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Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin ordered the closure of the Pantin mosque on Monday following the attack in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.

The Muslim Federation of this city of Seine-Saint-Denis filed an appeal against this closure on Wednesday evening, we learned from its lawyer.

"We decided to appeal," confirmed M'hammed Henniche, head of the mosque.

"By restricting itself to ordering the closure for six months of the Great Mosque of Pantin alone, without explaining how this mosque is specifically called into question and requires, on its own, a closure, the prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis founds an infringement serious and manifestly illegal to the principle of equality ”, indicates the appeal before the Administrative Court, consulted by AFP.

This summary liberty, emergency administrative procedure on which the court must rule within 48 hours, asks to "suspend the prefectural decree" which ordered the closure of the place of worship from Wednesday evening, for a period of time. duration of six months.

"No matter to talk about a link with Salafism"

“The twenty-five representatives of the Muslim Federation of Pantin are all republicans and firmly opposed to Salafist doctrines.

There is therefore no reason to speak of a link with Salafism ”, underlines the appeal filed by Me William Bourdon.

The place of worship had notably shared on its Facebook page, on October 9, a video showing the father of a 4th year student at the Bois-d'Aulne college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), outraged at the aftermath of the courses on freedom of expression given on October 5 and 6 by Samuel Paty.

This history and geography professor was beheaded on Friday by an 18-year-old refugee of Chechen Russian origin.

"The great mosque of Pantin must be regarded as having proceeded to the dissemination of remarks provoking hatred and violence and likely to contribute to the commission of acts of terrorism", considered the prefectural decree ordering its closure.

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