France Against "Extreme" Muslim Organisations, According To The Minister In Charge.
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- A third of the 89 "radical" places of worship flagged by the secret service have been inspected since November 2020; he told Le Figaro.
France is trying to close six mosques and dissolve several associations suspected of being involved in radical Islamic propaganda, Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin said on Tuesday. A third of the 89 "radical" places of worship flagged by the secret service have been inspected since November 2020; he told Le Figaro.
Action has been taken to close six - across five different departments in France - he said.
Authorities will also call for the Islamist publisher Nawa and the Defense League for Black Africa (LDNA) to be dissolved. Nawa from the southern French city of Ariege instigated "the extermination of the Jews and legitimized the stoning of homosexuals," Darmanin said.
The DNA, which organized a protest against police violence outside the US embassy in Paris last June, "calls for hatred and discrimination," he said. "Next year, ten more associations will be dissolved, four of the next month," he said. Last week, the Council of State, France's highest administrative court, approved the government's decision to dissolve the Group Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) and the city of Baraka.
Patty was targeted after an online campaign against her for showing a controversial cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad published by satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo during citizenship classes. Darmanin also said he had urged regional prefects to reject any imams sent from abroad.
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