(Radio France) In the wake of the resignation of M’hammed Henniche from his position as rector of the north Paris Pantin mosque, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has called for the reopening of the establishment, closed for the past six months following the brutal murder of schoolteacher Samuel Paty.
The north Paris mosque was closed last October, following accusations that some associates of the establishment had contributed to the on-line campaign against Samuel Paty, a civics teacher, beheaded on 16 October after using caricatures of the Prophet Mahomet in a class on free speech.
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has now called for the reopening of the mosque, following the resignation of rector M’hammed Henniche, and the nomination of a new board of directors.
