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| France to ban Muslim street prayers |
| 2011-04-26 |
| [Iran Press TV] French Interior Minister Claude Gueant seeks to ban praying in the street as part of a continuation of recent discrimination against Mohammedans in the western European country. Gueant said that he plans to make praying in the streets for Mohammedans illegal, although all public prayers in La Belle France receive government approval beforehand. "Here we have the hypocrisy of the French right. On one side, they authorize in the street and on the other side, they say 'look French people, Mohammedans are taking over our streets and speak of invasion'," French politician Axel Urgin told a Press TV correspondent. Even though La Belle France has the greatest Mohammedan population in Europe, Gay Paree has only one mosque. This lack of mosques leaves French Mohammedans no choice but to attend Friday prayers at about a dozen street locations across La Belle France. "If we are praying in the street, it's because we have no other choice. We are using what we have, and that is the street," the president of Mohammedan Association of Openness, Moussa Niambele said. French politicians use the country's 1905 secularism law as reasoning why taxpaying Mohammedans cannot be financially assisted by the government to build mosques. Right-wing mayors also allegedly refuse issuing construction permits to those who have the money. Although another large mosque is currently under construction in the French capital of Gay Paree, many say it will not be sufficient. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 "French Interior Minister Claude Gueant seeks to ban praying in the street as part of a continuation of recent discrimination against Mohammedans in the western European country." Oooo, you're catching on. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-26 21:21 |
| #7 A whiff of grapeshot would do wonders for clearing the streets. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-04-26 14:30 |
| #6 Jesus said go pray in the closet. No mention of pigs, but I assume you leave them outside. Depends on the pig, I guess. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-04-26 11:49 |
| #5 Isn't Friday the traditional day in France for driving your pigs to market through the streets? |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-04-26 10:46 |
| #4 What's wrong with house mosques, analogous to house churches? A small congregation meeting in someone's living room to pray together. Or renting a conference room for a larger group... There's no need for these 10,000 person monstrosities with congregations so large the members can't possibly get to know one another. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-04-26 09:54 |
| #3 Good on the French. This while US authorities arrest those who want to protest in front of a mosque. Just who are the dhimmis? |
| Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-04-26 02:30 |
| #2 "If we are praying in the street, it's because we have no other choice." Yes they have: leaving France for Saudi Arabia. |
| Posted by: JFM 2011-04-26 02:17 |
| #1 Praying in the middle of a street is Jihad against the people of France. It is the act of stopping all traffic during "prayer time". Which essentially forces everyone traveling that street to submit to Islam. |
| Posted by: Solomon Slulet6960 2011-04-26 01:10 |