France shuts mosque over Quran verses and Islamic texts used in Muslim worship

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A lawyer for the mosque says the six-month closure strikes at religious freedom and secularism in France A French mounted police officer stand guard outside the Grande Mosquee or the Great Mosque during the Eid Al-Adha morning prayers, in Paris on June 28, 2023. (Zakaria Abdelkafi/AFP) Off A French court has upheld the six-month closure of a mosque near Paris in a case that has raised fresh concerns over the state’s policing of Islamic belief and worship. The Montreuil Administrative Court on Fr