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Issue 286, Friday 22 February 2013 - 12 Rabi' al-Akhar 1434 French mosque vandalised with anti-Islam graffiti By Elham Asaad Buaras
Islamophobes targeted a mosque 20 miles east of Paris with swastikas and anti-Islam slogans, officials said on February 3. The attack was discovered by worshippers arriving for Morning Prayer at the mosque in Ozoir-La-Ferriere. Two swastikas painted on the facade, as well as an explicit anti-Islam slogan and ‘Long Live Gaul,’ the ancient Roman-era name for France. In the eastern city of Besancon, two mosques were also vandalised, where the Star of David - commonly used by the Nazis to identify Jews - had been painted on the walls. Sources close to the enquiry however cautioned the vandalism was not necessarily triggered by anti-Islam sentiment, and said investigators were looking at several leads including whether it was carried out by an “unhappy worshipper”.
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Two swastikas as well as an anti-Islam slogan and “Long Live Gaul,” the ancient Roman-era name for France were sprayed on Ozoir-La-Ferriere mosque