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France to end imam, teacher deals to counter extremism

by Associated Press
| February 18, 2020 2:05 PM

MULHOUSE, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced measures intended to counter Islamic extremism in France by giving the government more authority over the schooling of children, the financing of mosques and the training of imams.

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