France's interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced on Wednesday that three mosques in France have been closed under emergency measures implemented in the days following the Paris terror attacks.On Wednesday French police raided a mosque in the Paris suburb of Lagny-sur-Marne, the third Islamic place of worship to be raided and closed since November 13th.Cazeneuve added that "three pseudo-cultural associations" linked to the mosque at Lagny-sur-Marne were also being dissolved.The mosque in Lagny was formerly led by the imam Mohamed Hammoumi, known for his radical sermons and who is accused of recruiting volunteers for jihad in Syria, according to Le Parisien newspaper. Hammoumi and a number of his followers reportedly fled to Egypt in December 2014. Cazeuneuve said police found evidence of an unregistered Koranic school and various documents about jihad in the mosque.
"Such measures to close mosques because of radicalisation have never before been taken by any government, including during the last state of emergency in 2005" after rioting broke out across France's troubled suburbs, Cazeneuve said.
The other two mosques where the doors have been closed were in the suburb of Gennevilliers, to the north west of Paris, and one in the city of Lyon.
Val says and quite right to. The fight against radicalisation is an important one. Young minds can easily be swayed and true Muslims will welcome these closures. comments to taglines82@gmail.com
