The religious establishment is also reproached “supports at the CCIF [Collective Against Islamophobia in France] and Barakacity”.
Le Monde with AFP
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced Wednesday 12 January on CNews have” closed “a mosque in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes) because, in particular, of “anti-Semitic subject”.
“We close one of the mosques of Cannes, because we blame him with anti-Semitic remarks, supports at CCIF [Collective Against Islamophobia in France] and Barakacity”, dissolved at the end of 2020, explained the Minister of the Interior after “hearing” with the Mayor LR of Cannes, David Lisnard.
The “Islamist” associations, according to the minister, CCIF and Barakacy were dissolved in the wake of Samuel Paty’s assassination in October 2020.
In addition, the minister stated that on the “more than 2,500 places of Muslim worship”, “70 places of radicalized worship”.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, France has 2,623 mosques and rooms of Muslim prayers.
Apology of jihad
On this total, “21 places of worship are currently closed, due to administrative requirements, a judicial decision, a resumption of lease, work or administrative closure”, according to figures dating from The end of December.
Five did “the subject of an instruction” for possible closure, including that of Cannes.
At the end of December, justice confirmed the closure of the Beauvais mosque for the preaching of an Imam, including the apology of armed jihad.
The prefect of the Oise had ordered a few days before the closure under forty-eight hours of this mosque – welcoming some 400 faithful – that the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, had accused in mid-December of Attack the “Republican Model and France”.
At the end of October, it is the mosque of Allonnes, near the Le Mans, welcoming about 300 faithful, which was closed for six months on prefectural decision because suspected of legitimizing the armed jihad or terrorism during his preaching.