Violence that will mark spirits – Liberation
It is an almost without history village, as there are so much in France. La Grand-Combe, near Alès, 5000 inhabitants, a church in the middle of the village, and a mosque too. Far from political instrumentalizations and hate agitators, everyone practices their religion, in a guaranteed freedom of worship in our secular country. The one that allows everyone to believe and practice without fear. Or should allow. We know the terrifying increase in anti -Semitic acts in France since October 7, 2023. We also know that anti -Muslim acts, even if in less declared proportions, illustrate the same disturbing trend. The one who makes the citizen a target by the simple fact of his religion. According to data transmitted to Release by the Ministry of the Interior, a total of 173 anti -muslim facts had been identified in 2024and it was 242 in 2023. For 2025, the Ministry of the Interior indicated that the figures for the first quarter of 2025 are not « Not yet consolidated ».
Beyond the number, each case deserves to dwell on it. This probably more, even if The investigation will say more in the mobiles of the murdererwhich we do not know much, except that it is called Olivier, born in Lyon in 2004, of French nationality, from a Bosnian family, part of which lies in the Gard. « The track of an anti -Muslim act is privileged but is not the only one », explained the public prosecutor Abdelkrim Grini. The fact remains that Abababakr, a young Malian in his twenties, was killed in a place he thought of, in a country he thought of sure, where he could practice his religion freely. The violence of this assassination will mark the spirits, creating a feeling of legitimate fear with the Muslim community of France. It will be necessary to keep in mind as a reminder that in France, in 2025, more and more citizens will pray to fear in the stomach.
