(At last some balls! & muzzies were using a gov loaned bldg. It is not the place of gov to favor RELIGIONS, esp alien ones! CDH)
Tensions over Muslim street prayers north of Paris

AFPNovember 10, 2017

Valerie Pecresse, head of the Paris area's regional government, participated in the march Friday against street prayers by local Muslims
Valerie Pecresse, head of the Paris area's regional government, participated in the march Friday against street prayers by local Muslims (AFP Photo/ALAIN JOCARD)
Clichy (France) (AFP) - Around 100 local French lawmakers attempted to block Muslims praying in a street north of Paris on Friday and called on the government to ban what they see as an unacceptable use of public space.

The lawmakers, led by the head of the regional government of the Paris area, Valerie Pecresse, disrupted the crowd of around 200 all-male devotees and sang the national anthem in the multiethnic Clichy suburb.

"Public space cannot be taken over in this way," Pecresse said at the demonstration alongside the rightwing mayor of Clichy, Remi Muzeau, who like other lawmakers wore a sash in the national colours of blue, white and red.


Prayers in the street have taken place every Friday in Clichy since March to protest the closure of a popular local mosque that had operated in a government building https://www.yahoo.com/news/tensions-over-muslim-street-prayers-north-paris-162355998.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/tensions-over-muslim-street-prayers-north-paris-162355998.html