French authorities announced Wednesday they shut down three mosques for an alleged "pattern of radicalization," but terrorism analysts said such tactics are unlikely to be repeated in the USA. known radicalizer is immediately investigated by the FBI," Kohlmann said. "People with connections to extremists are investigated and removed from their positions."
The French raid was conducted under the terms of a prolonged state of emergency instituted after the terrorist attacks Nov. 13 in Paris that left 130 people dead. Islamic State extremists claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The state of emergency, which was passed by parliament, is in effect until February and allows authorities wide latitude in conducting searches, making arrests and banning public gatherings. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazaneuve defended such tough measures, saying, "It is the terrorism that is the threat to freedom, not the state of emergency."
Cazaneuve said Wednesday that a "large police contingent" closed one mosque in Lagny-sur- Marne, a suburb in eastern Paris, placing nine "radicalized individuals" under house arrest and barring 22 from leaving the country.
In the raid, police confiscated a 9mm handgun, a computer hard drive hidden behind a wall and jihadist propaganda. Cazaneuve said police discovered documents about an unregistered Quranic school. Two other mosques, one in Gennevilliers in the northwest suburbs and one in Lyon, were closed within the past week. The interior minister referred to the three mosques as "pseudo-religious associations."
The Lagny mosque was set up in 2010 and run by Mohamed Hammoumi, 34, who was described as a "radicalized Islamist," according to French TV station iTélé.
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