The funding of the Strasbourg mosque by the city's ecological town hall denounced by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, was also singled out by David Lisnard, the mayor of Cannes, on Wednesday morning in the morning of Europe 1. This is "obviously a translation of Islamo-leftism," he said at Sonia Mabrouk's microphone. 

The mayor Les Républicains de Cannes, David Lisnard, guest Wednesday morning of Sonia Mabrouk on Europe 1 reacted to the controversy launched by the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, around the financing by the EELV city hall of Strasbourg of the construction of a mosque supported by a federation which has not signed the Charter of the principles of Islam.

For him it is "obviously a translation of Islamo-leftism".

"The ambiguities of certain political parties or of certain leaders of these parties are coming to light," he added. 

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In Alsace, it is possible for public entities to subsidize places of worship.

"But this possibility is not worth obligation", for David Lisnard.

He thus condemned this financial support by qualifying it "inadmissible" since, according to him, this "association is close to the Brothers and therefore to radical Islamism". 

"Strategic issues"

The mayor of Cannes also evokes "strategic issues".

"We are dealing with a mosque and an association which is very close to Turkey. Today we know the geopolitical desire for domination of Turkey in the Levant, in the Maghreb, in Asia Minor and in Europe," he said. advanced.

Before adding: "we must stop naivety and fight this".