France: Darmanin launches an offensive against 76 mosques to fight against "separatism"

In the vast Darmanin offensive, 76 mosques are concerned and 18 are particularly targeted by immediate actions and risk being closed.

The 58 others will be supervised and controlled on all of their activities.

AP - Christophe Ena

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A week before the presentation in the Council of Ministers of the bill "consolidating the republican principles", the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin will launch a vast offensive against mosques and places of worship.

In total, 76 mosques are in the crosshairs.

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In the maneuver against radical Islam, all the prefects will be able to rely on a note from Place Beauvau, relating to places of separatist Muslim cults and the conduct to be taken.

Of the 76 mosques concerned, 18 are particularly targeted by immediate actions and risk being closed.

The 58 others will be supervised and controlled on all of their activities.

Intelligence, tax, customs, the State engages all possible means to make effective this hunt against radicalization.

This applies to sermons held by imams or posted on social networks.

This also concerns what is said within associative, school, cultural or charitable structures.

Nothing and no one will be spared.

This kick in the anthill is unprecedented in its scale and corresponds to a profound change.

The objective of the

is clear: to identify

which have declared war on the Republic and its values.

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