Key Takeaways:
- It is a suspected hate crime.
- French officials condemn acts amid 81% rise in anti-Muslim incidents in 2025.
- Investigations underway amid concerns over foreign interference and far-right violence.
Pig heads found at nine Paris mosques and suburbs, some marked with Macron’s name, termed a targeted anti-Muslim act by authorities.
Early Tuesday incidents prompted top-level Paris police probe for incitement to anti-Muslim hate and discrimination.
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau condemned the attacks and affirmed the state’s support for Muslims in France, who number over six million.
“I want our Muslim compatriots to be able to practice their faith in peace.”
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau
Paris police chief Laurent Nunez did not rule out the possibility of foreign interference aimed at destabilizing France during a period of political and fiscal uncertainty.
The acts come amid a documented surge in anti-Islamic sentiment. Figures show 181 anti-Muslim acts in 2025’s first half—up 81% from 2024’s same period.
Community leaders like Bassirou Camara of anti-discrimination group ADDAM note that mosque-goers are experiencing growing fear and stigmatization.
Names of the mosques
| Mosque Name | Address | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Mosquée (salle de prière de Javel) | 47 rue de Javel | Paris 15th arrondissement |
| Mosquée Khalid Ibn Al-Walid | 28 rue Myrha | Paris 18th arrondissement |
| Mosquée (unnamed) | 55 rue Stephenson | Paris 18th arrondissement |
| Mosquée Anwar El-Madina | 17 rue Etienne Marey | Paris 20th arrondissement |
| Mosquée Islah | 70 rue des Sorins | Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis) |
| Mosquée (unnamed) | 64 rue Jean Lolive | Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis) |
| Mosquée (Union des musulmans de Malakoff) | 1 rue Avaulée | Malakoff (Hauts-de-Seine) |
| Mosquée de Montrouge | 51 rue Racine | Montrouge (Hauts-de-Seine) |
| Mosquée (unnamed) | 40 rue Gabriel Péri | Gentilly (Val-de-Marne) |
These incidents follow other recent high-profile attacks, including the April stabbing of a Malian man inside a mosque by an intruder who filmed the act while insulting Islam.
In June, France’s anti-terror prosecutor opened its first murder investigation motivated by far-right ideology after a Tunisian barber was shot dead by his neighbor.
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