Le Figaro Marseille
Monday January 29, a racist tag was found on one of the walls of the Arrahma mosque, located in the 14th arrondissement of Marseille.
As reported by our colleagues from
France 3 Provence
, the inscription
“Fuck dirty Arabs”
was discovered by the president of the religious establishment, Abdel-Malek Benlahssania.
According to our colleagues, the latter immediately filed a complaint against X.
The inscription was then quickly covered with white paint by the Marseille town hall services.
“These tags are in the dustbin of History, where they belong
,” he declared to BFM Marseille Provence.
“It’s unfortunate since we ourselves are included in the long list of mosques that have been tagged and insulted
,” he added.
“Racism has no place in our city”
On X, many political figures reacted to the discovery of the tag.
The mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, condemned
“with the greatest firmness these xenophobic tags”
.
“Racism has no place in our city
,” he added.
For the president of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis, Martine Vassal,
“these acts of any nature which divide have no place in Marseille”
.
“There is no place for racism in our regional capital, as everywhere in the South Region
,” declared the president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Renaud Muselier.
“To the imbeciles who believe they can divide us, fracture the Republic, I will always oppose the force of coming together, of unity: let us come together!”
, he added.