France orders crackdown on 76 mosques suspected of ‘separatism’
Published date: 4 December 2020 16:34 GMT
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France’s interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, has ordered an investigation into the 76 mosques, and also the deportation of 66 migrants on suspicion of ‘radicalism’.
The measures are part of a crackdown on all forms of ‘extremism’, following a series of attacks earlier this year.
The measures are part of a crackdown on all forms of ‘extremism’, following a series of attacks earlier this year.
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