France dissolves group run by rapper for defending terrorism

(AP) French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered a small, little-known organization run by a rapper dissolved for alleged hate speech and defending terrorism.

A statement from the Interior Ministry said the association called “Killuminateam — soldiers on the path of Allah” spread its message under the cover of helping the needy.

Its “main activity was organizing actions in public to make calls to hate and violence,” the ministry statement said. It added that the association used the internet and videos laden with content reflecting “a conspiratorial, anti-Semitic (and), anti-Christian nature” and “defending terrorism.” Macron ordered via a decree that the association be dissolved.

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