« The Muslim community is still the scapegoat » – Liberation
Under a busy sky, several hundred people gathered this Sunday, April 27, place de la République this Sunday, April 27, in Paris, to pay tribute to Aboubakar C., this 23-year-old Malian stabbed on Friday morning in the Khadidja mosque, in La Grand-Combe (Gard). They came to say their anger, their fear, their refusal to see Islamophobia settle in indifference. Saliha, 47, red Keffieh on her shoulders, wants it « Terribly to these policies as Retailleau (The Minister of the Interior, Editor’s note) who always point to Muslims, considered as monstrous Islamists « . Behind her, arms crossed, Mohamed (modified first name) cannot help but say that it could have been him. He thinks « constantly » Going to the mosque. Like Alberta, 19, who came with a friend and who feels concerned by this attack « As a Maghreb, Muslim and veiled woman ». But she has it « Enough to be in a country that assimilates me to a religion while I am French above all ». In Blue Costard Pétard, Ali, 35 -year -old business manager, is sorry: « It is not normal for a faithful to be killed in a mosque, a place of peace, of fraternity. The Muslim community is still the scapegoat in a social or economic crisis. We will have to organize better to respond to the incessant attacks that make us suffer. ”
The call to this rally had been relayed by several figures of France in
