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French mayor leads protest to stop Muslim worshipers praying in street
TheLocal.fr ^ | 10 November 2017 17:09 CET+01:00

Posted on 11/11/2017 10:29:12 AM PST by Olog-hai

A French mayor and dozens of other MPs and elected councilors from around the Paris region sang the Marseillaise on Friday as they marched towards around 200 Muslim worshipers in a bid to stop them praying in the street.

The standoff, which was caught in several video clips, took place in the Paris suburb of Clichy on Friday afternoon.

The local right-wing mayor, Rémi Muzeau, led the march after growing infuriated by the presence of hundreds of Muslim worshipers praying on the town’s market square every Friday for the past nine months.

Images relayed from the scene near Clichy Town Hall shows around 60 elected officials, including MPs and the president of the greater Paris region of Île-de-France, Valerie Pecresse marching with their tricolore sashes as they sing the Marseillaise.

They head towards around 200 Muslim worshipers who are observing their Friday prayer outside in protest against the town’s decision to close a prayer hall.

A line of riot police separate the two groups, and at one point tensions appear ready to boil over. …

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: clichy; france; paris; rop

1 posted on 11/11/2017 10:29:12 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

the moslems have been there 9 months...

whats different this month ???


2 posted on 11/11/2017 10:31:24 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Olog-hai

the moslems have been there 9 months...

whats different this month ???


3 posted on 11/11/2017 10:31:40 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Olog-hai

Brave mayor but I’m afraid it’s too late France


4 posted on 11/11/2017 10:32:54 AM PST by Josa
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To: Olog-hai

praying in street

Just like New York city


5 posted on 11/11/2017 10:33:47 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Olog-hai

one more who gets what no more pc means!


6 posted on 11/11/2017 10:37:11 AM PST by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: Olog-hai
...marching with their tricolore sashes as they sing the Marseillaise.

Aux armes, citoyens. Formez vos bataillons.

7 posted on 11/11/2017 10:41:20 AM PST by omega4412
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To: Olog-hai
A line of riot police separate the two groups... to protect Muslims against those violent right-wingers.
8 posted on 11/11/2017 10:52:07 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Olog-hai

did i read this right? The french are attempting to stop muslims praying in street by singing to them? They gonna sing their way to victory? It said police in riot gear were ‘at the ready’- At the ready to what? Hum at the protesters? Whistle? Snap their fingers to a catchy tune?


9 posted on 11/11/2017 10:52:47 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Olog-hai

That’s raciss!


10 posted on 11/11/2017 10:57:13 AM PST by Signalman
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To: Olog-hai

That’s good, but there are a lot of them, and they are pushing out babies faster than a Frenchman can uncork a bottle of wine, and soon they will be doing the allahu akbar thing on the Champs-Elsyees.


11 posted on 11/11/2017 11:05:20 AM PST by I want the USA back (Liberalism is the denial of human nature.)
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To: Olog-hai

I never thought I would see the day that I would be on the side of a French politician.


12 posted on 11/11/2017 11:10:11 AM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democratt)
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To: MNDude

Expect the mayor to be sacked for hate speech.


13 posted on 11/11/2017 11:16:56 AM PST by chief lee runamok
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To: Olog-hai
Raciste!

14 posted on 11/11/2017 11:24:36 AM PST by Savage Beast (TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS ARE THE RESISTANCE !!! VIVE LA RESISTANCE!)
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To: butlerweave

Just like at ohare airport where the cabbies are clustered together waiting to go. Doubt dead fish Rahm would ever say a peep


15 posted on 11/11/2017 12:34:06 PM PST by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: Olog-hai

The Mohammedans have past the Gate.


16 posted on 11/11/2017 12:44:07 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: windsorknot
past passed
17 posted on 11/11/2017 12:46:36 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: Olog-hai

Simple solution. Start a pig market in the square every Friday.


18 posted on 11/11/2017 6:43:10 PM PST by Petrosius
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