Overview
- The damage occurred Sunday between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. inside a prayer room of the Ar-Rahma mosque, prosecutors said.
- Chairs and books were overturned, rosaries and microphones were torn out, and a Quran was reportedly damaged.
- Authorities confirmed the investigation aims to determine both the author of the act and the circumstances behind it.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez condemned what he called vandalism and profanation, stating antireligious acts have no place in the Republic.
- Officials place the incident in a wider rise in anti-Muslim acts, with 173 recorded in 2024 and a 75% increase from January to May, alongside recent provocations at other mosques.