an investigation opened after death threats received by a mosque

An investigation was opened by the Nanterre public prosecutor’s office after death threats received by the Ibn Badis mosque in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) in a letter dated at the beginning of October, the Nanterre public prosecutor’s office announced on Friday, November 3. “There was a complaint [de la mosquée] last Sunday, the investigation is being carried out by the Nanterre police station”, specifies the prosecution.

The letter dated October 3, before the start of the war between Israel and Hamas and before the assassination of Professor Dominique Bernard in Arras, was only opened by the mosque last week. In this letter signed by “the friends of Charles Martel” and addressed to the mosque, anonymous people promise, in the event of an attack by “your Islamist brothers”to burn “randomly your Koranic schools, your mosques, your businesses”.

Gérald Darmanin condemns “threats received against Muslim places of worship”

The Minister of the Interior reacted to X. “I condemn in the strongest terms the threats received against Muslim places of worship”, wrote Gérald Darmanin. The mayor of Nanterre, Raphaël Adam, also condemned this letter in a press release.

I condemn in the strongest terms the threats received against Muslim places of worship. An investigation has been opened by the Nanterre public prosecutor’s office and I hope for the strongest possible sentences against all those who carry hatred.https://t.co/JRzYuqEBTL

— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) November 3, 2023

Earlier in the day, the Grand Mosque of Paris denounced the “gradual release” with a word “racist and hateful against the Muslims of France”. She said to herself “extremely concerned by the sharp rise in acts and speeches harming groups, people and property because of their religious affiliations, whatever they may be, in France.”