Quran burned, placed outside mosque in France – Middle East Monitor

A Quran was burned and placed outside a mosque in the southeastern commune of France, the Rhone Mosques Council (CMR) confirmed on Tuesday, Anadolu reports.

CMR said in a statement that someone entered the prayer room overnight Sunday, set the Muslim holy book on fire and placed it outside the mosque in the Villeurbanne commune before fleeing.

“This vile act is part of a series of hateful assaults that reflect a worrying and increasingly hostile climate…