A brawl in connection with Ramadan. The incidents took place on March 16 at the Mesnil-Amelot administrative detention centre (Seine-et-Marne) “due to disputes related to Ramadan”, a police source told Valeurs actuelles. Mohamed B. punched Amadou F. with his fist. A little later, another prisoner punched Amadou F. in the back of the head and kicked him. The two attackers, Mohamed B., a Tunisian national, and Rahim A., an Algerian national, were placed in solitary confinement in preventive detention. The victim stated that he wanted to press charges against the two attackers.
Conflicts in connection with Ramadan are steadily increasing. Most recently, an Algerian person of Catholic faith was attacked because she had eaten pork in a residential home in Etampes (Essonne). The victim was threatened with a knife and received kicks and punches because some people did not tolerate the victim eating pork.
On Friday March 15, Marion Maréchal declared on the TV programme “Touche pas à mon poste!” that, in her opinion, “Ramadan is the barometer of the Islamisation of French society”. “Since Monday, we have been living in the Islamic period: France 2 is doing its big Ramadan night, advertising everywhere, the mayor of Lyon is stopping building work for it, etc.,” added the lead candidate of Eric Zemmour’s party for the European elections. She said that this Islamic festival is “omnipresent” and that she does not want “Ramadan to become a French festival like Christmas or Easter”, as she “adheres to a certain idea of French identity”.
Great attitudes from people seeking admission into a Western democracy.