Antirleigious acts decreased by more than 17% compared to the same period in 2019, according to the last assessment of the Ministry of the Interior.
Le Monde with AFP
Nearly 1,400 anti-religious acts have been identified in France since January 2021, a 17.2% drop compared to the same period in 2019, said Tuesday, December 14 the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, On CNEWS. 1,380 facts were recorded between January and October, according to the department.
In detail, 686 antichretian acts took place in 2021, compared with 921 in 2019, a decrease of 25%. With regard to anti-Semitic acts, the Ministry of the Interior recorded a decrease of 15%, 523 in 2021, compared with 617 in 2019. In addition, there was an increase of 32% of the acts antimusulmans in 2021, 171 in 2021, against 129 in 2019.
“Death threats quite unacceptable”
Wednesday, about thirty Catholic faithful, which gathered during a torchlight procession between two churches of Nanterre, were taken over, insulted and threatened by several people. “I was extremely shocked by the facts that have been reported to me. Of course, we encouraged the diocese of the Hauts-de-Seine to file a complaint,” said Gérald Darmanin Tuesday on CNEWS, stating that he acted with “dead threats quite unacceptable”.
This weekend, “unfortunately, anti-Semitic and anti-constical acts took place, including a profanic Muslim cemetery,” he continued. Saturday, the Muslim square of the Mulhouse Cemetery was vandalized.