Quran desecrated after theft from mosque in France: police

By AFP
June 04, 2025
French police officers stand at the entrance of the Courtroom in Aix-en-Provence on August 3, 2023. — AFP/File
French police officers stand at the entrance of the Courtroom in Aix-en-Provence on August 3, 2023. — AFP/File

LYON: A person stole a Holy Quran from a mosque near the French city of Lyon and set it on fire at the weekend, religious leaders and a police source said on Tuesday. On the night of Sunday to Monday, “an individual with an uncovered face entered the prayer room, grabbed a copy of the Holy Quran, set it on fire then dropped it outside the building before fleeing”, the council of mosques in the Rhone region said. The police source said an investigation had begun into the incident.