The place of worship had been administratively closed at the end of 2021 after suspicions of radical practice of Islam.
In the Sarthe, the mosque of Allonnes reopened its doors on Friday, we learned from the mayor confirming information from the local media.
"A new association was created, an agreement was signed, we worked for many months with the services of the prefecture, the new association and the services of the city so that everything goes as well as possible", declared Gilles Leproust, mayor of this town of 11,000 inhabitants, adjoining Le Mans.
Managing associations dissolved
“Everything went to the municipal council and was validated.
It was a trauma of more than a year of closure, "added the communist mayor, stressing that the Muslim community of the city was "satisfied" with this reopening.
In October 2021, the prefecture initiated a procedure to close this mosque, which welcomed around 300 worshippers, estimating that sermons there legitimized "the use of armed jihad".
The Council of State had confirmed this closure and the two associations managing the mosque had been dissolved by the Council of Ministers in January 2022.
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