Gérald Darmanin announces a "massive action" targeting "76 mosques" suspected of separatism (Illustration) -

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Gérald Darmanin announced on Twitter on Wednesday evening the launch, in the "coming days", of "massive and unprecedented action against separatism" targeting "76 mosques".

"In accordance with my instructions, the state services will launch a massive and unprecedented action against separatism", writes the Minister of the Interior, adding: "76 mosques suspected of separatism will be controlled in the coming days and those which must be closed will be ”.

Sixteen mosques in the Paris region

The minister sent all the prefects a note on November 27 detailing the action to be taken, according to information from

Figaro

confirmed to AFP by the minister's entourage.

In this document, the minister targets 76 places of worship, 16 in the Paris region and 60 in the rest of France, to be checked.

Of these 76 places of worship, 18 will be targeted by “immediate actions” at the request of the Minister of the Interior, which can go until closure.

According to information from

Figaro

, confirmed by the ministry to AFP, of these 18 "targets", three are in Seine-Saint-Denis: one ignored a closure decision taken by the mayor of the town, one The second officially closed in 2019 continued to organize prayers and the third was targeted by an unfavorable opinion from the security commission, without the State verifying the effective closure of the mosque.

Five mosques in Ile-de-France or near the region

Of the 15 other locations, five are located in the greater Parisian suburbs or in the immediate vicinity of Ile-de-France (three in Val-d'Oise, one in Seine-et-Marne and one in Oise) and ten in the region (including two in Hérault, two in Vaucluse, the rest in particular in Haute-Garonne, Moselle, Nord, Bas-Rhin, Var).

The announcement of this operation comes a few days before the Council of Ministers examines next Wednesday the bill "strengthening republican principles" which aims to fight against "separatism" and radical Islamism.

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