Sunday, October 21, 2012

French Far-Right Group Storms New Mosque Site; Shows Anger Against Islam's Increasing Influence

Around 60 members of an extreme right-wing group stormed the site of a future mosque in France yesterday (October 20, 2012), to protest against what they see as Islam's increasing influence in the country, according to the France 24 website.

Protesters from a group called Generation Identity occupied the building site in a suburb of the town of Poitiers, western France, at around  6 a.m., and left around 1 p.m. Three members of the group were arrested.

They climbed onto the building's roof and displayed a banner marked with "732 Generation Identity" in reference to the year 732, when Charles Martel ended the advancement of the Muslims into France by defeating  them at the battle of Tours.

The group makes its views clear on its website, which bears the statement: "We do not want more immigration from outside Europe or new mosque construction on French soil." With some four million Muslims living in it, France has more Muslims than any other other country in Europe.

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