France: We could only close 17 mosques

(*17*)The preparation, which was introduced by President Emmanuel Macron because the “Islamist separatist” invoice final 12 months in France, and which drew nice response, was accepted within the decrease home of the parliament on February 16.

(*17*)The draft legislation has been criticized by the worldwide neighborhood and non-governmental organizations, particularly the United Nations, on the grounds that it targets and marginalizes Muslims.

“WE ARE SUSPECTED FROM 89 HOUSES”

(*17*)French Inside Minister Gerald Darmanin answered the questions of the parliamentarians within the fee within the Senate, and touched upon the invoice to be mentioned on the finish of March.

(*17*)Stating that 89 of the two,500 Muslim locations of worship within the nation are suspected to be related to separatism, Darmanin made the evaluation that this charge is lower than the present quantity.

(*17*)Darmanin to close 17 of them “violating safety guidelines that public establishments should comply with” He famous that they discovered this floor by taking the

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“REPUBLIC LAWS DO NOT ALLOW ME TO CLOSE THESE HOUSES OF WORTH”

(*17*)Emphasizing that the legal guidelines tie their fingers, Darmanin mentioned, “You might be asking me what you might be doing. The legal guidelines of the Republic don’t permit me to close these locations of worship. The laws we’ve got introduced to you (the draft legislation) permit the Minister of Inside to close them tomorrow.” used his statements.

(*17*)Darmanin identified that at present’s legal guidelines in France only authorize the Minister of the Inside to close locations of worship for only two causes, including that the primary of those can only be applied when a direct reference to a terrorist assault is detected, and the second could be applied when public establishments don’t meet the necessities.

(*17*)Claiming that the Pantin Mosque was closed because of this, Darmanin said that they have been in a troublesome scenario as a result of the present legal guidelines don’t permit for extra.

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ISLAMOPHOBIA IN FRANCE IS PROTESTED

(*17*)Then again, whereas the Minister of Inside and associated ministers have been on the fee within the Senate, a protest demonstration was held within the capital, Paris, beneath the management of the “Separatist” Anti-Draft Coordination.

(*17*)Many representatives of non-governmental organizations, victims of the “separatist” invoice, and human rights defenders gathered in entrance of the Senate to protest Islamophobia in France.

(*17*)The demonstrators referred to as for the invoice to be withdrawn, saying that the French media ignored this example and that Muslims could be the most important victims of the invoice.

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