A mosque in the northern French region of Oise has been closed because of an imam’s radical sermons, said to have “defended jihad”.
The mosque in the town of Beauvais will remain shut for six months, local authorities say.
Oise’s prefect said sermons there called jihadist fighters “heroes” and incited hatred and violence.
France has been carrying out checks on Islamic places of worship suspected of having links to extremism.
