29 January 2013

France to deport radical Muslim clerics

French Interior Minister Manuel Valls said on Tuesday that Paris is set to deport a string of radical imams as part of a fight against "global jihadism".

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"Several radical foreign preachers will be expelled in the coming days," Valls told a Brussels conference called to tackle extremism in Europe, without identifying any of the individuals concerned.

"I don't confuse this radical Islam with the Islam of France but there is a religious environment, there are Salafist groupings, who are involved in a political process, whose aim is to monopolize cultural associations and schools," he added.

"We will expel all these imams, all these foreign preachers who denigrate women, who hold views that run counter to our values and who say there is a need to combat France. [The Local] Read more