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To: KLP who wrote (38190)	7/26/2005 10:10:39 AM
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France stands firm on deportation of cleric IHT ^ \| 07/25/05 \| IHT PARIS Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy of France defended on Monday the deportation of an Algerian cleric as part of France's new zero-tolerance policy toward radical Muslim preachers following the London terror attacks. Abdelhamid Aissaoui, 41, who was convicted for his role in an attempted terrorist attack 10 years ago and has preached occasionally in a mosque in Lyon, in central France, was returned to his home country on a French plane on Saturday. He became the first of a dozen radical imams currently under observation by the French intelligence services to be expelled from France since Sarkozy pledged 10 days ago to clamp down on extremist preachers. While cautiously welcomed by France's moderate Muslim organizations, in parts of the country's large Muslim community the new policy has sparked concerns that by targeting clerics it risks stigmatizing all practicing Muslims. But Sarkozy on Monday stood firm. "We will not keep people on our territory who issue calls to hatred, to violence and to the disrespect of our democratic values," the minister told reporters. "They will leave the territory, and they will leave quickly. In this area, we don't intend to tolerate anything." (Excerpt) Read more at iht.com ...

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