France to inspect close to 80 mosques for extremist links
The French government will launch a massive and unprecedented wave of measures to combat religious extremism, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Wednesday, adding that one step would be to inspect 76 mosques.
The French government will launch a "massive and unprecedented" wave of measures to combat religious extremism, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Wednesday, adding that one step would be to inspect 76 mosques.
Darmanin said in a statement on Twitter that some of the mosques could be closed as a result.
President Emmanuel Macron`s government has responded to several deadly Islamist attacks in recent weeks with a promise to crack down on what some public officials have called "the enemy within."
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