Two anti-Muslim inscriptions were found on an association premises sometimes used as a place of worship.
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The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced Friday December 8 on X that an investigation had been opened into the subject of anti-Muslim tags painted on a prayer room in Guingamp (Côtes-d’Armor). “These hateful inscriptions have no place on our soil and the investigation will help to confuse the authors.”declared the minister, specifying that the investigation had been opened by the public prosecutor.
As reported by France Bleu Breizh Izel, two racist tags were discovered on Friday on the Roudourou associative space in Guingamp. This shared space is sometimes used as a prayer room for local residents of the Muslim faith. The first criticizes the Islamic veil and invites Muslims to leave France. The other inscription refers to Charles Martel’s battle in 732 against the Arab forces of the Umayyad dynasty at Poitiers. The association which manages the premises, as well as the town hall, filed a complaint
