Another “Unbalanced” White Terrorist targets Muslims at Mosque near Paris
Official investigation clearly announced Paris Mosque attack as “deliberate,” though the mainstream French media failed to report it.
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A man in an SUV intentionally tried to run over worshippers coming out of a mosque in a southeastern suburb of Paris earlier this week according to police in the French capital, Taqrib News Agency (TNA) reported.
City authorities said the driver tried to smash into the protective cones and gates around the building in Creteil before he failed and ran away from the vehicle.
Karim Benaïssa, President of the Muslim Associations in charge of Creteil’s mosque, said the attack took place as around a hundred of worshippers were leaving after prayers.
While Muslim representatives denounced it as a “criminal” and “Islamophobic” assault, most of the French media opted for different coverage.
Le Monde openly wondered if it was “a terror attack” or just “a minor news item,” highlighting the possibility that the man “did not have his full mental capacity.”
While many reports presented the intentional attack as a car accident, Le Parisien newspaper said the man wanted to avenge attacks linked to Islamic State that have killed dozens in Paris over the past years.
In a similar attack in the U.K. earlier this month, the Finsbury Park mosque in north London was targeted by a white van driver.
One man died and nine others were injured when the vehicle ploughed into a crowd leaving a prayer meeting.
Some Muslim leaders were unhappy with the way it was reported compared to the other recent attacks on London Bridge and a concert in Manchester.
A statement from the Finsbury Park mosque said “We are extremely unhappy with the mainstream media not reporting this as a terrorist attack, whereas they are very swift in describing attacks involving individuals professing to be Muslims and acting in the name of Islam”.
