The French government has closed mosques, schools, and a variety of associations linked to the proliferation of radical Islamist political ideology in fifteen districts across the country.
Last Friday, Secretary of State for the Interior Laurent Nuñez announced that authorities had closed 129 drinking establishments, 12 mosques, four schools, nine associations in 15 districts which have been struck by ‘political Islam and communitarianism’, Le Figaro reports.
“We fight against political Islamism that suggests that the law of God is superior to that of the Republic,” Nuñez told members of the French press, adding that ‘political Islamism’ should never be confused with religious Islam.
The Interior Ministry noted that the closures had started in February 2018 and were a part of the National Plan for the Prevention of Radicalization (PNPR).
Last spring, French president Emmanuel Macron pledged to address the growing problem of political Islam and communitarianism in the second half of his time in office.
“Secularism is the possibility of believing in God or not believing in Him… of never imposing on society a religion or detracting from rules of the Republic to do this. When we talk about secularism, we do not really speak of secularism, we talk about the communitarianism that has settled in some quarters, of a political Islam that wants to secede from our Republic,” Macon said.
Radicalization has become so prevalent in France that protocol has been put into place so that public employees can properly alert their superiors to potentially radicalized colleagues.
In October, the French government announced that 27 police officers from the Paris prefecture and dozen public school teachers from across the country were reported for Islamic radicalization this year.
Source : https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/11/french-government-closes-mosques-and-schools-linked-to-political-islam-in-15-districts/
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