RN Deputy Resigns After Supporting Turkish Mosque
7th April 2023
Joris Hébrard, a Rassemblement National deputy and former mayor of the town of Le Pontet, a small town in Provence, caused outrage after it was revealed on social media that he had inaugurated a large Turkish-influenced mosque in his town. The party imposed a reprimand on him and he eventually resigned from his parliamentary post.
On March 17th, videos and photos showed him smiling, cutting the ribbon of an imposing building together with the local Muslim authorities and the Turkish consul. This was not just another public obligation, but a conscious strategy: “France is changing its face, Reconquête [Zemmour’s party] will have to accept it,” he declared provocatively on the sidelines of the inauguration.
The Fatih Mosque—or ‘the Conqueror’—is named after the man who took Constantinople from the Christians and belongs to the Franco-Turkish Cultural Association of Avignon. It is destined to become the largest in the Vaucluse department, which has a very large Muslim community.
Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
A Muslim waits there
To try to kill you.