Posted on 09/25/2006 12:33:21 AM PDT by Republicain
PARIS, Sept 24, 2006 (AFP) - Swastikas were painted on the walls of two mosques in France on the weekend, and one was set alight in disturbing instances of racist vandalism, police said Sunday.
The mosque which was torched, in the northwest town of Quimper, suffered damage from the flames. Six swastikas were painted on the outside of its walls.
The head of the local Muslim association said it was the fourth time the mosque had been targeted.
In the southwestern town of Carcassonne, the other mosque was daubed with swastikas and slogans reading "France for the French", "Arabs get out" and "Death to Islam", officials said.
No-one has claimed responsibility for the vandalism and investigations have been launched to find the perpetrators.
Religious and anti-racism groups condemned the attacks, which came as Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, got underway.
"This is odious because it is stupid and nasty and because it shows a radical ignorace of Islam," Dalil Boubakeur, president of the French Council for the Muslim Faith, said.
"The criminal intention doubles up with a desire to disturb, in a particularly vile way, the peaceful course of ceremonies that accompany this month of fasting and penintence," Boubakeur said.
The Movement Against Racism and for Frienship between People (MRAP) expressed its solidarity with Muslims and blamed an environment in which Islam was increasingly being associated with terrorism.
This is "part of the Islam equals terrorism equation," MRAP said in a statement.
"The far right's political manoeuvring on the theme that France is becoming islamised contributes to an obnoxious climate that fosters these kind of acts," the rights group said.
You could say, "Brule', ma petit, brule'"
It is overdue for this to happen. One might consider this self defense, more than racism, especially after the Paris riots. At least the arsonists were spot on with the Nazi symbol.
It does sound a little strange. But the neo-Nazis probably hate the Muslims as much or more than the Jews.
While I don't necessarily approve of the use of the swastika to deface these mosques, it appears that some, in Europe (FRANCE of all places!) "get it"! They see their country being dragged down the tubes and overrun by the Muslim vermin. As long as we play the PC games, Islam will take us all over without firing a shot.
Islam is the religion of Satan.
Gee, I wonder who could have got so close to a mosque unnoticed to perpetrate this act of *vandalism*?
BTT
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