The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France shuts four 'extremist' mosques in Paris region France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced on Wednesday that France had taken action to close down four mosques suspected of promoting a violent form of Islam. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161103/france-radicalised-closes-down-four-extremist-mosques-in-paris-region Thu, 03 Nov 2016 09:53:01 +0100 france-radicalised-closes-down-four-extremist-mosques-in-paris-region Could France fund new mosques by a 'tax on halal'? A French MP and member of France's Republican Party has argued that a tax on halal products would allow for "an autonomous French Islam". https://www.thelocal.fr/20160314/french-politician-calls-for-halal-tax-to-fund-mosque-building Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:55:06 +0100 french-politician-calls-for-halal-tax-to-fund-mosque-building Bullets and Isis videos found after mosque raid Kalashnikov ammunition and Islamic State propaganda videos were seized in raids following the closure of a mosque in the Paris suburbs, French authorities said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151207/bullets-and-isis-propaganda-found-at-french-mosque Mon, 07 Dec 2015 08:57:56 +0100 bullets-and-isis-propaganda-found-at-french-mosque