‘This is us being attacked in France. It’s our country’

Muslims in France are angry that a mass killer’s actions are now claimed to have been in the name of Islam, and concerned that it will stoke a racist backlash, writes Jack Moore

THE al-Wahda prayer room and the al-Baraka mosque on the Rue de Suisse in Nice’s city centre were filling up for their early afternoon services on Saturday.

Muslim worshippers arrived, locked up their bikes, and took off their sandals and socks on green mats laid outside the entrance to Al-Baraka to protect their feet. The sound of prayer spilled out from both.