Hawzah News Agency- The defendant took a Quran and burned it outside the Errahma mosque in Villeurbanne during the night of June 1-2.
A witness extinguished the flames and reported the incident to mosque officials the next day. A surveillance camera documented the Islamophobic act, which led to the arsonist’s quick arrest. AFP said the defendant faced charges of “damage committed due to race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion''.
Many similar Islamophobic acts have stirred uproar across the world.
In recent months, France has been the theater of national marches against racism and Islamophobia. One of the recent heinous attacks took place earlier this year, when a man entered a mosque and stabbed a Muslim man around 40 to 50 times while he was praying.
Source: MOROCCO WORLD NEWS
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