Reopening of the Allonnes mosque: from pariah to example

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Closed in 2021 for radicalization, the Sarthois place of worship was able to reopen under the aegis of a new association having brought all the pledges of its moderation.

Through Charles Guyard

Dn the entirely administrative logorrhea that spreads over four pages, words, expressions flash painfully. “Islamist movement”, “Salafist doctrine”, “anti-Semitism”, “terrorism”, or even “jihad”. So many signals indicating a serious obscurantist push which, on October 25, 2021, had forced the prefecture of Sarthe, on the order of the Ministry of the Interior, to close the mosque of Allonnes overnight.

If this January 13 at midday, the tricolor decree was still taped to the bay window of the building, all of this is now part of ancient history. “We are starting on new bases, a blank page”, urges Mohamed Zantar. Since April, the man has struggled to set up a new association in ch…

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