Posted on 11/13/2017 5:26:07 PM PST by marshmallow
Lawmakers try to block prayers, held since March in protest against mosque closure
CLICHY (France) • Around 100 local French lawmakers attempted to block Muslims praying in a street north of Paris and called on the government to ban what they see as an unacceptable use of public space.
The lawmakers, led by the head of the regional government of the Paris area, Mrs Valerie Pecresse, disrupted the crowd of around 200 all-male devotees last Friday, and sang the national anthem in the multi-ethnic Clichy suburb.
"Public space cannot be taken over in this way," Mrs Pecresse said at the demonstration alongside the right-wing mayor of Clichy, Mr Remi Muzeau, who like other lawmakers wore a sash in the national colours of blue, white and red.
Prayers in the street have taken place every Friday in Clichy since March to protest against the closure of a popular local mosque that had operated in a government building.
The Interior Ministry "must ban street prayers", Mr Muzeau told reporters at the scene last Friday. "I am responsible for guaranteeing the tranquillity and freedom of everyone in my town."
The former mosque, run by the Union of Clichy Muslim Associations, was used by 3,000 to 5,000 Muslims daily before the mayor's office reclaimed the building and turned it into a library.
Mr Muzeau said that local Muslims have been urged to use a new 1,500 sq m mosque nearby, but many are refusing to go there.
France has Europe's largest Muslim community, estimated at around five million, and concern about the religion challenging the country's strict secular laws was a major theme in this year's presidential election.
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They are like a swarm of bees all following their leader.
Stop being Islamophobes!
#Letthempray
islam is a scourge upon the Earth and must be expunged.
People should walk their Potbelly Pigs in areas of Praying
Have no sympathy. They allowed this. Same as the Nazis.
Seed the space with bacon and sausage and other pork products. If that fails a large truck should work wonders.
If you Frogs are going to invoke La Marseilaise, then respect the anthem and form battalions.
Run a herd of pig through the area just before prayers. Lets see if they will get on their knees and beat their heads in the pig manure.
Perhaps they should have a mime-in to promote cultural understanding
They’re doomed .... quit fighting and surrender like you normally do .... but there is no place to run because the entire EU has gone third world!!!!!
Prayers in the street have taken place every Friday in Clichy since March to protest against the closure of a popular local mosque that had operated in a government building. ...
The former mosque, run by the Union of Clichy Muslim Associations, was used by 3,000 to 5,000 Muslims daily before the mayor’s office reclaimed the building and turned it into a library.
Mr Muzeau said that local Muslims have been urged to use a new 1,500 sq m mosque nearby, but many are refusing to go there.
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so they were holding their moslem services in a government building who gave them permission to do that ??? are Christians allowed to use the public buildings in France ???
Meanwhile they could have a mosk on every corner and they still would take over the streets with their bums in the air...
This will not end well.
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