Radical Islam: the prefect of Sarthe calls for the closure of a mosque near Le Mans

Europe1 .fr with AFP 12:38, October 13, 2021

The Sarthe prefecture announced on Wednesday that it had initiated a procedure to close the Allonnes mosque, near Le Mans. The place of worship, located in this popular town of 11,000 inhabitants to the south-west of Le Mans, accommodates around 300 faithful, where sermons legitimize "recourse to armed jihad".

"Two associations located in Allonnes, 'the Allonnaise Association for the Just Milieu' (AAJM) and the 'Al Qalam Association', manage a place of worship called the 'Allonnes Mosque', welcoming around 300 faithful", explains the prefecture of Sarthe in a press release.

"According to the elements collected, sermons and the activity of this place of worship, frequented by individuals belonging to or close to the radical Islamist movement, legitimize the use of armed jihad, death as a martyr, the commission of acts terrorism and the use of violence, hatred and discrimination as well as the establishment of Sharia law, ”the statement continued.

The prefecture denounces a "place of indoctrination"

This place also houses a Koranic school "welcoming about 110 children in front of whom the armed jihad was valued and which therefore constitutes a place of indoctrination", according to the same source.

Also, "under the terms of the law, all of these facts constitute statements made, ideas and theories disseminated, or activities inciting violence, hatred or discrimination, causing the commission of acts of terrorism or condoning such acts ". 

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"In view of these elements, at the request of the Minister of the Interior, the Prefect of Sarthe initiated a procedure for closing this place of worship," the statement concluded.