet prophet pedophile", "the crusades will resume", "Charles Martel saves us", "Eternal France", "Catholicism state religion" or "EELV = Traitors ", we could read on photos posted on social networks.
Christian crosses, the chrism or a fleur-de-lys were also tagged on the walls of the Avicenna center.
In #Rennes, the #Avicenna Islamic cultural center tagged in the night.
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- Anthony Masteau (@Masteau) April 11, 2021
"Our community is really sad"
"The faithful were shocked by such obscenities. It was violent. Our Muslim community is really sad," said Mohammed Zaidouni, while calling for "to remain united".
"There are some who seek to sow discord in France and we have a duty to preserve the country. We will unite soon so that God preserves our country, France, because there is no no worse than discord within a country, ”he added.
"The many anti-Muslim inscriptions on the walls of the Avicennes mosque in Rennes are unacceptable. All my solidarity with the Muslims of our country," the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin reacted on Twitter by announcing his visit "in end of the day".
"Anti-Muslim and insulting inscriptions have been discovered on the walls of the Avicenna cultural center. These acts have no place in France, they have no place in Rennes. All my support for Rennes and particularly for the shocked faithful by these unworthy acts ", tweeted the PS mayor of Rennes Nathalie Appéré.
The numerous anti-Muslim inscriptions on the walls of the Avicennes mosque in Rennes are unacceptable.
All my solidarity with the Muslims of our country.
I will go there at the end of the day.
- Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) April 11, 2021
In Nantes, the door of a mosque was destroyed by fire overnight from Thursday to Friday, while a 24-year-old man claiming neo-Nazi ideas was indicted on Friday for threatening to leave. take to the mosque of Le Mans.