Hundreds of individuals gathered for an anti-Islamophobia demonstration in Paris on Sunday to pay homage to the person who was brutally killed whereas praying in a mosque within the south of France days earlier than.
The march of solidarity introduced collectively non -governmental organizations, political representatives and chief of religion who denounced what have described as an Islamophobic environment in France.
“We have a system, we now have a state that’s afraid, and it’s this worry that we face frontally,” stated the activist Miss Traoré.
The demonstories had been seen with indicators that learn “Islamophobia kills, the state is an confederate” and “justice for Aboubakar”, the younger worshiper killed on Friday.
The normal supervisor for the Razzisme of NGO SOS, Valentin Stel, expressed his concern for a rising development that has noticed lately.
“We have been witnessed for years, speech of hatred,” he stated. “The hatred speech addressed to the Muslim group in France, saying that they don’t seem to be absolutely French or that their loyalty is questionable.”
Friday, a younger man recognized as Aboubakar, was stabbed to dying by one other man after having simply completed cleansing the mosque within the former mining metropolis of La Grand Combe.
The attacker, a person born in France in 2004 who lived within the space and who had by no means been to the mosque earlier than, recorded the scene on his cellphone. The filming of the safety digicam additionally confirmed him that insults to Allah screamed, the native media stated. Both males had been alone within the mosque.
The French leaders condemned the assault, with Prime Minister Francois Bayrou describing the assault as Islamophobe.
“We are shoulder on the shoulder with the sufferer’s household and the shocked worshipers,” he stated. “State assets are mobilized to make sure that the killer is captured and punished”.
Meanwhile, President Emmanuel Macron has underlined that “racism and hatred primarily based on faith won’t ever have a spot in France”.
“Religious freedom is inviolable,” he added.
Justice Minister Gerald Dermanin outlined the stab of a “despicable homicide” that “wounds the hearts of all believers, of all Muslims in France”.
The authorities stated that the suspicion was nonetheless on the run on Sunday, however they stated that 70 investigators had been lined up and that the police forces are working all day to arrest the person.
“We are notably vigilant to ensure that we don’t declare extra victims,” stated the native prosecutor Abdelkrim Grini.
ANNOUNCEMENTThe nice mosque in Paris invited the authorities to research the explanations behind the assault, asking the judicial authorities to specify whether or not the assault could be categorized as a “terrorist act”. They additionally requested to note his “scale and seriousness … for everybody’s safety”.
