IQNA-Islamophobic posters were posted at the various entrances to the town of Bourg-en-Bresse, at the Tanvol roundabout, in the area of the Cap Émeraude shopping center, using as support the panels of the Zavatta circus currently staying in the park exhibitions, etc.
Emotion, indignation and anger
Posters showing three suras diverted from the Koran – “Does Islam advocate peace? », “Does Islam advocate terrorism? » “Does Islam advocate fraternity? » – which aroused strong emotion among the population, but also indignation and anger from the municipality.
“Their content explicitly aims to signify that Islam is a religion of hatred,” indicates Jean-François Debat, in a press release accompanying a complaint filed simultaneously at the Bourg-en-Bresse police station. “It is an insult to the Muslims of our city who live their religion in peace and aspire only to that. »
“An act of hatred against our fellow Muslims”
In the ambient context, marked both by the European electoral campaign and international conflicts, the mayor of Bourg-en-Bresse sees in this unbridled poster campaign “an act of hatred against our Muslim fellow citizens, to whom I bring everything my support and solidarity.” .”
Before concluding that he will never let Bourg “be the scene of the expression of the rejection of Muslims. These posters with xenophobic connotations have no place in our city or in our country.”
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