Over the following decade, particularly during the debate surrounding the construction of a mosque in the city, Trappes was increasingly told through the prism of growing religious influence, as evidenced by a new article in Le Monde in 2003.
When residents say that they live in Trappes, people are afraid, but when they come they are stunned because here, there is lots of greenery and flowers everywhere, while people make people believe that here, it is dangerous. At the time, the city was nevertheless highlighted thanks to them.
Ali Rabeh affirmed that the claims of an attacker do not fall from the sky the day after an attack committed in the region. In his murderous spree, the attacker injured a total of five people, including four in the neighboring town of La Verrière.
In recent years, far-right elected officials have made the commune of Yvelines a foil. The town thus remains permanently associated with a negative discourse, according to those who live there.
For the media and part of the political class, Trappes then became the example of the suburbs eaten away by Islamist entryism, without those who describe a more nuanced reality finding the same echo.
For the inhabitants of Trappes, trust is broken in the face of a persistent negative image. On Friday, a new tribute will be paid to the young man in the city.