The Périgueux public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation on Monday March 11 for “aggravated damage” after the discovery of inscriptions “referring to Islam” on around fifty graves in the cemetery of the village of Clermont-d’Excideuil (Dordogne). ) discovered the same day.
“Kafir” (“disbelievers”), “Submit to Allah”, “Isa [name of Jesus, considered a prophet in Muslim tradition] will break the cross”, “Ramadan mubarak les gwers” ??(“good Ramadan white people”). ), we can read on images broadcast by the newspaper Sud Ouest, confirming information from France Bleu Périgord.
The church door, the war memorial and three calvaries were also tagged. Similar inscriptions had been noted on ordeals in the region in recent weeks. “In addition to touching the church and the Calvary, the perpetrator also touched the war memorial, a strong symbol, and especially the cemetery. This goes well beyond religion, and the emotion is immense,” confides Alexandre Caillé, director of the SOS Calvaires association, which restores calvaries and chapels in France, quoted by 20 Minutes.
“Investigations are continuing actively to identify the perpetrator(s) of the facts,” declared the public prosecutor, Jacques-Edouard Andrault, without mentioning the slightest lead. On
According to Sud Ouest, several places in the region have been damaged since December, citing ordeals, a bus shelter or even the Notre-Dame de Partout chapel, in Saint-Mesmin (Dordogne). According to a resident, quoted by the daily, “It was not Muslims who did the deed.” “On the contrary, [the perpetrators] want to direct the hatred at themselves, to revolt us in a certain sense. It seeks to provoke hatred of Islam,” she wants to believe.
