The jargeau (Loiret) ditib mosque completely destroyed by a fire

In a press release published on February 26, the French Council for Muslim worship (CFCM) indicates that the Ditib de Jargeau Mosque (45) was entirely ravaged by the flames on the night of February 25 to 26. The representative body recalls that this place of worship had already been the target of racist and anti -Muslim inscriptions on February 7, and had received threats in 2023.

This serious incident shakes up the French Muslim community. This event, all the more worrying since it follows a series of hostile acts aimed at this same place of worship, raises many questions about the rise of Islamophobic acts in France and the effective protection of places of worship.

An investigation is currently underway, qualified by the Orleans prosecution of “Destruction by dangerous means for people ”. The CFCM deplores the little media and political echo that this event aroused and calls on the authorities to mobilize all the means necessary to quickly determine the exact origin of this destruction.

The organization stresses that if the criminal nature was confirmed by the survey – hypothesis deemed probable in view of previous incidents – this would constitute “A serious damage to religious freedom “and” a dangerous threat to our national cohesion “.

Faced with this situation, the CFCM expresses its full solidarity with the faithful and officials of the mosque, and launched a call to the mosques of France to support its rapid reconstruction.